If you actually watched what they gave us on those 3 plays, passes are what it called for.. they were loading up on the blitz, then playing single high safety with man coverage throughout.
You NEVER do this with an elite offense unless you wanna get burned. This type of chit NEVER happened before cause Tae, Jordy, Jennings, younger Cobb, James Jones, etc would all make you pay.
The issue was 1v1 matchups on the outside and we don't have the WRs to win. Lazard is not gonna win a go route, Doubs struggles with route concepts occasionally, Watson/Watkins can't stay on the field, and Cobb isn't beating someone 1v1 like he used to.
Unfortunately we can't win a straight 1v1 matchup when the defense loads up on the run and it calls for it. MLF can only scheme dudes open on early downs. It's why we're statistically one of the best teams to get a first on 1st or 2nd down