Quote Originally Posted by Bison 4 Life View Post
We can't keep going to that excuse. There needs to be some game planning as described above to let our athleticism get loose.
It's not an excuse. You can't coach speed and you can't snap your fingers and suddenly have a replacement that does what Travis did. Carlton hasn't played that position for 3 seasons and he was the backup to Travis then. There's reasons for that.

It's not personal. If you've really watched our corners all season you are aware that they aren't tall and they have consistently been slower than the receivers they are trying to cover.

You can hide that when there is a strong pass rush and the Tampa 2 scheme also uses the safeties to help.

There is plenty of knowledge on how to defeat the Tampa 2 and where the weaknesses are. One big strategy is to get a WR on a LB.

Travis could be counted on to take on slot and WR and we didn't need to help him.

Stopping the run was aided because Heagle and Dud could come up aggressively as soon as they read it. Now everybody needs to hedge more to avoid the big play.

Travis hasn't played the last two games. We have played two pretty good offenses but I don't think the yards and points we've given up in those two games is a coincidence.