Breaking down the moderate signs of improvement from the Commanders defense
The Commanders defense has been very bad to start the season and they had their issues in this game too, but this was the first week we started to see some real improvements from that side of the ball. So what changed and how have they corrected some issues? Let’s start with solving some basic issues in coverage.
Crossing routes are tough to defend in man coverage, once a receiver gets that step inside, it’s very hard for a defender to regain leverage without having outstanding speed.