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Originally Posted by SNR
I think some people actually blame Todd Heap eating us alive in the 2010 playoff game on Jovan Belcher. So Brandon Siler comes along and they think, "Awesome! That should fix the coverage problems!"
Our outlet receiver defense isn't going to get any better if Siler or Belcher is starting. Siler will come in and perform the exact same duties that Belcher has been doing for the past two seasons. He'll do a pretty good job I imagine, but shit isn't going to change.
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Belcher was actually at fault for a lot of the big plays to the tigt end in that game.
It wasn't due to physical limitations or anything, though.
He was just inexperienced and Baltimores running game made things increasedly difficult for him.
About every time they ran playaction, he took multiple false steps before recovering and by then, it was too late. He couldn't get proper depth in his drops because of this and it created a gap in the zone that Baltimore exploited.
Last year, he made strides in this category of his responsibility and that made it more difficult for tight ends to get open in that gap over the top of the backer and underneath the safety.
I bet when we at Baltimore this year it's not as big of a problem...even though their tight ends are actually better.