I read today that JAX defenders said they were playing a ton of Cover 2 because they knew the Saints would checkdown, checkdown, checkdown in that situation. I want the calls to be centered around the player (matchup) and not the play itself... Simplify - Heavy run - Heavy motion - 3 reads tops with all of them being to matchup our best players with advantages... and much more misdirection to create space.
Not knocking your point, my towel brother, but the JAX defenders didn't say that they were playing cover 2 because they knew the Saints were going to checkdown. They did that because they knew Derek Carr was going to check down.
All they had to do, Jenkins said, was just keep everything in front of them: "We know that’s Derek Carr’s game. He’s gonna checkdown, checkdown, checkdown. We just have to win the game down the field and that was the mindset of the DBs. We’ll let him have the check-downs, we’ll come up, rally, tackle that, and get rid of the shot plays."
That has less to do with play calling but the one making the plays. Chase's review was good but because JT's showed every throw, it was more balanced. We saw plays where 2 high was beat but Carr went to his checkdown at the end of the his drop back and that's really kinda been the knock against him for a while.
Play calling does leave a lot to be desired but I agree on the main thing; no accountability from the coaching staff (or so it seems).