Denver Native (Carol)
10-10-2013, 04:56 PM
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- After years of quizzing defensive coaches around the league about trying to work in an NFL world where the objective at times seems to be to build a rules book that produces as many passing yards and/or points as possible, it’s clear the guys trying to stop all these quarterbacks don’t really have a long list of choices.
Sure, they can dress it up by moving players around the formation or changing things out just before the snap.
But in the end they can essentially choose pressure or coverage. The resources can be sent at the quarterback in hopes the extra rushers get there before the quarterback finds the hole left behind that choice. Or they can drop six, seven, or eight players into coverage, take away throwing lanes and create irregular traffic patterns.
rest - http://espn.go.com/blog/denver-broncos/post/_/id/1467/to-blitz-or-not-to-blitz-manning-has-answers
Sure, they can dress it up by moving players around the formation or changing things out just before the snap.
But in the end they can essentially choose pressure or coverage. The resources can be sent at the quarterback in hopes the extra rushers get there before the quarterback finds the hole left behind that choice. Or they can drop six, seven, or eight players into coverage, take away throwing lanes and create irregular traffic patterns.
rest - http://espn.go.com/blog/denver-broncos/post/_/id/1467/to-blitz-or-not-to-blitz-manning-has-answers