re: Why do our DB's play without looking....

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For the pass. Blew 2 easy int's against Mich state because of this. Do they just get beat that bad and have to catch up to the receiver? Surely they're not taught this. Drives me nuts!!!

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If our DB's were looking back to read the QB, they would get burned constantly. You only look back when the receiver looks back, and that is only if you are stride for stride with him, which is rare. DB's can look back more once the defense is backed up into the red zone, since there's no more risk of giving up a deep pass. Watch Cyrus Jones' INT from the game for a good example of this.