Giving up 15 on 3rd and 14 IS breaking.
It's amazing how a defense as good as this can be so unbelievably awful on 3rd and long.
Mediocre 3rd and long defense and this team is undefeated.
Again, Heacock needs to go full Costanza on 3rd and long. Call the exact opposite of what you think you should.
Uh, yeah. That's
exactly what I was saying. They aren't rushing the passer because they are choosing to drop a bunch of people back, and the idea is that you're fine giving up 5, 6, 7, even 10 yards because they have to get 15. But then they completely fail at keeping the play in front of them, and given enough time the opposing quarterback seems to
always be able to beat them, no matter who it is. So whatever player or technique or something they need in order to not completely fail at not breaking every time, they clearly don't have it, and can't continue to drop back 8 and rush 3 on 3rd and long and expect to stop anyone. I don't anticipate the coaches altering their approach here, because you're supposed to believe your team can succeed, but I think we've all seen enough.