Here's something that is difficult to see on TV, but watching live games is fairly apparent: poorly disguised coverages.
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We often to show our Cover 3 look way too early. You literally see one Safety roll down and one Safety (like the one pictured above), flash to play Centerfield. In this play above, it was done far too early. The QB saw it (can see him look up before the ball is snapped) and realized the Safety wouldn't be able to get to R. Scott's 9 route on the wide side of the field. It resulted in a long pass and catch. This is something to look out for from Winston/Benjamin. If we roll to the middle far too early and show someone like Benjamin in 1 on 1 out wide, I obviously expect them to take their shots.
Ok, here's my problem with this picture.
Clearly it's Cover-3, which means we're rolling one of the Safeties down and the other one up.
Why would you roll your Safety down to the boundary instead of the field? Now you have a LB covering all that space to the field instead of a more athletic Safety. Plus, if you roll that Safety (the guy you circled) down to the field instead, you can put that OLB back in the box instead of having him wayyyy out there. (notice we only have 6 in the box)
This picture would give me wood if I was an OC. It's like stealing candy from a baby. I can run a seam route or a slant with that slot WR to the field. If that OLB on the slot WR sits on the slant or seam I can throw the hitch or dig to #1. I can run double-slants up there also. That'll be open. I can hand the ball off to the RB...LT kicks out the DE, Center blocks the NT, LG chips on the NT and moves to the LB. Easy 8 yards or so right up the left B-gap. SMH