Pass D

by Jessesb on Dec 7, 2009 4:08 PM MST Comment 10 comments

I have been skeptical of our Pass D all season. After the Titans game I was positive we needed another DB. McFadden is a great run support CB and DRC is a great coverage guy but they both are decent or just average at the other (McFadden/coverage, DRC/run support). After the Vikings game I had to eat my words because our D looked phenomenal. I thought DRC played fantastic; does anyone know how many passes were attempted his way?

I can't watch a replay of the game until Tuesday (why didn't I use my DVR? Ugh..) so I was curious and wanted to know if our pass D looked good because of our pass rush or if our pass rush looked good because of our coverage?

My initial reaction without watching game tape it that it was a combination of both. Davis and the D staff seemed to know Farves tendencies by dropping Dansby into a midfield safety position. We made very few mistakes and we played aggressive and flocked to the ball.

I still can't forget our loss to the Titans who I don't think are near as good team as the Vikings (we would have beat them with Warner at the helm, no disrespect to Leinart). So what is it? Consistency? Like last year does our team need the big stage in order to preform to its fullest? Or have we finally made turned a corner?

Last night we looked good, daaaamn good. I am looking forward to the 49 game very much (especially since my roommate is a 9er fan... oh yesterday was b-e-a-utiful!) can we continue on at this level?

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Just some D stats...

In total yards we are ranked 24th, giving up a whopping 364 YPG.
In points per game we are ranked 11th, only giving out 19.5.
We are 30th in the league in pass D, giving up 258 YPG.
And our run D is 12th, giving up 105 YPG.

They are who we thought they were!

by Jessesb on Dec 7, 2009 4:18 PM MST reply actions

Thought the Run D stats would have gone up.

After how the Vikings didn’t get anything going on the ground.

They looked like we did last year!

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.

No band-wagoner fans allowed, pick a team and stick with em, throughout the good and the bad.

by JoeCB1991 on Dec 7, 2009 5:26 PM MST up reply actions

Pass defense

The pass rush looked good because of the coverage—hands down. The fact that both our starting tackles were hurt and we were starting a backup guard probably helped too, but your secondary was on top of our receivers all night.

Based on Jessesb’s stats above I’m amazed. As that may have been the best secondary play I’ve ever seen last Sunday. I’ve already fawned all over it in my “Nightmare” fanpost. So whatever your coaches put in for practice last week was brilliant and his players responded to it.

A good coach makes his team better, he doesn’t wait for a better team to make him look good.

by dwarg on Dec 7, 2009 11:09 PM MST reply actions

Tale of Two Cities

Not certain how the Pass D looked so bad in the final couple of minutes in Nashville, honestly. They’ve not played ‘great’ all season, but that drive was the kind that makes you sit up and question the players and the scheme. They answered those questions at home a week later.

Davis changed up some things in presnap alignments and also got good pressure from the DLine and the occasional blitzer. The line looked better due to the D backfield, certainly, but it was more of a ‘team effort’ than I’ve seen from that side of the ball this season. The ‘flip’ of Dansby and A-Dub was interesting to say the least. It’s nice to have a MLB and S who can effectively ‘swap’ positions pre-snap and not compromise the ability to cover. Having DRC was a huge advantage as well. As they say, you can’t teach speed. His ability to provide man coverage on Rice (Go COCKS!) and Berrian was mucho-importante to what went on with the front 7.

One – the scheme or the players – doesn’t really improve without the other, so I’d say the D was pissed following the TEN game and they took it out on MIN. Nice to see. Let’s hope they stay pissed for 8 (or 7, if’n we could swing a bye!) more games!

by SCCards on Dec 8, 2009 11:01 AM MST reply actions