DGreene28
09-11-2007, 06:41 PM
Shadowing a player just doesn't work. All you do is take a top player on the defense out of 90% of the plays because it isn't too hard for the offense to catch on to that.
Landry just needs to play within the scheme and he will make plays.
Guess you don't remember Lavar shadowing McNabb about 5 or so years ago with great success. I'm sure one of Landry's jobs will be to stick to Westbrook like glue
Cowell
09-11-2007, 07:02 PM
If that is his job, this will be good a good test of how fast Landry really is and how well his cover skills really are. If he does end up shadowing Westbrook I think it will be a great matchup.
Longtimefan
09-11-2007, 07:18 PM
Westbrook will eat us up underneath if we give that up the short stuff like we did last week.
I agree......The Eagles thrive on that short passing game. We'll need our track shoes because they'll throw 40 times or more. We didn't look good defending the intermediate passes on Sunday, save for a few drops by Miami, the outcome could have been much different.
DirteePosse
09-11-2007, 07:39 PM
The NFC East is a beast. We will do a great job of closing in on McNabb and eventually sacking him.
NicknacK89
09-11-2007, 07:43 PM
i actually think people think the nfc east is better than it really is... the afc west to me seems 10 times better
BrudLee
09-11-2007, 08:04 PM
i actually think people think the nfc east is better than it really is... the afc west to me seems 10 times better
The AFC West has the Chiefs and the Raiders in it. This year, that's not a good thing...
Cowell
09-11-2007, 08:35 PM
Well the NFC East is a lot like the SEC is college football. All the teams really hate each other and beat each other up. It's not that we have the best teams, it's the fact that we have the best rivalries and no one really ever wins the division by a long shot.
Chief X_Phackter
09-11-2007, 09:05 PM
Guess you don't remember Lavar shadowing McNabb about 5 or so years ago with great success. I'm sure one of Landry's jobs will be to stick to Westbrook like glue
You're right, I don't remember.
Just because it worked once, doesn't mean it is the best option. They'll recognize that, and find a way to get the ball to a different weapon. It takes more than one player to stop an offense.
By the way, if Landry is to "stick to Westbrook like glue" as you say, then that will be his only job. Why limit him like that?
hagams
09-12-2007, 06:50 AM
I'm not so sure about sending so many blitz's at them. Westbrooke is probably the best receiving back in the NFL. If we start sending too many people at MCnads, he'll suck the defense in and drop the pass to westbrook. I'm more concerned with coverage that anything else. We have to shadow Westbrook on every down, and make the QB look down field. If he's not completely healthy he'll be looking for short quick passes to avoid the scramble.
I do want to see more from our FS/SS positions. We need to go out, and crack some heads and earn some respect. Get thier receivers scared to catch the ball.
Most important, we need to generate pressure from our d-line. If they can't get through, we'll have to start more blitzes, and I don't think that's the answer.
Redskins, 24 Eagles 17.
sandtrapjack
09-12-2007, 08:45 AM
I wouldn't take Landry out of the secondary to shadow Westbrook, a LB (Rocky?) can cover Westbrook in short patterns, which is where he thrives.
By minimizing Westbrook and Smith, McNabb completed less than 50% of his passes on Sunday against the Packers.
It is going to be a tough task to do at Lincoln Financial though.