In defense of the NFL's Cover 2 🗣️ 'It's about execution!' - Michael Lombardi | The Pat McAfee Show

[@libertas_americana]

If you hate how defenses are stopping high flying offenses, then you simply hate football. Modern defenses catching up with modern offenses is a good thing.

[@Amerigmatic-ud7ty]

Honestly I didn’t think it would happen. A testament to defensive coaches, as the league isn’t helping them.

[@Ruffceyx530]

As someone who has watched Football for over 30 years, it's always been an arms race back and forth.

[@BLACKICONOCLAST]

ALL THE RULES FAVOR THE OFFENSE AND NOW THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT 2 HIGH SAFETIES AND COVER 2 ..

[@Richard-gw2lr]

It's the offense fault. The NFL are like liberals. They don't fix the actual problem. They slap a bandaid on the injury instead of fixing it. It's making it stupid to watch when the defense can't touch the other team because they are afraid of flags and fines.

[@TATNThisAintThatNetwork]

And then they will say someone is the GOAT playing under different rules from real FB players 😂 🐻⬇️

[@LucaLampini]

I agree with it, be more creative

[@Slasheryt]

​@@TATNThisAintThatNetwork don't think a bears fans opinion really matters when your talking about QBs🤣🤣🤣

[@smileyr]

Well yea more points = higher ratings and more and newer viewers. Most casual People want to see points being scored

[@phantomcyrano]

Mel is right! In fact, the defense shouldn't be allowed to field 11 players! Think of how many times a player catches a pass and then immediately gets tackled! Defense should be limited to 5 players on the field! And they should have to let every play go for at least 6 yards before attempting a tackle! Like wtf are we even talking about right now?? Shout outs to Lombardi for bringing that 🔥though.

[@sturner973]

Love the sarcasm 😂... This is a foolish argument by Mel with as many rules the NFL has changed to help benefit the offense this is just ridiculous

[@leondre4185]

😂😂😂😂

[@Beythoven]

Great feature by Lombardi here - spitting truth right out of the gate on this “controversy”

[@kbrewers]

Im annoyed with the whole debate. for the past 15 years the pass game has been boosted and boosted, rules have boosted the offensive game. Runningbacks have gone lower and lower on the totem pole of importance. I didnt hear anyone arguing we should put a 12th defender out there. Or empty backfields should be disallowed blah blah blah. just do your job. There was just a 97 yard bomb in the vikes 9ers game. there was a bomb in the dolphins jags game last week. Its not the defenses fault half the quarterbacks arent ready to start, and the offensive coaching is no longer leagues in front of defensive coaching and schemes. such a stupid idea.

[@kliff_45]

Mel Kiper doesn’t know what gap control is

[@tag7376]

This is lazy. 2 safeties is cover 2. It's not illegal... on offense They not taking away trips or empty backfield with 4-5 ppl running routes. This is getting ridiculous . Cover 2 is solid and legitimate defense...

[@jmgonzales7701]

People just seem to likr high pass offenses. Offenses wont be valuable anymore if they just let scoring through the roof

[@electricpaper269]

The union curtailing so much real practice time meant that O-lines got really bad. They need way more than other positions.

[@jmoros66]

If I get as heated as Lombo does??? I would have a bottle of Smirnoff close by as well lol

[@jgberzerker]

I swear, Kiper’s rant was not only stupid, but truly displayed how LITTLE the man actually knows about football. Quite frankly, his little rant is disqualifying for him to get paid to comment on the game of football, let alone allowed to evaluate draft prospects.

[@Gardenstategreat1225]

yeah more than anything, this calls into question his ability to scout players. without doubt

[@patrick815]

Lombardi has all the confidence. Hows his projections panning out so far ? We're not letting him get away with saying anything he wants, right ?!

[@P_steez]

His resume speaks for itself

[@patrick815]

@@P_steez His C/V is not his projections.

[@miamimercenary9623]

If you’re only allowed to single high safety you get more bombs thrown and more points on the board and then everybody has to play Man, Cover 3, or a variation like Cover 9 which is really just Cover 1 robber. It stretches the defense and if you have any o line, mfs can go crazy at QB every week. Just another way to handicap the defense in the name of 42 to 38 final scores

[@XMON888]

Or maybe if we allow more than 53 man rosters we wouldn’t be worried about injuries???

