*Official* Philadelphia E-A-G-L-E-S Thread (2007-2008)

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No doubt. It's bad - I'm worried every time we blitz now.

The problem is that some of our players - and I'm talking blitzers, mainly defensive backs, not the lineman - just have no clue how to rush the quarterback. Their timing and angles are awful. I've seen a lot of delayed blitzes from defensive backs that are so late it's useless. You can't blitz from ten yards behind the LOS - you'll never get there.

The loss of Dawkins really hurts in this regard. Not only is he an outstanding pass rusher, but he's so good in deep coverage that he can help clean up the mess when other people fail their blitzes. I like Mikell a lot, but he can't rush the passer and he isn't as good as Dawk in deep coverage. Considine is useless as a pass rusher. I'd like to see Considine benched when Dawk comes back in favor of Mikell.

The other problem is wrapping up the quarterback when the blitzes succeed. I don't know if it's coaching or personnel or what, but it's a problem we've always had.

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i'm glad I'm not the only one that worries whenever I see the blitz coming. even in 3rd and really long situations when in past years it seems like they'd be on the QB in an instant, this year it's like they've been getting picked up perfectly.


and I also agree completely concerning finishing tackles when the blitz does succeed. that's happened far too many times this year. I can think of one in particular yesterday where a corner (maybe Sheldon, can't remember) got to Griese before he had any idea he was coming but just kind of overran him. this might go back to what you're saying about taking bad angles on the corner blitzes.