Derek Cox is making an impact defensively

rashean and derek were absolute blankets of malaria and chicken pox around all the raven wr’s. i hope the ravens get their vaccinations today.

Our corners absolutely shined under the lights playing man to man. Keep in going please.

is better then we have given him credit for.

I was so damn happy when I saw them come out in that. Then they kept playing it and it worked extremely well. As long as Mathis and Cox can shut their guys down, this defense will be on point. Its always easier to stop the run when you know you can play cover one or cover zero consistently.

In all honesty, im glad y’all won last night because now i feel y’all aren’t as desperate for a win as y’all woulda been when y’all played us. that being said, y’alls cornerbacks looked VERY impressive last night.

2 or 3 years

I made a post after the Saints game saying some things that the Jaguars needed to change on defense to get off the field on 3rd downs; I was basically laughed at after for making these comments. What I mentioned turn into the game plan last weekend at halftime.
One of the things I mentioned was play tight man coverage and hitting the receivers at the line to throw them off their routes and the timing of the play; leads to the pass rush getting better pressure on the QB, causes the QB to be flushed out of the pocket or throw off their back foot and will not allow the running backs to get up field when running off tackle. The jags made these adjustments at half time during the Steelers game and stuck with the same game plan for this game.
 I am curious on how they will fair against a scary backfield that has Foster & Tate. Also Schaub throwing to Daniels and Dressen will be interesting; can the jags stop the TE’s?

I think it has a lot to do with the safeties, more than anything else. The significantly improved play at safety allows the defense to play man underneath now.

I did see Cox get beat down the field by Boldin, but Flacco just completely missed him. One of the safeties was late over too, not sure which it was.

The safeties are vast improvement anything we had here in the past decade. And we know they can cover ground if one of our DB gets beat. But not allowing the receivers to get separation to make the catch not only will cause a better chance of an in completion but a turnover which could go the other way for a touchdown. More sacks will also come because of the ability to send blitzers. When you keep playing soft zone coverage because you are afraid to give up a big gain…that’s playing scared and one thing I know from playing is you can’t play this game scared. Much better off playing this type of defense and mixing zones in depending on the type of team they are playing. This defense will also keep the score closer which will be much better for the offense to stay in the game and try to control the clock.

Mathis came to play last night, he wanted it bad right off the first pass you could tell he was pumped i loved it

but what I liked best about Rashean’s and Cox’s play last night was the fact that they weren’t giving the usual huge cushion to the reciever. They were up on him at the line. Is that standard for man defense? If so, I love it.
Also, will we be able to stay in man defense, or was that just a one time thing because Baltimore was vulnerable to it?

now on to next week! The big thing will be wether or not Andre Johnson plays. With Andre Johnson the Texans have an excellent passing attack, without him they have a good passing attack. I’m curious to see who they will have mark Johnson?

And last night may have been his best effort to date. I wanna see him continue to play that way.

I think it is pretty clear that Cox made a difference. They were able to use a different defense and play more man with Cox than they did with Middleton in. The reason they did that in my opinion was because they may have felt more confidant with his man to man ability, than with Middleton’s. Why cant we all just agree that cox played very well, and we are all hoping to see his improvement. Cox is a good corner, plain and simple.