"DEFENSIVE DILEMMA" - ASSESSING ROQUAN SMITH AS THE RAVENS SEARCH FOR ANSWERS - WK 7 FILM STUDY

[@vicekinsley5]

Ravens need to hire this man as an advisor!!!

[@wildbill1313]

Agree he should show Zach how to film study

[@kyd70]

lol…imagine an NFL team hiring a rando from KZbin to coach their players. Hilarious.

[@Sgk56ST]

Arthur Maulet will allow play callers to be more creative on the back end.

[@kingclarence1710]

Excellent content man !💯 Really enjoy what you do and thoughts. Seems like we are just out of position sometimes and they forget assignment and alignment.

[@timberwolfe338]

This is maybe my favorite of your recent vids. Awesome insight to tendency and coaching that just doesn't get shared

[@kyd70]

This vid is an opinion piece. He made assumptions that when Ro made a good play, it was instinct not scheme. When there’s confusion, it’s not the players, it’s the scheme. I dint know if he’s wrong but I also am not ready to agree. As we saw as recently as last year, installing new coaching schemes takes time. Orr is coaching players AND NEW COACHES.

[@timberwolfe338]

@@kyd70 oh I'm less concerned about who's wrong or right to the T. But this level discussion isn't really common or well-shared paired with this quality of content. And at the end of the day there's only so much we could really "understand" from a fan perspective without having confirmation by the team. But the effort is appreciated nonetheless

[@aday1637]

Ironic our offense is carrying our defense and even our special teams. Inexcusable in my mind.

[@samazon52]

lol Such shallow thinking is what's inexcusable.

[@davidsmnje]

​@@samazon52 he ain't wrong🤦‍♂️ Shallow thinking is believing this defense is playing well

[@samazon52]

@@davidsmnje I doubt that anyone believes that the defense is playing well. But in context, it's not all that surprising that the defense, especially the pass coverage) has taken a step back. DC Mike Macdonald left to be HC in Seattle. Defensive line coach (and assistant HC) Anthony left to be DC in Miami. DB coach Dennard Wilson left to be DC in Tennessee. The Titans now have the League's 2nd best D vs the pass. Failing to put the D's performance in context is shallow thinking.

[@lariojaalta890]

⁠​⁠@@samazon52Couldn’t agree more. Particularly, Dennard Wilson. People need to look at what he did with Philly, then Baltimore, and now, as you pointed out, Tennessee. I think Anthony Weaver’s approach last year of coaching up the front 7 together and having them spend time in the film room at the same time had a huge impact last year. It was a little unusual in the NFL, and I’m not sure if that’s the case this year.

[@JovhonteFirstOfHisName]

Imagine how many seasons our defense carried or offense

[@toneyayers6636]

Good breakdown coach hopefully the folks in Baltimore give you a call as an advisor

[@thelakeshow499]

Man I was waiting on this one Coach!!! I knew you was going to jump all over this mess of a defense we have going on right now !!! It’s terrible players out of position players just not having any awareness in the defensive scheme this has to be fixed ASAP and EDC needs to go and get a premier pass rusher in a trade hopefully he can pull it of !!!

[@staomruel]

It's not complete trash, but pass vs rush is stupidly lopsided

[@jamesstrom6991]

no, edc needs a dc!

[@williamkang1481]

Thanks for the video. Happy to know it’s nothing of a skill related issue with Quan! Very hopeful our D puts something together by the end of the season for a run.

[@NoMorePodDes]

Great call on Trenton Simpson this game. He’s very unselfish and plays the shit out of his technique more and more each week. He’s gonna be so much better than PQ.

[@insidethesquaredcirclewith9797]

RO IS THE LEADING TACKLER OF THE BEST RUN STOPPING DEFENSE IN THE NFL AS A LINEBACKER...CANT ASK FOR MUCH MORE THAN THAT

[@mobrown1198]

Yes. Yes you certainly can. Part of his job as the leader and play caller of the defense, is to get his guys in position. Roquan isn’t making many of his tackles close to or behind the line of scrimmage… NFL inside linebackers will generally lead their team in tackles… a good linebacker makes plays, and great linebackers (Roquan is paid to be great) get their team in alignment, and in the right position. That’s why he’s highly paid. I don’t care who was the DC with Ray Lewis. Heck even CJ Mosley. When they were at the helm of the Ravens defense. The Ravens defense was getting gashed like this in the air. I agree with Coach, it is a system, coaching issue, a work in progress. Roquan… has more responsibility… especially when the Ravens make teams one dimensional….

[@insidethesquaredcirclewith9797]

@@mobrown1198 HES NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR BLOWN COVERAGE AFTER THE SNAP GENIUS HE CAN ONLY TELL PLAYERS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE BEFORE THE SNAP HE CANT MAKE SURE THEY IN POSITION AFTER THE SNAP

[@staomruel]

Compared to last season, I'm kinda inclined to say he's missing someone he can work with like he did with PQ. Often looked like they worked with one mind.

