The Jets will be facing the Chicago Bears on Sunday and they run a Cover 2 Defense. Of course Lovie Smith comes from the Tony Dungy coaching tree who really created the Tampa 2 Defense that he then brought to the Colts. The cover 2 defense allows both safeties to split the field in half while the CB's and LB's cover everything underneath. I think the Jets style of offense really matches up well against the cover 2. Let's take a look at Sanchez's stats against other teams that run a cover 2 defense:
Week 5 - Minnesota Vikings - 21/44, 190 yds., 0 TD, 0 INT, 59.9 rating, 48 % completion percentage
Week 9 - Detroit Lions - 22/39, 336 yds., 1 TD, 1 INT, 1 rushing TD, 82.9 rating, 56 % completion percent
Week 11 - Houston Texans - 22/38, 315 yds., 3 TD, 1 INT, 100.2 rating, 58 % completion percentage
As you can see Sanchez did fairly well against the cover 2. The only game where he completed less than half of his passes was the Minnesota game. The thing with the cover 2 is you can create mismatches with LB's trying to cover WR's or TE's. Also you can really attack the middle of the field by say sending Edwards deep then sending Holmes on a post through the middle of the field, which will force the safety to decide who he is going to cover. I definitely think the Jet's can and will have success against the Bears on Sunday, as long as the O-Line can give Sanchez time and the weather is decent.
No comments:
Post a Comment