re: Jamal Adams 4th down stop

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Although I love Adams as much as anyone in the world...we don't really know what his "responsibility" was on this play. We don't know what the coverage was, clearly Battle is playing a free zone, Adams could have had the right flat coverage

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That's possible, but I think Adams just flat out read the play. Right at the beginning of the GIF, you can see Adams point to the left edge of the formation like that's where the play was going. Then he runs over there to make the play himself.

If anything, his responsibility was the opposite flat since the running back was to that side and two h-backs.

Adams would not have been lined up on the opposite side of the defense to cover the right flat.

This play was as good as it gets as far as recognizing a formation, and trusting his instincts