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To: shotgun

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.


37 posted on 12/07/2020 8:02:52 AM PST by stremba
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To: stremba
leaving their CB in single man on man coverage

That JETS CB is a walk on, non drafted rookie. I can't believe this defensive alignment wasn't called so they would intentional lose the game in the only possibly way available.

44 posted on 12/07/2020 8:11:05 AM PST by JonPreston ( )
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