Been scratchin' my head about this all year - why do OUr D backs seem to always be 10 (or at least 5, sometimes more than 10) yards off their man? Is it lack of confidence to be able to stick w/'em? Real, or feared lack of reaction speed? Many posts on here and on the game chat today from others about this too.

Or - is this all part of the plan from the coaching staff? With the inexperience due to youth and injuries (and maybe indeed real lack of speed/reaction timing skills) is this the game plan going in every game? By intent play to bend, a lot, accept that we will get scored on, maybe quite a bit, just try to stop them from beating us deep, and rely on the D Line to get most of the series stops? And have faith in the ability of the offense to always be able to put up enough points in the end to win?

I think we are in for a lot of nerve wracking games through the rest of the year!

You're correct, its basically so that we don't give up the "big play", don't get beaten deep.

You'd rather lose be giving up a ton of downfield passes? It clearly isn't an optimal solution, I think its more a reaction to having 962 scholarship defensive backs out due to injury.

Who 'wants to lose" by any regular method? That was the point of my original proposition - maybe this is indeed the "plan". I don't think it works in most games going forward though - therefore the concern. As others have also posted - this requires the D Line Really stepping up - and i think they have the potential to do that. 

Yesterday, the prob wasn't 10 yards.  It was getting beat deep.  At least two long td grabs.  If we're gonna concede the short stuff, yet be vulnerable deep then there are going to be some long fall afternoons.

On their first td and one other (at least) they got behind our db's.  If you'eplan is to keep everything in front of you, to defend everything in front of you....but you let them get behind you....Then, I guess that you get 37-34 and in doubt until the last seconds.