Smoot Lays The Smack Down (Redskins vs. Eagles)

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My personal impression on the blown coverage was that Rogers and Horton were not clear on what the coverage was. Well, more specifically, they were both clear on what the coverage was, and that neither was playing the same thing. Rogers had Tryon underneath, but still let Jackson free over the top, which makes me think that he thought it was an "even" coverage. Horton stayed underneath at the LOS looking for a dig dig or crossing patter, which implies that he thought it was "odd" coverage.

Normally, the free safety will give away the coverage on the rare off-chance that we get the overhead camera view, but the way Landry seems to read coverages these days, no one ever knows what the hell he's doing anyway. Rogers was the one who probably screwed it up, in all honesty, but it might have been a 1/4, 1/4, 1/2 situation. You never know.

Oh well.