When offense is spread out and throwing quickly, what are the options on defense?
Because they had done it in previous snaps, there is no insurance they are going to do it again. Sometimes they would get it out of their hands quickly, it was quick game and sometimes it was the vertical passing game, so it is tough to come up with a theme for how you deal with that. Specifically, how you deal with the ball coming out of his hands quickly, you have to tackle. It is run-game alternative. You throw a two-yard pass, if you tackle him it’s second-and-eight. If you don’t, it is an explosive run. When they spread and go empty and they’re throwing bubble screens to Wes Welker and Kevin Faulk, it is a perimeter run. It is a run-game alternative. It is a high completion percentage of passing, so it is a perimeter run and that is how you approach it. Were you pleased with your pressure? It was sufficient. You are not going to get home when they get the ball out of his hands as quickly as they were at times in that football game. At other times, it wasn’t sufficient. You don’t h