[@BrettSavage-q4o]

Great analysis. I think the D needs to be simplified. Too many players in wrong roles in poor position on too many plays.

[@corilou11]

Players put outside of their comfort zones and skill sets.

[@bigchungus1848]

EDC should try to get either Clowney, Budda Baker, Badger, or Latimore. The Defense needs help.

[@jamesstrom6991]

talent is already being wasted. it’s the braintrust failing

[@Jefeholmes98]

It’s pretty blatant that our DC is consistently getting out coached ! It’s like we ignore our weaknesses and just assume our talent will negate it. This team reminds me so much of 2014 cowboys.

[@brianspar9431]

It would be great to have a similar analysis of Marcus Williams in a week or two

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

I hope they let raquan Smith change plays like raw lewis did

[@chimzichuku4757]

Coach it’s unfortunate that our defense can’t seem to put it together because it is negating the amount of talent we have on this defense. This defense could easily surpass the defense or at least match what happened last year given the talent we have. Like you have said multiple times, it’s not a player issue but rather a scheme issue

[@kyd70]

What are you talking about? Ravens were 6-0 on scoring drives after the 1st qtr. in this game with 2 interceptions.‘Can’t put it together’ is beer baloney bar BS

[@antwuanmay8084]

I remember watching him and Ray Lewis sit down and talk about the game. Ray was absolutely correct with our defense there is no communication on the field as well. As the leader of the defense sometimes you have to get your guys in the best position by communicating. I’m watching these videos I dnt see any communication

[@johnredelfs6115]

What I’ve noticed is that the defense hasn’t audibled out of certain looks/coverages when the offense lines up in a formation that can exploit it, there has also really just been a huge lack of communication from every one to be honest, the play calling isn’t really the issue it’s the lack of detail from our players, which you could say is on Orr, and if that’s the case than dean peas should hopefully help with that

[@jamesstrom6991]

this is not the year to be training up a 32 year old rookie defensive coordinator. replace Orr immediately. in the playoffs, Andy Reid will eat this defense without even a burp

[@mobrown1198]

Thank you. I know you didn’t personally do this for me. But I need to know my eyes aren’t lying. I’ve been asking of you and another great teacher of the game to … give me some context. I believe he is a great player. But I know what I see. The… simulated pressures… aren’t working. I agree wholeheartedly that he should just blitz more… on obvious passing downs. McVay and the Rams were the first team to truly expose this with the Ravens. Can’t tell me other teams haven’t copied and pasted this philosophy… My non professional opinion, the Ravens defense would better served rushing 5 (4DL, Ro, or 5DL) at this point, I’m not a fan of the sim pressures. It takes players who aren’t good coverage guys, even in space, in poor position to make plays.

[@FloridaGuitarMan]

It seems that the quick snap is a strategy that works against our defensive plan

[@kyd70]

This vid is one opinion. It made assumptions that when Ro made a good play, it was instinct not scheme. When there’s confusion, it’s not the players, it’s the scheme. I don’t know if he’s wrong but I also don’t agree. As we saw as recently as last year, installing new coaching schemes takes time. Orr is coaching players AND NEW COACHES. For me, Orr deserves 8 games of runway. I expect a sharp turn around by the Broncos game. Knives out after that but not before

[@meeee214]

I don’t understand why not follow the blueprint from last season when they were literally historically great

[@Emmanny]

Theres a difference of having the same plays and knowing when to call then

[@samazon52]

Loss of institutional knowledge. We lost Mike Macdonald to the Seahawks. Dennard Wilson to the Titans. Anthony Weaver to the Dolphins.

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

They should have kept queens

[@mobrown1198]

@@The-Heart-Will-Testifyeh…

[@DorkJelly]

