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How is Jerome Baker not best utilized as a QB spy?

I agree. Baker is a perfect QB spy to follow and mirror Allen and Newton. I know that means then someone else might be left open over the middle but we can let their best players beat us, especially if we know what they are going to do. If Dawson Knox beats us over the middle repeatedly then so be it.
 
Dawson Knox should be Eric rowes primary responsibility. His carry coverage on tight ends is why he got extended in the first place.

I’d like to get a quality game out of rowe this week cause Knox can play and we didn’t get much out of rowe in the opener. Lost contain a few times and that was about it.
 
B/t we tried this with Kiko years ago and despite Kiko always getting outflanked by josh Allen we made zero adjustments at half time.

And boy did we pay for it. He ran by Kiko like he was standing still
 
Flores is a great motivator but struggles with scheme and strategy. I wouldn’t expect him to make many adjustments or do anything out if his typical scheme. That said, I agree whole heatedly with the op that Baker Should by spying on Allen most if not the entire game.
 
AZStryker said:
Flores is a great motivator but struggles with scheme and strategy.
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I'm not ready to make that assumption, and hope that is not the case.

It's easy to say he didn't make adjustments, or have an effective game plan, but if you don't have the horses to execute, it is what it is.

He does, on paper at least, have more/better players this year, but with such a limited offseason, I'm going to reserve judgement for now.
 
If we truly have 2 shutdown CB's and a rookie 1st rounder (Noah Igbinoghene) who is more than capable of one-on-one coverage we should be able to have Baker or Van Ginkel spy on the QB. Sure there might be an occasional play where these guys get fooled so long it is not all game long.
 
The tape suggests that on some plays it seems like that was his assignment. Ofcourse we don't know this for sure. Eitherway it was all good until the O-lineman got his hands on him. Then forget about it! Baker really struggles in the physicality department and specficially getting off blocks. You can't have that from you starting LBer.

His range is great and all, but one of first things a LBer needs to be able to do, imo, is defeat blocks and make his way to the ball carrier.

It's rare you're going to get a clean path to the ball carrier.

LB is the biggest weakness on this defense. I'd even put it above WR.
 
Mach2 said:
I'm not ready to make that assumption, and hope that is not the case.

It's easy to say he didn't make adjustments, or have an effective game plan, but if you don't have the horses to execute, it is what it is.

He does, on paper at least, have more/better players this year, but with such a limited offseason, I'm going to reserve judgement for now.
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Flores picked 8 of the defensive starters and most of the depth so the whole “he doesn’t have the horses“ excuse should be invalid now. I do agree about the new faces need time to gel so I am hopeful and willing to be patient. However if we ever come out after half time and take something away from an offense and force them to beat us another way, it will be the first time.That should’ve happened last week, which was very frustrating
 
I don’t get it. Flores was credited with shutting down the rams offense in the super bowl a couple years ago.

at least that’s what I was told
 
That NE defense was much more assignment sound than anything we’ve put out there since he took over.

And I’m not pinning that on him. That takes time

But that NE defense that year was executing x’s n O’s just the way you draw it up on the whiteboard. That takes time and discipline. They had secondary talent to boot

Flores hasn’t rolled out any stinkers since opening last year. His defense has plenty of potential
 
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