That is exactly my point. Folks need to step back and look at who we had playing in our secondary today. I'll say it again. What killed us today was not the defensive scheme Barry deployed. What killed us was the lack of pressure on Rodgers. And that was because our defensive front was completely gassed. This was because they were on the field way too long as a result of Rodgers going no huddle.
We lost because they are a better team. We saw it all year when we played a good game. I laughed to myself at one point in the game when Rogers completed a pass to someone Dunbar was covering and thought he is thinking "you are going to defend me with a WR?" No ill will to Dunbar, he has done well for what they asked him to do but this was Aaron Freaking Rogers.
We play zone because we can't play man on a regular basis. Barry is forcing the other team to complete a dry without making some sort of mistake. I am proud of how those guys played considering who they are and where they came from.
Instead some want to employ the old Dan and Vinny move and fire someone after one season where he is outgunned.
First, we did blitz. And you know what happened? Rodgers is one of the best and rolling away from pressure, which is what he did. Sometimes he had 5 seconds to find a receiver when we blitzed. Compton was always shadowing Rodgers. What we never did was a safety or CB blitz. But I saw mason rushing on a couple occasions. It's not his strength and he got picked up every time.
Randall Cobb is a very good player and a threat to any secondary. But they have the reigning NFL MVP at QB. You don't need dez or megaton, Rodgers will eat you alive with high school WRs if given enough time.