[@Michael-r9x7h]

I've always thought that they should expand the practice squads. The NFL is all about that money though.

[@Unz360]

​​@@Michael-r9x7hI thought they did expand it during covid? Or maybe it was something about the active roster I forget

[@LightiningHobo]

If the problem is more practice time, then you should extend the season to 10 months and have teams play each other week. More time to practice, more time to physically recover and more time to scout opposition. It will make for much better offenses.

[@JQUE94]

Coach JB be wearing Mina out over her take about the two high safety 😂

[@joncasey8077]

You HAVE to check out his new rant on Mel Kiper! He about strokes out how pissed he is! It’s classic JB!!

[@ajoflow]

The Lions lost last week because Dan Campbell chose not to kick a field goal on several occasions.

[@lisadleo2624]

Wheeeew…Lombardi barely took a breath. I was worn out from just listening.

[@steelrain5626]

Espn and the commentators on it suck

[@PhoenixDawnX77]

Sounds like what Madden gamers, trying out the NFL, would complain about. It's 11 vs 11 out there. Where they seem to have an advantage, they also have a deficit. Find the weaknesses and exploit them....and fans on rookie mode can just stop watching. 4-6 used to be a dominant defense not used by anyone anymore without a rule change. ADAPT! Stop crying!

[@jmgonzales7701]

Tbh a madden style game would be fun to watch. Like a balance of pass and run, adjusting to what the defense gives then play for clock like what madden does😂 like having a balance of 20 passes pgg and 10-15 runs ppg. Not too much of everything just precise and high stakes.

[@jasonmichealson9471]

Lombardi isn't wrong about Polian. He was mad that the Pats defense with Ty Law, Rodney Harrison and company were beating his receivers up.

[@AJ__777_]

JEW KNOW THIS IS A MONEY GRAB 18 GAMES SEASON COMING UP

[@JulioGarcia-j1t]

The fix is to lower wages and make the team 86 playes

[@fortunbras]

Every team wants to run the ball these days. Even KC are starting to rely heavily on the run.

[@Niam_Human]

They never talk about how Cover 2 opened up the TE position. Just negative drivel. Like that's why a Kelce, a Gonzales, a Gates, an Andrew blossomed so. My opinion, the TE position and the unused FB receiver was greatly benefited by Cover 2. Also great for TE, the mobile QB.

[@AndyMilonakis-j5p]

Its cause the analytics shifted. EPA is higher on runs than passes. It’ll prob be like this most of the year

[@Steven-iy8nn]

Cover two is easy to beat you have to run up the middle and use your tight ends,they give you the middle so take the middle but you can’t cover the middle or run up the middle when you have no full back and you’re all running three wide four wide sets that makes cover too easy. Why would you even have your safety up towards the line of scrimmage If everyone’s running three wide receivers,formations make the game. Beat cover 2by running up middle, that brought John lynch up to stop it and opened up the wideouts.

[@austinp9348]

The NFL goes in cycles. Offense innovates and defense reacts then defense innovates and offense reacts. We are currently in a defense reacting cycle. What will the offense come up with to counter?

[@capitanawesome44]

Can someone tell me what Mike Lombardi is an expert in? Why ESPN show this guy? His word means less than Big Perk

[@mathewerenberger7275]

If they take away cover 2 you have to take away passing the ball on offense......

[@thomasgabbitas3801]

No buns! EVER

[@gunthertoastbrot3738]

Bruh, and if there would play 3 Safeties deep and the Offense isn't able to run it, it's their fault for being bad.

[@380fro.ThisGuy]

This week-QB: Cj Stroud RB: B.Robinson JR RB: Mason WR: Reed WR: Jameson Williams WR: Davante Adams TE: Isaiah Likely FLEX: Allen Lazard d/st: Buffalo

[@august3124]

That's why he's a former everything.

