Posted on 12/07/2020 7:32:47 AM PST by md1986
The Las Vegas Raiders defeated the New York Jets 31-28 on Sunday afternoon. Up 28-24 with less than a minute remaining in the outing, New York punted the ball away to the Raiders. Las Vegas started off at their own 39-yard line with 42 seconds left and zero timeouts. First quarterback Derek Carr delivered a 15-yard strike to tight end Darren Waller, who subsequently spiked the ball. Then came an incomplete pass, which halted the proceedings. Finally, Carr found wide open rookie receiver Henry Ruggs to take a 30-28 lead. One extra point later and the Raiders found themselves walking off the field with a 31-28 victory.
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There is NO Defensive coordinator at any level of coaching that would call that defense in that situation. There is no way you would ever allow Henry Ruggs to be covered one on one with no safety over the top at that point of the game unless you were trying to lose the game or your job.
The more obvious conclusion is that the Jets defensive coordinator is a moron.
This.
The Def coordinator rushed 7 and had no safety help deep for the cornerback.
13 seconds / 50 yards / and the Raiders needed a TD.
Only 1 objective - don’t get beat deep.
Jets fail.
The NFL has been WWE with helmets for a couple of decades now. Why is anybody surprised that they are getting careless?
Umm, losing on purpose is nothing new when draft picks are on the line. The jets want the first draft pick.
Please, does anyone actually believe the NFL isn’t just as fake as professional wrestling anymore?
This was the exact opposite of a prevent defense. The Jets rushed 6, had the safety move up as a spy on the QB, and went one on one with the Raiders Receivers with no safety over the top. Henry Ruggs is the fastest player in the NFL and ran right by the Jets QB for an easy TD.
A prevent defense is rush 3 or 4, zone coverage underneath, and drop 3 or 4 safeties deep to prevent receivers from getting by them.
I don’t.
Although I do think shady stuff happens all the time.
Good Luck, Trevor. He has been very very good to me with his prowess. And I enjoy watching him play.
Rumor on NY sports radio/TV is that the JETS will draft Trevor Lawrence and Bill Cowher will follow as head coach/general manager.
Nothing is real
The Jets don’t need to ‘throw’ games...they just need to show up. Same result.
What’s the NFL?
Kyle Trask is the favorite to win the Heisman in sports betting but all the talk is about Trevor Lawrence and the draft.
Trevor is 1200 to 1 to win Heisman.
National Felons (Fraud) League.
Plenty of fans here.
While I agree with the Madden quote you cited, in this case it was pretty much the exact opposite of a prevent defense that led to the winning TD. The Jets called an all out blitz leaving their CB in single man on man coverage. The blitz was picked up by the Raiders and the CB got beat for the long TD.
Prevent defenses generally involve rushing 3 or maybe 4 and dropping everyone else into a soft zone coverage with the intent of allowing short completions and tackling the receiver inbounds to both prevent big plays and keep the clock running. The defense actually called was either a fairly unconventional play call that failed miserably or an intentional tank job that succeeded. Either way, it wasn’t a prevent defense.
The play where Ruggs caught the long TD pass was an all-out blitz. All the Jets had to do was keep receivers in front of them and secure the win so prevent D would of worked.
Lawrence will probably stay for his Senior year if he doesn't like the team with the first or second pick. Jets and Jaguars will probably have to tank again next year.
Well this play definitely defies any logic other than we want to lose..
Just a prevent needed and make this play call? Even most jr defensive coordinator would not make this call.
That’s why they need to make it that the four worst teams are then randomly drawn to determine the order, so there’s no guarantee of the worst team getting the first pick.
Why reward failure, that’s what Communism does. At least in soccer, a bad team gets relegated.
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