It was poor game-management, for sure.
"On Monday night, Bears coach Ben Johnson wasted a challenge — and blew an ultimately critical timeout — after Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson caught a pass and, with his knee still on the ground, had the ball punched out.
The ruling on the field was correct. Once the ball carrier’s knee is down, any contact from a defender (even on the ball and only the ball) ends the play.
Johnson has since taken responsibility for the ill-advised challenge.
“I thought I saw knees up, and so that’s on me,” Johnson told reporters. “I’ve got to do a better job listening to the guys up top. You know, I get influenced a little bit for the first time with the people around me, and I’ve just got to stay true to the process.”
but he was quick with the time outs!
It was poor game-management, for sure.
"On Monday night, Bears coach Ben Johnson wasted a challenge — and blew an ultimately critical timeout — after Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson caught a pass and, with his knee still on the ground, had the ball punched out.
The ruling on the field was correct. Once the ball carrier’s knee is down, any contact from a defender (even on the ball and only the ball) ends the play.
Johnson has since taken responsibility for the ill-advised challenge.
“I thought I saw knees up, and so that’s on me,” Johnson told reporters. “I’ve got to do a better job listening to the guys up top. You know, I get influenced a little bit for the first time with the people around me, and I’ve just got to stay true to the process.”
but he was quick with the time outs!
Johnson's team looked ill prepared. He's just not very good at being a head coach. It's weird...
It was poor game-management, for sure.
"On Monday night, Bears coach Ben Johnson wasted a challenge — and blew an ultimately critical timeout — after Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson caught a pass and, with his knee still on the ground, had the ball punched out.
The ruling on the field was correct. Once the ball carrier’s knee is down, any contact from a defender (even on the ball and only the ball) ends the play.
Johnson has since taken responsibility for the ill-advised challenge.
“I thought I saw knees up, and so that’s on me,” Johnson told reporters. “I’ve got to do a better job listening to the guys up top. You know, I get influenced a little bit for the first time with the people around me, and I’ve just got to stay true to the process.”
but he was quick with the time outs!
Johnson's team looked ill prepared. He's just not very good at being a head coach. It's weird...
Bro what? They came out VERY prepared. They struggled down the stretch... Which makes sense with a rookie head coach.
Just one game, but here is Josh Q on the defensive changes
https://www.pewterreport.com/bucs-todd-bowles-defense-adjustments-falcons/
"The world wanted Todd Bowles to run more man coverage. And he delivered the goods.
Sports Info Solutions has the Bucs running Cover 0 or Cover 1 on 38% of their coverage snaps – 38! That's more than twice their rate last year. And the back end of the defense was up for the challenge."
"And while the Bucs' pressure rate against Atlanta looked static when compared to last year at 44% again, what's most encouraging is that they were getting this high-pressure rate using less assets in the biggest moments. On Sunday, Bowles' attack pressured Michael Penix 57% of the time despite him throttling his blitz rate down from 48% of the time on third down last year to just 36%."
and the difference. . . according to Josh Q
"The catalyst for that change could not be clearer. Tampa Bay signed outside linebacker Haason Reddick in the offseason to elevate the pass rush and amplify each other member of the line. Early results show it's working."
more Josh Q
"Bowles was able to accomplish this change [in coverage] without tipping his hand from a structural look staying exchanging one single-high coverage for another. But that wasn't the only coverage wrinkle Bowles trotted out. He leaned heavy into back end rotations paired with mugged up bails leading to interesting assignments for defensive stalwarts."
Whether it was the front or the coverage Bowles trusted his defense to do things he has not trusted them to do in the past. More rotations, more man coverage, less blitzing. The players responded with six forced incompletions including four from Dean. They largely kept Drake London in check, holding Atlanta's leading receiver to just eight catches for 55 yards on 14 targets.
Safety Antoine Winfield Jr. controlled the deep zones while Tykee Smith worked with him to fill in the run game from depth. Parrish, Dean and Zyon McCollum all played physical and balanced in coverage near the line of scrimmage and gave Michael Penix Jr. few outlets for big plays."
Our secondary still doesn't give me a ton of confidence
I am with you there. Definitely need to prove it.
I am curious what impact, if any, Morrison might have. Parrish looked good.
That'd be two rookies. I'm not sold that sending in Morrison is a big upgrade over the experience of Dean, especially with a rookie at the other spot. I don't subscribe to the narrative that when Morrison is ready they'll just dump Dean. You're trying to win a Superbowl with two rookie CBs? Not a recipe for success there. I think they'll end up hanging onto Dean. Another reason is that if they dump him he could sign on with a competitor. So unless they are hard up for some cap space I don't see Dean going anywhere this year.I am with you there. Definitely need to prove it.
I am curious what impact, if any, Morrison might have. Parrish looked good.
That'd be two rookies. I'm not sold that sending in Morrison is a big upgrade over the experience of Dean, especially with a rookie at the other spot. I don't subscribe to the narrative that when Morrison is ready they'll just dump Dean. You're trying to win a Superbowl with two rookie CBs? Not a recipe for success there. I think they'll end up hanging onto Dean. Another reason is that if they dump him he could sign on with a competitor. So unless they are hard up for some cap space I don't see Dean going anywhere this year.I am with you there. Definitely need to prove it.
I am curious what impact, if any, Morrison might have. Parrish looked good.
they are paying Dean next to nothing so he's definitely on the team this season. He also needs the film
Against the Texans, Morrison is supposed to play ST and I guess they might get him in for a few outside CB downs. This is according to Bowles
Morrison will receive snaps because they want to accelerate his development but more importantly he looks better in zone/off coverage. Same with Parrish. Dean is not an off coverage CB because he isn't known for pass deflections and INTs.
Parrish and Morrison can man up like the rest of the secondary but the scouting staff tweaked their criteria to also look for off coverage corners that can break on the ball. Parrish fits the description and Morrison to an extent too.
Dean still has value in m2m coverage or covering go routes downfield as he can keep up with many WRs stride for stride. But Dean's weakness is the short game but I have to give him credit he is a willing tackler when defending the boundary.
That's a misconception He gets $4.5 mil plus $750K a game. If he plays all 16 more games thats $12 mil for a total of $16 mil. That's not peanuts.
they are paying Dean next to nothing so he's definitely on the team this season. He also needs the film
I must have read a mistyped article because another article says his max is $6 mil so that makes more sense. I'm guessing it was $75K per game or something.That's a misconception He gets $4.5 mil plus $750K a game. If he plays all 16 more games thats $12 mil for a total of $16 mil. That's not peanuts.
they are paying Dean next to nothing so he's definitely on the team this season. He also needs the film
You're trying to win a Superbowl with two rookie CBs? Not a recipe for success there.
The Eagles agree.
Our secondary still doesn't give me a ton of confidence
From a talent perspective, they're much better than last year.