“That’s all my fault,” said Howden, who fell on the sword since he was the deep safety crashing down while the others were in man coverage. “I gotta make sure I clear the traffic because everybody else is in man, and I’m just coming down from space.
Did someone from the team actually say Howden was supposed to be playing a deep zone? He looks like he is playing the robber in cover 1, and his description sounds the same.
All three plays on that series had a cover 1 robber/rat look. On each play two defenders ended up on Goedert, but he also had routes attacking the middle each play, so I can’t say for sure if they always wanted two on Goedert or if it just fell that way.
Have to wonder if the Eagles saw an opportunity there, clear out the deep safety and have three Saints defenders try to navigate the mesh.