The offensive look: The Chargers start in a 3×1 formation to the wide side of the field and motion Travis Benjamin (#12) across the formation to identify man vs. zone coverage. He identifies man, since the DB on Benjamin follows him across the formation. Philip Rivers knows he’s rolling right, and throwing to one of the receivers running the pick route combo (let’s call it a “rub” route since we’re talking offense here).
The Defensive Look: The Chiefs actually have a pretty god look pre-snap in our opinion. They have 5 men on the line of scrimmage (DT, 2 Des and 2 LBs) with 6 in coverage. They opt to play straight man coverage, but choose to bracket (double cover) antonio gates (#85). When Travis Benjamin motions across the formation, the DB covering him runs across the formation with him.
Where the KC Chiefs screwed up: The Chargers’ pick route concept is one of the most common goal line pass concepts in football – from youth football all the way to the NFL. Typically, when receivers are either in a bunch, or lined up close to eachother, the defense will make a “banjo” call in order to counter pick plays. Banjo is a call which tells 2 defensive backs to essentially play a man/zone combo coverage. The DB lined up inside (#23, Kendall Fuller) should cover the receiver who runs an inside route while the DB lined up outside (#22, Orlando Scandrick) should cover the receiver who runs an outside route. The banjo call clearly doesn’t get communicated very well, because Fuller played banjo (by covering the inside breaking route of #16, Tyrell Williams) while Scandrick played a true man coverage (by covering the man he was originally lined up across from, #16 Tyrell Williams).
For all the dumbasses who think Sutton's scheme is too complicated, banjo is a concept taught at the high school level. It's something that an NFL veteran should be able to do in his sleep. There's no "coaching up" needed. It's 100%, no excuses, on the players to communicate that and execute.
Sutton should be able to scheme around not having to call coverage adjustments. He fails to adjust! /CP [Reply]
As head coach Andy has to take the blame for the defense.
6 years with the team. Same defensive coordinator. Week 15 of the 6th year and the DB's consistently don't know where to line up? Are you kidding me? Does anyone for a second think someone like Belichick or even Tomlin would put up with such stupidity and basic failings? Andy runs a slack ship that is reflective of all the penalties the team is committing and he hasn't held anyone accountable for the defensive failures (other than Marcus Peters). [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefnj2:
As head coach Andy has to take the blame for the defense.
6 years with the team. Same defensive coordinator. Week 15 of the 6th year and the DB's consistently don't know where to line up? Are you kidding me? Does anyone for a second think someone like Belichick or even Tomlin would put up with such stupidity and basic failings? Andy runs a slack ship that is reflective of all the penalties the team is committing and he hasn't held anyone accountable for the defensive failures (other than Marcus Peters).
I was never a big fan of Andy Reid from the day the Chiefs hired him.
I know he is a winner and all but he has some major flaws and weaknesses which he repeatedly commits over and over. He hasn’t figured out how to correct his weaknesses or flaws and that is why I don’t have faith he will ever win a superbowl.
The best coaches in my opinion are not only the ones that have a sense of identity but also those that grow as well. Andy has an identity but he hasn’t maximized his growth as a head coach and Im afraid he never will. [Reply]
Originally Posted by bricks:
I was never a big fan of Andy Reid from the day the Chiefs hired him.
I know he is a winner and all but he has some major flaws and weaknesses which he repeatedly commits over and over. He hasn’t figured out how to correct his weaknesses or flaws and that is why I don’t have faith he will ever win a superbowl.
The best coaches in my opinion are not only the ones that have a sense of identity but also those that grow as well. Andy has an identity but he hasn’t maximized his growth as a head coach and Im afraid he never will.
Originally Posted by Chiefnj2:
As head coach Andy has to take the blame for the defense.
6 years with the team. Same defensive coordinator. Week 15 of the 6th year and the DB's consistently don't know where to line up? Are you kidding me? Does anyone for a second think someone like Belichick or even Tomlin would put up with such stupidity and basic failings? Andy runs a slack ship that is reflective of all the penalties the team is committing and he hasn't held anyone accountable for the defensive failures (other than Marcus Peters).
Andy seems to rely on the DC being a guy who's willing to be the much lesser of the two halves. Granted, in a league that craves scoring in the 70s and 80s every game it makes some sense, but clearly he's taken it to the extreme.
Plus, to his defense, who could count on Berry being as unreliable as he's turned out to be? Granted, he's too stupid to know he needs to cut him, or too loyal, but either way, love him or less than love him, Berry's attendance has been a killer for this team. [Reply]