[@RedHoodFH]

I mean, the Deep ball is essentially dead. Mahomes has like 2 or 3 TDs in his career that traveled 20+yards in the air EDIT: over the last 2 years, not career. Got my info wrong there

[@dewdesi]

Who cares

[@RedHoodFH]

@dewdesi oh idc lol, I'm just saying that's why they want it gone. The 2000s was a lot of man to man which lead to a lot of deep ball TDs

[@WestCoastCheeseHead]

It’s not dead

[@limitedbom2206]

@@RedHoodFH2000s there was more man because you could press receivers and play physical. Now everyone on defense is forced to play everything safe, thus the frequent use of 2 high defense.

[@guccidan719]

Deep ball died when big ben retired

[@Aaron-hb4wu]

Teams could.. just run the ball. Lol. Seriously. 2 safeties off the line means you can run the ball.

[@jayskutty7761]

Football now is to get up by 14-17 points and run the clock out.

[@krazikiddkash]

The nfl ruined the nfl let me explain when you change the rules to make it easier for the offense naturally people model their defense to adjust ie legion of boom fast athletic linebackers dogs at safety small pass rushing d line so now every defense looks like that small and fast how do you counter that 21 personnel big ball counters leads sweeps and the saints are showing that rn everyone is about to go back to it because those little defenders won’t work against it

[@usmcmikeco0651]

Maybe we will FINALLY get a non QB to win the MVP

[@BoomorBust]

This is a non-story. Also, you don't have to two-gap to run cover 2 lol.

[@adamwolsey8589]

depends on the formation and box count, in certain circumstances you absolutely have to have at least one guy 2 gap. 11 personnel you have a 6 man box there are 7 gaps 2A-2B-2C-1D (off of the TE) someone is 2 gapping.

[@BoomorBust]

@@adamwolsey8589 Exactly

[@0-Elias-0]

The Football World's Propaganda: ' _The Ravens need to fix Lamar Jackson's playing style_ ' *Facts* : 🏈2024 Baltimore Ravens = 1st in Offensive Yards (4th in Passing, 6th in Rushing) 🏈2024 Baltimore Ravens = 32nd in Penalty Yard Margin " _Lamar Jackson needs to be under center. [Yet,] He's out there in shotgun; Derrick Henry is -- [Lamar] would run bootlegs as well as anybody, but they don't put him under center. We've just become a copycat league. Get the quarterback -- Derek Carr [(ie, the model QB)] has been under center more than any quarterback in the league_ ." - Michael Lombardi, Expert Opinionist (Former NFL GM) _NFL on ESPN_ , 9/19/24 Once again, the Football World is *eschewing facts & logic* in exchange for its dogmatic, *stereotyped narratives* (especially in regards to QB play). Please be factually-based. Thank You.

[@Major8724]

Michael Lombardi get the raiders name out your mouth we don’t care what you have to say

[@vanillaice7749]

The problem is that you have a bunch of running backs playing quarterback.

[@dewdesi]

Facts.... I love the athletic qbs but at the end of the day the QUARTERBACK position is to GIVE IT TO YOUR PLAYMAKERS. Now if a qb can be athletic but still throw the ball well Aka Mahomes Aka Josh Allen Aka Cj Stroud You can have success

[@scrotumscratcher2474]

@@dewdesilol idk what you heard about strouds running ability but bro is definitely a pocket passer. He prolly can use them the way Brady did but better but not much more than that. Bro was known for the arm in college

[@WestCoastCheeseHead]

A bunch of running backs like who?

[@limitedbom2206]

@@WestCoastCheeseHeadthe guys who are great runners with decent arms. Lamar, Murray, fields, etc.

[@pouchcp3]

No it’s not bc you have a bunch of quarterbacks who aren’t “running backs” that just flat out suck

[@lottji]

Jets being favored by 6 is crazy

[@themack1363]

They’re going to cover that tonight

[@BLACKICONOCLAST]

RUN THE BALL AND LET THE BLACK RUNNING BACK GET PAID..

[@JustSomeGuy009]

Nothing to do with race. They're paying all those black quarterbacks. Turned the position into a running back position.

[@MartMyers]

Turns out the patriots were in fact not good