I know this was about Ro but I think they need to change how we run the backend of our defense. We have way too many smart, versatile & dynamic players to use such a static system. First, we need to protect Branden Stephens weakness. He plays sticky coverage but just doesn't play on the ball well. I honestly think we shouldn't keep our left side right side corner assignments static anymore. Offenses know where he will always be...and we make it way too easy for them to target that particular weakness. We have a stud...even tho he's a rookie it's clear Nate can lock down opponents, he's good in zone and he knows how to always be in position to make a play on the ball. I know people worry about his drops but just like with early Queen, him being consistently in the right position for takeaways bodes well for his future, and eventually he will start coming down with these. Is it too early to ask the rook to travel with their Wr1? Well, the way I see it he should eventually be tasked with this, and I think he can handle it. This season team's WR1 have been giving us problems every game and tasking what I think is or will eventually be our best coverage corner to just eliminate them all game and force teams to beat us with their other guys is the best route. I also think Trenton should stay on the field next to Ro just like we did with Queen. He is good and athletic enough to handle coverage on the inside, carry guys up the seam and aware enough to make in play adjustments and match routes. Also I think they should use him like we did queen, if we can't get there with 4, send Trent in to crash down on lineman and loop Beeks around. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't know why we are putting Eddie Jackson on the field so much, use him as depth for injuries but he is not adding value as the third safety. I also don't know what to think of Marcus Williams but I've just never seen him be this inconsistent...even when he was playing with essentially one arm. He's out of position, not bracketing well when used as a deep half and he's also been a liability in the redzone. But then I just think we are seeing a lot of plays where guys seem to be out of position or out leveraged...so unfortunately, as much as I wanted to give him grace...we got to start looking at coaching. Why is communication such a problem, why are the struggling lining up and why are they not identifying bad positioning when offenses line up...this wasn't a problem last year and we are using essentially the same group. It can't just be getting caught in a bad play call every time.

[@jeremiahw1369]

That first play was opi on further review of the endzone angle. Oweh, got intentionally picked. That was a penalty, not necessarily a coaching fix. Anticipate it and do something else next time, maybe, but if the offense gets away with the pick, they get open.

[@oldwalter9573]

Always ready for Agent Zero content

[@JovhonteFirstOfHisName]

I miss Campbell coach he always had his hands in the QB’s passing lane’s

[@FloridaGuitarMan]

Being at the game, it seemed like screen plays were just carving us up.

[@junahn1907]

This video confirms the suspicion I have had since the first game that the talent is there, but the utilization is not.

[@GreigAltieri]

So it’s not the players, it’s the DC!

[@ktinay2231]

The ravens need to hire the hell out of you!!!!!

[@bankslaw8900]

Great breakdown for one, but I can’t understand how we can have so many vets which such bad situational awareness. No presnap awareness at all with alignment or awareness

[@tm7517]

Roquan is still fast

[@ktinay2231]

If you watch the Marlon endzone angle. AD Washington was completely lost the whole play. He completely left his zone and let the running back creep in. If that’s a better QB they make that free pass to the RB.

[@danielarellano7718]

Maybe the will Lb we had last year played a lot better and been playing in our defense longer. Pq was like I sync with ro they played off each other very well

[@joshhoffman5233]

“dereliction of duty” I know doesn’t come out till its real trouble. Like Wink late 2021 trouble. And I think there’s an argument this is worse bc that unit was crazy decimated by injuries. Even I could see the absurd pressure it put on our CBs that seemed arbitrary. Somehow that had its days of working. This hasn’t. Yet,

[@staceyvandiver]

Saban's defense without Saban's authority and laws

[@mobrown1198]

Again, I appreciate this coach. I am nowhere near as well versed as you… however, I do know and understand plenty enough about the game to know that this is a scheme, coaching issue… it is just too much talent on this defensive unit for them to play so poorly and allow so much yardage through the air. I definitely agree with Simpson getting more snaps. Especially when Harrison was healthy, I couldn’t understand when he’d come off the field (Simpson) and replaced by Harrison

[@meeee214]

How tf has Orr not figured it out through 7 weeks

[@samazon52]

If it was easy, anybody could do it.

[@bigchungus1848]

He’s figured out the first 3 quarters. But not the 4th 😂

[@davidAnonsen]

Please do a video on marcus williams.

[@dcyungin202]

The first TD pass to Mike evans was all Bsteve fault….marcus Williams took the go route while Bsteve still looking the back field while Mike Evans running Scott free…it’s the very simple things that is killing our defense…

[@juiceman4109]

Way did we bring in Dean Pees to keep making the same mistakes?

[@jasoneddie9705]

Trenton Simpson needs to touch the field more and there’s no other way around it imo his reaction time is better than Roquan rn and I think that’s because what orr is telling him to do we need to put ardarius on blitz way more

[@brianspar9431]

I realize scheme has to change as opposing teams adjust but it seems like Orr has changed too much from what Mike did last year with often disappointing results

[@askmiller]

I wonder what it would take to get Belichick to come in and fix this mess.

[@scottyc9917]

Ro been cool, he’s just getting beat in coverage …

[@GoddeKnows]

Man why haven’t you tried working for the team?

[@bankslaw8900]

It also looks like Coach Orr is just calling plays with no reason to the call or goal to accomplish

[@ericplummer4089]

The dc is new, the d-lins coach, new, the linebacker coach, new, the d-backs coach, new, the head coach, a special teams guru! This isn't going to come together for at least a couple more weeks. There were of number of coaches they coulda have had come in and help Orr navigate things, practice, film study, etc...

[@timberwolfe338]

This is maybe my favorite of your recent vids. Awesome insight to tendency and coaching that just doesn't get shared