Originally posted by Rastic
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I had a long detailed post breaking down what Jewell can do to be better in coverage but got a phone call and lost my connection. Basically what it boils down to for him is, don’t fall for eye candy ie play action or short routes trying to open up stuff behind him, pass guys off and not chase everyone through your zone, and know everyone’s assignments and how they cover concepts/route combos.
His best bet is probably actually man coverage against RBs in the backfield. He takes good angles which keeps him in good enough position for anything out of the backfield. Just don’t match him up with an elite receiving RB, any TE that isn’t only a blocker, or let him go out and cover someone out wide.
Even though we gave up a lot of points last night, that was probably the best defensive game Fangio has called this season. He ran a lot more man and he blitzed a lot more. He made an adjustment to take out Bassey and put in Bausby which was huge.
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