Are the Panthers going to be sucessful in the cover 2?

[jramsey4]

I dunno....from what I've seen, we've stayed cover-2 and an occasional corner blitz the whole time

I have seen Fox call a few blitzs but they are usually obvious and the pass goes right over there head. I'm starting to think the problem is not just the scheme but that the players just don't seem to be responding to it. I see no intensity out these guys on D.

[scpanther22]

I think the cover 2 can still work in the NFL..there are some good teams that run it.but the school of cover 2 coaches is shrinking.

the panthers arent built to run the 3-4..not to many other schemes we can run outside a cover 2

[jramsey4]

(edit: overly mean)

Cover 2 was his base defense, of course he didn't run it solely.

Just like it is our base D right now and we change up from play to play.

I don't really think that was Overly mean. You are entitled to his opinion. Its not like you insulted my motha.

[pantherj]

I think we have the secondary to play cover-2, but our front 4 is lacking to put it mildly. In order to pressure the QB, you need a DE like Peppers, and a DT like Jenkins. The point is to put the QB in a vice, collapse the pocket, Pepp prevents the QB from backing up, Jenks prevents the QB from stepping up into the pocket. Now you have a cover-2 defense that will either kill the QB, or generate interceptions. Without a pass rush in the middle of the pocket, there is no reason to play cover-2. The only thing our cover-2 is doing is preventing the deep pass. Our zone blitzes look horrible. If our coaches knew the passing tendancies of our opponents, then we could fire-zone blitz more to pressure the QB. At any rate, Fox was foolish to go into this season with Lewis as our pass rushing DT. 'I'll get there sooner or later' Lewis. We need a MURDERER at DT, not a FAT SISSY!

[scpanther22]

I think we have the secondary to play cover-2, but our front 4 is lacking to put it mildly. In order to pressure the QB, you need a DE like Peppers, and a DT like Jenkins. The point is to put the QB in a vice, collapse the pocket, Pepp prevents the QB from backing up, Jenks prevents the QB from stepping up into the pocket. Now you have a cover-2 defense that will either kill the QB, or generate interceptions. Without a pass rush in the middle of the pocket, there is no reason to play cover-2. The only thing our cover-2 is doing is preventing the deep pass. Our zone blitzes look horrible. If our coaches knew the passing tendancies of our opponents, then we could fire-zone blitz more to pressure the QB. At any rate, Fox was foolish to go into this season with Lewis as our pass rushing DT. 'I'll get there sooner or later' Lewis. We need a MURDERER at DT, not a FAT SISSY!

I think everybody sees that lewis is just avg..i just wish fox could see it.i know in the ATL game Leonard was getting more Pressure.that and brayton yes he is a solid run stopper but in a scheme built on speed you think charles johson would be better DE

[panther4life]

depends on your definition of sucessful? like if your John Fox yes, if your a diehard panther fan, then no

[beastson]

How about we stop blitzing, just rush 4 and drop back in coverage on 3rd downs

We're not good at it and they seem to be forcing it. I got a feeling we're going to put a lot of teams in 3rd and long, and they'll just convert it

[Joe Kerr]

the pass rush up the middle is too bad for it

and im still trying to figure out what our safeties are doing

but its a great defense for thomas davis

[pantherj]

Fire-zone pass blitz will work, Peppers shooting up the A gap, with Beason and Davis coming, will either result in a sack, or scare the sh!t out of the QB. But it doesn't work well unless the other DE knows the QBs hot read. We fire-zone blitzed a lot in 2005, both the run and pass versions of that blitz. It worked extremely well, but then we went away from it after 05'.

[dimbee]

When Chris Harris gets back in there, I'll bet you see a marked improvement from the D

[pantherj]

We still won't have a pass rush, so Harris will need to force a fumble somehow.

[megadeth078]

I think the sad part is how similar our defense looks to last years defense albeit hiring a new defensive coordinator and apparently running a completely different scheme.

[Dpantherman]

lets just burn down the whole operation!!!

[The Question]

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