[Goose]

Minshew is a great QB for the system, but the few times we got pressure on him he wasn't very good.

This is the third time a QB has thrown for 75%+ completion percentage. In each of those games we failed to generate sufficient pressure.

That, combined with awful tackling in the second half on their receivers, are why we lost.

It is real hard to get pressure against an air raid team. There are two ways to go. One is quick pressure, which makes the QB decide "right now" where to throw. No time at all to read coverage. To do that, you probably need to bring 5. If the QB guesses right on where he throws, you get burned bad. The other way is a "coverage sack". That is how we went about it most of the night. You have to be able to cover long enough for one of your three or four rushers to get home. If you have a Solomon Thomas, that may work. We don't right now. We came close, but not close enough. That said, how we played it is probably the only way we could play it. If you try to play a more "conventional" defense, there will always be somebody open and there will be time to complete the pass.

If we could tackle, we could give up short gains and still force a punt. However, last night, we didn't tackle well, and that was it.

[Goose]

Minshew is a great QB for the system, but the few times we got pressure on him he wasn't very good.

This is the third time a QB has thrown for 75%+ completion percentage. In each of those games we failed to generate sufficient pressure.

That, combined with awful tackling in the second half on their receivers, are why we lost.

It is real hard to get pressure against an air raid team. There are two ways to go. One is quick pressure, which makes the QB decide "right now" where to throw. No time at all to read coverage. To do that, you probably need to bring 5. If the QB guesses right on where he throws, you get burned bad. The other way is a "coverage sack". That is how we went about it most of the night. You have to be able to cover long enough for one of your three or four rushers to get home. If you have a Solomon Thomas, that may work. We don't right now. We came close, but not close enough. That said, how we played it is probably the only way we could play it. If you try to play a more "conventional" defense, there will always be somebody open and there will be time to complete the pass.

If we could tackle, we could give up short gains and still force a punt. However, last night, we didn't tackle well, and that was it.