Coby Bryant explains a successful Seahawks Super Bowl blitz against the Patriots quarterback Drake Maye. The play is described as cover zero, emphasizing getting the mind right for a mano-y-mano matchup. Preparation focuses on holding the look and not giving away the coverage. Bryant credits Devon Witherspoon as an elite blitzer who timed the blitz effectively. Bryant also describes maintaining his shell to avoid being beaten vertically. He notes that film showed the Patriots aligned in a 3-by-1 set on third downs without running hitches. He adds that Maye’s mannerisms and drop-back cues would reveal quick-game or catch-and-throw intentions, and those cues were not present in this look, so pressure was used to heat him up.
"Cover zero. First things first, get your mind right because you know it's mano-y-mano, so that's the biggest thing with that. This whole prep is holding the look and not giving it away too much. Spoon's elite player, elite blitzer, too. He timed it up pretty well and I just tried to hold my shell as much as possible and don't get beat vertically."
"When the Patriots aligned in this 3 by 1 set on these third downs, they never ran the hitches and stuff. Is that what you guys were seeing on film before the week? Bryant: Yeah. Honestly, if it was going to be quick-game, you can tell right away with his mannerisms and his drop back. If he was going to catch and throw, it would be quick-game right now, and that's something we didn't see out of this look."
"So we're just heating him up with pressure. A couple of takeaways from the footage above. Firstly, I feel like I've learned a little more about football thanks to Coby Bryant's breakdown. Secondly, because of that, I am starting to get a better grasp on what the Bears saw in the safety and why they made signing him a priority signing in free agency. And, thirdly, I wonder if Bears Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen can rip that play straight from Mike Macdonald's playbook."
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