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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pack_in_black" data-source="post: 175356" data-attributes="member: 631">You make a good point about the cover-2 being over-generalized into the belief that you can absolutely, never ever pass against it.  However, the Bears run it almost better than anyone in the game has.Here's my take on Mac not trying underneath routes. After penalties, we're backed up inside our own 20.  We have 1st or 2nd and 15+, it's hard to take a 4-yard underneath route.  Two deep safeties limit anything beyond 15 yards or so.  Jennings was out hurt, and Jones is struggling to hold onto the ball.  So you can go to Driver, who's probably got one man-on and whoever's zone he runs into, so he's essentially doubled.  You can go to Ruvell, but he's better along the sidelines.  My point is, with GJ and JJ limited options, facing a stifling pass defense, I would've gone with the running game that had been clicking early in the game.  That's JMO, but I think I would've expected exactly that from almost any HC.</blockquote>

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