TJ Finley out here reading coverages

Fyi, Rex Ryan broke it down hard on NFL countdown yesterday. They were not running under 2 man. It was some much more complex man scheme that basically says the safety MUST get outside of the numbers and the CB is solely responsible for forcing him outside and trail. Jalen Ramsey said it wasn't man 2 specifically, and Jalen Ramsey destroyed his assignment. Hell, even if it's Man 2, that is the worst man coverage I've ever seen.

Basically, Jalen Ramsey is wrong and Finley is wrong, but Finley also doesn't know specifically what defense they were running.

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Seems like a dumb coverage for the D Coordinator to run on a 3rd and long. If Ramsey is supposed to be forcing the wideout to the sideline then he should be playing an inside technique and not giving up the outside and safety should be on the hash. Also the only way the CB should be on the numbers is if it’s a Cover 3 or Quarters.

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Well yea, but that's what makes Ramsey's coverage so clueless. He barely moved until the WR blew past him. Ramsey blames the safety, but the WR had him beat by nearly 10 yards, it didn't matter what he thoughts because he gave no effort. The WR had a more narrow split, but most NFL routes have options in them. I'm assuming Sanders so the outside technique Ramsey was playing and the safety helping over the top out wide so he just changed to a skinny post and it was the easiest throw and catch.

The safety’s position is more clueless than where Ramsey is. He’s playing outside leverage in almost a zone look, definitely looks like he thought the safety was going to pick up that inside vertical route. Why would the safety be outside the numbers with Ramsey play off with outside leverage?

It looks like 2 man under, however, that the safety's fault. Ramsey looked cocky and like he was going to predict the route. Ended up getting burnt. 2 man under is not supposed to give up that much space and they already had another vertical route towards the boundary occupying the safety. 100% Ramsey's fault here

TJ Finley has two left feet and will never start at LSU. Not sure why we signed him.

The wr did go outside but a simple veer to the middle left the safety about 10 yards away with no chance to cover. The safety needs to stay with him on the deep ball and not lose him like that.

Jalen screwed it up no matter what he was playing, because he gave shitty effort. The way it was played "seemed" like Jalen played it for inside help but the safety was outside the numbers and was looking for inside leverage, forcing wr to the boundary. No matter who's fault it is, that was terrible communication and effort.