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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The problem is that we have seen over and over where a defense keeps an offense in check all game and at the end runs a prevent defense which in turn gives the offense a free pass to move down the field. I feel if you have been getting pressure with your 4 man rush and running a lot of man coverage with success all game it's foolish to rush 3 and drop into a deep zone coverage yet a lot of teams do this.
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I've said this before regarding different situations but this is another one where I feel it's true. It's not teams, it coaches (specifically head coaches) that do this and it's all about keeping blame off themselves if things go south. For them (ie for their job security) it makes more sense to do the 'smart' thing or the 'safe' thing. If it doesn't work out hey, what can you do. The defence get's blamed for not preventing or doing their job. But if you play aggressive (or the same way you have been playing all game) and get burned then it's on the coach for making that call.