Bills set to release Mike Edwards (S) barring trade prior to 4PM ET *UPDATE* RELEASED BY TITANS

[boyst]

everyone saying signign with the chiefs.... he played for the chiefs already right?

[hondo in seattle]

8 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

I think it has to start in the preparation, meeting rooms, film rooms and practice 

 

Especially coming from college for him some defensive playbooks aren't as exotic as others for secondaries... Some are my man is better than yours and we're going to man up on the outside the majority of the day 

 

Sean's coverages in the back end even one play call... Can have 3 4 5 different variations that could happen depending on the offensive personnel or alignment and route combination 

 

The boundary corners are working with the safeties and the slot with on the action coverages... It could be quarters that turns man... But only on an outbreaking route from a boundary receiver 

 

It could be cover three that turns into cover one... If all the receivers go vertical 

 

The boundary corner might pick up the slot receiver based on the release

 

I don't want to say he's under preparing cuz I don't know the kid and I want him to be the best he could be.. and I certainly don't think he's horrible... 

 

In a game that's as fast as the NFL and Sean's defense could mold on the fly to plays.. you either learn to react really good to it or you dont... It's as much a mental position for McDermott's defense as it is physical 

 

And that's not how it is everywhere...

 

Even before Buffalo.. McDermott's corner protege was Josh Norman another smart heady corner not super fast 

 

It's about the brain

 

 

 

Thanks for this @Buffalo716

 

Let me ask: Is this why some elite QBs (like Mahomes) sometimes have good games against us?

 

Here's what I'm thinking...  A smart QB with good coaching will decipher all of McD's complicated stuff and know where to throw.  At the point, it isn't about X's and O's anymore so much as it is about execution.  And, athletically, the other teams sometimes have advantages/mismatches since our DBs are heady but not necessarily Olympic athletes.  

 

Our advantage is we disguise coverage well and confuse QBs with a zone that morphis into man (or vice versa) and so on.   Take away that advantage (i.e. the QB isn't confused) and we're vulnerable.  

[SoonerBillsFan]

12 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

Thanks for this @Buffalo716

 

Let me ask: Is this why some elite QBs (like Mahomes) sometimes have good games against us?

 

Here's what I'm thinking...  A smart QB with good coaching will decipher all of McD's complicated stuff and know where to throw.  At the point, it isn't about X's and O's anymore so much as it is about execution.  And, athletically, the other teams sometimes have advantages/mismatches since our DBs are heady but not necessarily Olympic athletes.  

 

Our advantage is we disguise coverage well and confuse QBs with a zone that morphis into man (or vice versa) and so on.   Take away that advantage (i.e. the QB isn't confused) and we're vulnerable.  

It's because McDermott is predictable to good OC's.  See the Baltimore game where they flat out used our DL approach against us.

[NickelCity]

5 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:

Top teams blatantly tampering in an effort to get Mike Edwards?  Sound legit.

 

Don't bring reason to my chiefs hate, pal

[Buffalo716]

3 hours ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

Thanks for this @Buffalo716

 

Let me ask: Is this why some elite QBs (like Mahomes) sometimes have good games against us?

 

Here's what I'm thinking...  A smart QB with good coaching will decipher all of McD's complicated stuff and know where to throw.  At the point, it isn't about X's and O's anymore so much as it is about execution.  And, athletically, the other teams sometimes have advantages/mismatches since our DBs are heady but not necessarily Olympic athletes.  

 

Our advantage is we disguise coverage well and confuse QBs with a zone that morphis into man (or vice versa) and so on.   Take away that advantage (i.e. the QB isn't confused) and we're vulnerable.  

I think I heard Tom Brady say it once... What Sean McDermott does pre-snap and in the first couple moments of a play are very high level 

 

There's a lot of moving pieces that can confuse a quarterback and offense

 

But nothing's bulletproof... If you're starting in a disguised coverage that means technically your guys are not in the right spot at the snap... Which means if you can diagnose that there is somebody out of position you can get the ball to that spot 

 

Showing a cover three shell and backing into a deep two safety look at the snap can be confusing if you time it perfectly.. if you notice it , well there's a safety out of position at the snap 

 

Playing a zone match defense also has a lot of advantages for matching patterns but yea, if you can't get the quarterback to hold or pat the ball an extra time or two its not doing what it's intended