A very successful Senior High School coach I worked with last year would preach that over and over with zone concepts. The play is 4 seconds, Identify your threat and neutralize it. And the deeper you are the easier it is to identify it. So anyone who yesterday talked about Minkah Fitzpatrick and teams not wanting to throw at him, please watch the 29 minute condensed highlights from yesterday. As you watch them ask yourself if he is covering men or grass. Probably the best example is the third down in the third quarter after the Nelson Int/ Conner TD. Hilton had the sack on first down and it was third and twelve. They are in cover two man. Hilton takes the big kid with all the catches on the vertical seem, but is giving up 5 inches of height. There is no other threat on the screen and Edmunds and Fitzpatrick are not even close to making a play. Literally any NFL safety can take a huge drop and create a huge void between the underneath coverage. An all pro safety can close that gap with physical traits and instincts. So it really comes down to whether he is being told to do that by Tomlin/ Butler or he is just not playing well. I would not be paying Minkah Fitzpatrick the kinda money that has been talked about on him to do what he has been doing. Watch the expanded highlights yourself. Defending a man or defending grass?
Defend Men Not Grass
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Teams aren't going at Minkah. The only time I noticed him yesterday was when he failed to wrap up on a tackle. He's going to make some plays soon. Maybe this week the Clowns will challenge his area.
Here is the link. Google Search--> Steelers. The enhanced highlights are the first thing up. The not going at him is pure horseshit. They are chewing up the underneath because he is way the **** back. 4 games, zero pass defensed (to my recollection doesn't come up on his stats), zero turnovers, 18 tackles. He was in cover two on the long run in the first quarter and never even got in the ****** play.
Comes down to this, they are likely playing his role differently this year and he is having a hard time adjusting. Now from his past wait till they start to have difficulty winning and see how his attitude is. The role change is on Tomlin and Butler and their ******* stupid Ben defense system. The rest is Minkah.
Comes down to this, they are likely playing his role differently this year and he is having a hard time adjusting. Now from his past wait till they start to have difficulty winning and see how his attitude is. The role change is on Tomlin and Butler and their ******* stupid Ben defense system. The rest is Minkah.
the tampa 2 scame has got to go along with the 2-4-5 use how they used to use a 4 man dl and put dupree at de and on the other side tj standing up and bush as a mlb droping, once the OL neatriziles Heyward and Tuitt or at times Tyson the T can swing out ala the long td run but Hilton should of had him as well as much taking him from behind.
I just watched the repay and on the 77 yd td TJ and tyson are in 2 pt stance and Heyward was standing and blitzing and bud looped in the same gap as soon as sanders saw that he cut bush was out of position and Hilton missed. would of rather seen dupree blitz from the edge hey ward from the 1 T 2 pt and Tyson twist inside. together blow up the interior
do not like guys like heyward blitzing standing up he is better, the lower leverage he gets, you want tj standing using speed and strengh
wish Butler will use more3 DL sets f like he has used prior to yesterday saw last game use some 3 DL sets where he had tuitt heyward and tj down and bud standing and blitzing, that worked better.
I just watched the repay and on the 77 yd td TJ and tyson are in 2 pt stance and Heyward was standing and blitzing and bud looped in the same gap as soon as sanders saw that he cut bush was out of position and Hilton missed. would of rather seen dupree blitz from the edge hey ward from the 1 T 2 pt and Tyson twist inside. together blow up the interior
do not like guys like heyward blitzing standing up he is better, the lower leverage he gets, you want tj standing using speed and strengh
wish Butler will use more3 DL sets f like he has used prior to yesterday saw last game use some 3 DL sets where he had tuitt heyward and tj down and bud standing and blitzing, that worked better.