We need to be blitzing 70% of the time. We cannot keep letting teams drop back and have 4+ seconds to throw the ball. I don’t think this defensive problem is anything on the secondary, Hutchinson cannot get home and McNeil can’t do much more as an interior defensive lineman. This team looks the best when Branch/Anzalone/Joseph all are blitzing.
Also Goff needs to learn to hold onto the damn ball too.
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I don’t recall seeing one time today where our DB actually played the ball or even hit their head around.
“Watson is jumping? What’s that all about-…oh.”
Post of the day.
70% lol.
I was being hyperbolic, but our defense looks a step greater than currently while blitzing. Generating pressure when you have sub par talent seems like the move.
So 12% more than the Vikings, which is already historic and probably not sustainable.
“Through six weeks, the Vikings lead the league with a 57.9 percent blitz rate, according to Pro Football Reference. The next-closest team is Flores’ old boss Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots, who are at 43.4 percent. The 2019 Ravens, at 55 percent, are the only team in the last five years to finish a season having sent blitzes on at least half of their defensive snaps.”
We need some sort of offensive game plan or answer for when we’re getting heavy pressure; something that gets the ball out within 2 seconds. Other teams have done that against strong Lions pass rushes in the past, why can’t we do it?