and on the long Howard TD Hicks had great coverage, he missed the ball by an inch and Darby missed a tackle. those two plays completely shifted the game, nothing coach Schwartz can't get cleaned up
It was clear as day once u saw the replay that the play was Malcolm Jenkins fault.
Schwartz sent Darby on a corner blitz with McCleod covering the other outside receiver that Darby was on.
Jenkins was the single high safety.
Jenkins' responsibility was supposed to be safety help over the top but Jenkins either bit on a slight Sluggo route by D Jax or that weak ass play action by Fitzpatrick. Either way its his fault, it was a mind-blowing error by one of the better safeties in the game.
And at that point all Mills could have done was commit a PI, which he should have done to live another play on that drive, he wasn't staying with D Jax by himself.
Then again that play broke down so fast. In other words, even if Jones, Douglas or even Darby was on D Jax instead of Mills on that play too, they likely would have been beat too.
Mills caught too much shyt this week. He didnt play that bad.
That other 75-yard play was mostly Darby's fault. He made a half-ass tackle attempt and he knocked McCleod out of the play too.
Jenkins should have forced himself more to the sidelines to break Howards running pace. Godwin is not that damn strong to be blocking him from going to the sidelines.
That being said, u are right we lost this game mostly because of correctable errors by the defense.
They gonna be tested again with Ty Hilton, Eric Ebron and Andrew Luck this week.