Sportster 72
Well-Known Member
This kind of loss is the hard ones to take. We outplayed them for 55 minutes. by 18 points. But for 5 minutes they got a FG to end the 1st half and 15 points to end the 2nd half.
Most know that teams go into a prevent defense (old terminology) late in halves. Ritchie Petibon did that in the 80s. The idea is to keep the ball in front of you and rally up to break up a pass, pickoff or make a tackle inbounds to keep the clock moving. We consistently leave such large gaps between the LBers and DBs that we are leaving wide open holes in the zone and three completions in those seams and a team is down field. Long story short we are giving up way to much grass in there.
It is a shame because for 55 minutes the D was very good but for 5 minutes I could get Pee Wees to do the same thing.
Most know that teams go into a prevent defense (old terminology) late in halves. Ritchie Petibon did that in the 80s. The idea is to keep the ball in front of you and rally up to break up a pass, pickoff or make a tackle inbounds to keep the clock moving. We consistently leave such large gaps between the LBers and DBs that we are leaving wide open holes in the zone and three completions in those seams and a team is down field. Long story short we are giving up way to much grass in there.
It is a shame because for 55 minutes the D was very good but for 5 minutes I could get Pee Wees to do the same thing.