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[ravenanchors]

I've been searching for a reason over the past two years as to why the Ravens defense gives up the big pass plays or can't stop the passing game.

My point
When the deep passes are given up, Ed is not in a position to help.
It is almost always one on one coverage and Ed is not in the picture or is coming from behind.

As everyone keeps saying Ed is second in command. Ed has the responsibility to have the secondary in the right position and Ed does wander around the field alot. Taking chances and trying to get interceptions.
That is causing the secondary to get burned with deep passes because like I said, Ed is getting older and slower and less athletic.
That is just a fact of life.
Whether the QB is recognizing that the safety is not overtop and the cornerback does not have help and so the QB throws to single coverage or if Ed is to slow to get overtop to help the cornerback, either way Ed needs to help his conerbacks out.

If you say - "Cary's not a good cornerback" - and if thats true - then Ed should be more concientious about helping Cary over the top.

Safeties play deep unless they are blitzing. It is bracketing the receiver -- DB behind and safety over the top so if the QB is a little off on the throw it will either be intercepted or incomplete.

On the 49ers TD that was called back. Cary was the only one who touched the receiver. Ed was in the vicinity but not close enough to help and he was not overtop the receiver.

Watch the deep plays and you will see that on the completed passes Ed is out of position to help.

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[quote name='ravenanchors' timestamp='1322265849' post='886779']
I've been searching for a reason over the past two years as to why the Ravens defense gives up the big pass plays or can't stop the passing game.

My point
When the deep passes are given up, Ed is not in a position to help.
It is almost always one on one coverage and Ed is not in the picture or is coming from behind.

As everyone keeps saying Ed is second in command. Ed has the responsibility to have the secondary in the right position and Ed does wander around the field alot. Taking chances and trying to get interceptions.
That is causing the secondary to get burned with deep passes because like I said, Ed is getting older and slower and less athletic.
That is just a fact of life.
Whether the QB is recognizing that the safety is not overtop and the cornerback does not have help and so the QB throws to single coverage or if Ed is to slow to get overtop to help the cornerback, either way Ed needs to help his conerbacks out.

If you say - "Cary's not a good cornerback" - and if thats true - then Ed should be more concientious about helping Cary over the top.

Safeties play deep unless they are blitzing. It is bracketing the receiver -- DB behind and safety over the top so if the QB is a little off on the throw it will either be intercepted or incomplete.

On the 49ers TD that was called back. Cary was the only one who touched the receiver. Ed was in the vicinity but not close enough to help and he was not overtop the receiver.

Watch the deep plays and you will see that on the completed passes Ed is out of position to help.
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Dude seriously, all you do is bash Reed. It's not his fault one of our corners can't defend the deep ball. He shouldn't be baby sitting them. Also you're not mentioning how often Reed HAS helped against the deep ball, i've seen him covering our corners a lot. He was doing it all day against the Bengals, Steelers, ect.

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[quote name='ravenanchors' timestamp='1322265849' post='886779']
I've been searching for a reason over the past two years as to why the Ravens defense gives up the big pass plays or can't stop the passing game.

My point
When the deep passes are given up, Ed is not in a position to help.
It is almost always one on one coverage and Ed is not in the picture or is coming from behind.

As everyone keeps saying Ed is second in command. Ed has the responsibility to have the secondary in the right position and Ed does wander around the field alot. Taking chances and trying to get interceptions.
That is causing the secondary to get burned with deep passes because like I said, Ed is getting older and slower and less athletic.
That is just a fact of life.
Whether the QB is recognizing that the safety is not overtop and the cornerback does not have help and so the QB throws to single coverage or if Ed is to slow to get overtop to help the cornerback, either way Ed needs to help his conerbacks out.

If you say - "Cary's not a good cornerback" - and if thats true - then Ed should be more concientious about helping Cary over the top.

Safeties play deep unless they are blitzing. It is bracketing the receiver -- DB behind and safety over the top so if the QB is a little off on the throw it will either be intercepted or incomplete.

On the 49ers TD that was called back. Cary was the only one who touched the receiver. Ed was in the vicinity but not close enough to help and he was not overtop the receiver.

Watch the deep plays and you will see that on the completed passes Ed is out of position to help.
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If Cary is having problems, then the scheme should be more conscientious about helping Cary, not Ed Reed. It's completely unreasonable to blame Reed for blitzing, thereby leaving Williams on an island. I seriously doubt that he simply decides when to blitz on his own, and disregards the defensive play call in its entirety.

On the 49ers TD, Cary followed Ginn from the beginning of the play, was in position to defend the pass, and allowed the reception.

Safeties play deep unless they are blitzing? That is an erroneous and foolish assumption. In Pagano's aggressive scheme, I've seen Ed cover WRs and TEs in man coverage. It's ludicrous to assume that he has responsibility to cover every deep pass.