Throw the bomb! One of the many familiar fan pleads oftentimes gets old, yet it also serves a real purpose in today’s NFL. Throwing the bomb has never worked more flawlessly thanks to modern rules that beat down defensive backs on a play in, play out basis.
Sometimes, old-school defensive minds have a problem adjusting to such a fact. New York Jets defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, for instance, has always enjoyed his unit’s aggressiveness.
With Jamal Adams employed a year ago, Williams’s pass-rushing schemes often involved two defensive backs.