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4 hours ago, SBLIII said:

how is this possible?

I used to work with a lady who was a 36 year old grandmother.... had her daughter when she was HS and her daughter had a child when she was in HS as well....

just like that, 36 year old grandma 

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2 hours ago, 11sanchez11 said:

Maddeners used this exact blitz all the time last year. Especially the drop back into coverage once you get block/engage a blocker part.

Madden players > NFL coaches

He makes it sound very easy to recognise, and very easy to beat; just throw the deep post. 

 

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Best Man Coverage Defenses So Far

 

1. New England Patriots

The Pats are not only the man-heaviest team in the NFL, but they are also by far the best. They’re allowing only 5.1 yards per attempt on man targets so far this season and a 51.0 completion percentage. J.C. Jackson (36.8%), Stephon Gilmore (37.9%) and Jonathan Jones (46.2%) have all allowed sub-50.0 completion percentages against in man so far this season. Their cover-0 blitzes (no deep safeties) – which at 34 snaps they’ve run more than anyone else in the NFL – have resulted in an absurd 12.4 passer rating and -1.355 EPA per play from their opposition.

2. Chicago Bears

Chicago was known more as a zone team under Vic Fangio and has kept that intact so far this season under Chuck Pagano with only about 25% of their snaps being man coverage this year. That doesn’t mean they can’t be damn good when they dial it up. Both of Ha Ha Clinton-Dix’s interceptions this season came as a deep safety in man coverage. The former first-rounder has done his best to earn a bigger contract next offseason.

3. Baltimore Ravens

The Ravens just bolstered their back end last week with the addition of Marcus Peters and it paid off dividends immediately. Peters baited Russell Wilson into a pick-six the way he only could as he bluffed following the slot vertical before jumping the flat while the Ravens played man. 

4. Buffalo Bills

The Bills are another team known for their zone scheme, but they’ve been pretty damn good at sticking with opposing receivers this season, as well. On 59 targets with the Bills in man this year, Buffalo has allowed only 19 first downs. It’s been their linebackers who’ve been doing a good deal of that work, as both Tremaine Edmunds and Matt Milano have earned 75.0-plus coverage grades in man this season. 

5. New Orleans Saints

When looking at the Saints’ man/zone splits, it’s not hard to think they should be playing far more man coverage than they currently are. Unlike the Bears and Bills, they haven’t been known as a zone-heavy team in the past, yet they currently play man at one of the lowest rates in the NFL. Fewer than 25%  of their snaps have been in man by our charting. On those plays, though, they’ve allowed the lowest completion percentage of any defense (44.2%) and the second-lowest EPA per play (-.583). Unsurprisingly, Marshon Lattimore has been a stud in man coverage this season with five forced incompletions and a pick on 17 targets.

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13 minutes ago, ILoveTheVikings said:

But this is honestly shocking to me.

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Yet Kirk isn't dinking and dunking...he leads the league in YPA @ 9.3

Kirk is behind in intended air yards/attempt and completed air yards/attempt, though. High YPA but middling CAY/IAY means the receivers are getting YAC.

EDIT: Cousins’ CAY and IAY aren’t low enough to where I’d say he’s dinking and dunking, FWIW. He’s just not leading or near the lead in that department like he is in YPA.

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43 minutes ago, Yin-Yang said:

Kirk is behind in intended air yards/attempt and completed air yards/attempt, though. High YPA but middling CAY/IAY means the receivers are getting YAC.

EDIT: Cousins’ CAY and IAY aren’t low enough to where I’d say he’s dinking and dunking, FWIW. He’s just not leading or near the lead in that department like he is in YPA.

Interesting, where can you get those stats?

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No SweatMontez Sweat has really struggled so far this season. Across his 145 pass-rush snaps, Sweat has totaled just six hurries, two hits and two sacks. 

 

Diggs enters Week 8 as the league-leader in yards per route run (3.25) among all offensive players with 140 or more routes run on the year. He also ranks fifth in yards per reception (18.8) and tied for fifth in average depth of target (16.2) among the same group of qualifiers.

 

Ifedi sucking. pressure percentage allowed (11.9%) through Week 7. He’s allowed a whopping 32 total pressures, including 28 hurries, one hit and one sack, across 268 pass-blocking snaps so far this season.

 

Outside in, for Eagles secondary. The vast majority of the receiver production against the Eagles so far has come by gashing the secondary from outside receivers to the tune of a league-worst 34.7 points per game. Slot receivers have averaged only 11.7, second-fewest in the league

 

Ekeler....take a bow. The back has hauled in 49-of-52 targets for 488 yards, 18 first downs and four touchdowns in Weeks 1-7. He has zero drops and 15 missed tackles forced on receptions in said span, as well. Ekeler played 71% of the Chargers’ offensive snaps and averaged 20 touches per game in Weeks 1-4. He played 57% of the snaps and averaged 12.7 touches per game in Weeks 5-7. Melvin Gordon is averaging 2.6 yards per touch on the year; Ekeler is averaging 6.2.

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4 hours ago, Hunter2_1 said:

Ekeler....take a bow. The back has hauled in 49-of-52 targets for 488 yards, 18 first downs and four touchdowns in Weeks 1-7. He has zero drops and 15 missed tackles forced on receptions in said span, as well. Ekeler played 71% of the Chargers’ offensive snaps and averaged 20 touches per game in Weeks 1-4. He played 57% of the snaps and averaged 12.7 touches per game in Weeks 5-7. Melvin Gordon is averaging 2.6 yards per touch on the year; Ekeler is averaging 6.2.

Melvin Gordon’s holdout is gonna end up costing him a lot of money. 

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1 hour ago, bucsfan333 said:

He had zero leverage. It was such a dumb thing to do.

It was one of the worst hold out decisions and results I have ever seen. Pretty much everything that could have went wrong did. It was a really dumb move, for sure. Compiled with a very stupid move of turning down 10m/yr from the chargers as well on an extension. 

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