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Originally Posted by Fonz the Boss
The reason why we cannot blitz as much as the Jets is because we dont have a secondary that can stay on an island playing cover 1 on receivers. Frank Bush tried blitzing Sanchez on almost every third down and you saw what happened. That is why the Richard Smith schemes involved little to no blitzing. He knew he didnt have the defensive personnel for the more complex and exotic blitz packages.
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Richard Smith also showed very little imagination in his blitzes...for the most part if a LB walked up to the line and showed a blitz that's exactly where it was coming from. Not really trying to defend the secondary, because it's a problem too, but the blitzes we bring generally didn't get there either. There's no such thing as a secondary that can maintain coverage if the QB is given enough time. There were a few times when one man got pressure, but because everyone else got stonewalled there was plenty of room for Sanchez to maneuver away from it.