re: The problem with the 4th and 31 defensive play call

That call is indicative of coaches not being situationally aware. It’s fourth and 30. The only place that pass is going is into the end zone. if you’re a smart defensive coordinator you dial up something to force him to throw to an area you want him to throw. Bring a blitz and force him out of the pocket to his left. Now he has to set his shoulders on the run to make the pass but more importantly you’re cutting the field in half allowing db’s to converge on a much smaller area. What you don’t want to do is allow him to take his time while you’re forcing your db’s to cover 5 receivers in man coverage, sideline to sideline for 10 plus seconds. You can replay that down 100 times with that trash defensive call and you’ll get the same result over and over and over.