https://steelersdepot.com/2019/09/fi...coverage-bust/
Great moving picture walk-through on how and why one of the Patriots TDs was just a total blown assignment.
I am by no means trying to pick on Kam Kelly and Edmunds, but they executed fairly good plans like crap all game.
To my mind, we have a situation where the coaching staff drew up some decent stuff but the players screwed it up on the field. That raises a few questions:
1. Was the "stuff" not communicated well enough that the players just "knew it"?
2. Are some of the players just hella dumb and it is easy to confuse them?
3. Did the Pats tweak their formations just enough that it confused the players even when they knew the defensive call?
4. Related to #3 -- Was adjusting to the adjustment not covered enough in preparation or are the players just kinda dumb?
Honestly, I am leaning towards inexperience versus Tom Brady and McDaniels got them smoked. And before we all start ripping Butler a new one -- wasn't Terryl Austin brought in to "Save" the DBs -- particularly the safeties? You know, the ones who screwed the pooch repeatedly on Sunday?