I think the defense can be improved significantly by letting Womack and Jones play more press coverage. They are both very good at it. Womack said press is where he is strongest. Jones has shown he is good at it. Moore can play it too. No more playing off the majority of the time. We have the corners who can play it. Make the switch Gus. Let the players play to their strengths. I think it would make a difference.
We had a stretch last year with the Jaguars, Saints and Browns games where we gave 35+ as an average, if I am not mistaken. Hope this Jaguars game isn't the start of another ugly stretch.
Yep. In typical fashion people leave the Colts and then proceed to do better elsewhere.
Hell even Grigson is thriving as an executive of player personnel in Minnesota. Go figure.
I don't think the argument was ever that the defense is cheaper to build. The argument was that the secondary requires less investment, not the entire defense. Like you said, the DL is always going to be emphasized.
Specific to the secondary, I'm in the minority on this, but I think you only get so much benefit from having great corners. Everyone plays a ton of zone defense, and good QBs/OCs expose man coverage with formations and motion. So how much is a lock down corner bringing to the table? That doesn't mean you just throw a bunch of JAGs out there in the secondary, but I agree with the idea that the corner position is a lower priority than DL.
That said, having players in the secondary who are good at making plays on the ball is still important. Jaylon Jones was in pretty good position vs Nico Collins on that game-clinching play, but a more talented corner might have been able to get a stop.
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