{"id":80671,"date":"2024-01-15T05:08:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T05:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=80671"},"modified":"2024-01-15T05:08:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T05:08:18","slug":"myles-garrett-breaks-silence-on-jim-schwartzs-refusal-to-adjust-vs-texans-kieu-linh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/myles-garrett-breaks-silence-on-jim-schwartzs-refusal-to-adjust-vs-texans-kieu-linh\/","title":{"rendered":"Myles Garrett Breaks Silence on Jim Schwartz\u2019s Refusal to Adjust vs. Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Houston Texans\u00a0thoroughly outplayed the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0defense Saturday night, but the coaching disparity was arguably even worse.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1930671104-1-e1705264080327.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Myles Garrett, Browns\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Browns defensive coordinator\u00a0Jim Schwartz\u00a0was a revelation in Cleveland this season, ushering in an aggressive style of defense that favors man coverage in the backfield. However, that style can be susceptible to splash plays, especially if the Browns\u2019 defensive front isn\u2019t getting home to the QB.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s exactly what happened to Cleveland on Saturday, when Texans quarterback\u00a0CJ Stroud\u00a0lit up the defense \u2014 particularly cornerbacks\u00a0Martin Emerson Jr.\u00a0and\u00a0Greg Newsome II\u00a0\u2014 to the tune of 236 passing yards and 3 TDs in the first half alone.<\/p>\n<p>All-Pro defensive end\u00a0Myles Garrett\u00a0\u2014 who has a strong case as the NFL\u2019s Defensive Player of the Year with\u00a030 QB hits and 14 sacks\u00a0\u2014 explained Schwartz\u2019s philosophy following the game and shed light on why the Browns didn\u2019t make the adjustments necessary to slow down the Texans\u2019 onslaught.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Browns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Browns<\/a> Myles Garrett said Jim Schwartz stayed true to his approach. &quot;He said from the beginning he&#39;s going to ride with what got us here and he&#39;s not going to change up, there&#39;s not going to be any magic calls that&#39;s gonna get us out of anything or get us through anything.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i4E6yNRaQg\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/i4E6yNRaQg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Camryn Justice (@camijustice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/camijustice\/status\/1746343319758578038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He said from the beginning he\u2019s going to ride with what got us here, and he\u2019s not going to change up. There\u2019s not going to be any magic calls that\u2019s gonna get us out of anything or get us through anything.<\/p>\n<p>I guess [the Texans] were just doing things a little bit different that, you know, kept us off balance. I think just the tempo with which they were doing it \u2014 whether it was running the ball a little differently than we had expected, getting the ball out on time or trying to just delay us enough up front to get the ball to their skill players and make plays. And we have to be able to make plays all across the field.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cleveland\u2019s pass-rushers, led by Garrett, finished the night\u00a0zero sacks. They finished sixth in the NFL during the regular season, sacking opposing quarterbacks\u00a049 times.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Browns DC Jim Schwartz Out-Schemed by Texans OC Bobby Slowik in Playoff Game<\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-4641734 visible aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1699042604-2-e1703020590370.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz has a new defensive tackle to work with in Chris Williams.\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4641734\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1699042604-2-e1703020590370.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Schwartz will likely be a candidate for at least some of the head coach openings around the league this offseason and already has a history as a head coach in the NFL \u2014 five years (2009-13) with the\u00a0Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<p>But it was another prospective head-coaching candidate, offensive coordinator\u00a0Bobby Slowik\u00a0of the Texans, who schemed circles around Schwartz Saturday night. Josh Norris of The Underdog Football Show posted video to X of a couple of Houston\u2019s plays \u2014 the first a first-down pass to wide receiver\u00a0Nico Collins\u00a0and the second a touchdown to tight end\u00a0Dalton Schultz\u00a0\u2014 and outlined how they developed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball is simple. Find you a 6-foot-4, 220-lbs WR who moves like this,\u201d Norris wrote. \u201cJust eating up ground. Nico Collins is awesome. Slowik in his bag with misdirection vs. Cleveland\u2019s aggressive defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dalton Schultz TD<\/p>\n<p>Defenses will often face plays like this post-snap that end in a flood concept with 3 levels of routes to the right side<\/p>\n<p>But Slowik throws in the corner post to Schultz to attack the void that 1 &amp; 0 vacate to cover Collins<\/p>\n<p>Easy TD <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zpwmWPpDXO\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/zpwmWPpDXO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Norris (@JoshNorris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshNorris\/status\/1746550299374862364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDalton Schultz TD. Defenses will often face plays like this post-snap that end in a flood concept with [three] levels of routes to the right side,\u201d\u00a0Norris continued. \u201cBut Slowik throws in the corner post to attack that void that 1 &amp; 0 vacate to cover Collins. Easy TD.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Denzel Ward Calls Out Browns Defense for Failure to Show Up Against Texans<\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-4663825 visible aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1765693012-2-e1705004060182.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Browns cornerback Denzel Ward is questionable for Saturday's Wild Card matchup against the Houston Texans.\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4663825\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1765693012-2-e1705004060182.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>The touchdown by Schultz that Norris highlighted wasn\u2019t even the most impressive of the night.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns also surrendered a one-play, 76-yard TD to tight end\u00a0Brevin Jordan\u00a0immediately after taking a 14-10 lead. The play came with 12 minutes remaining in the second quarter and gave the Texans an edge they would not surrender.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the second quarter, Stroud just missed another TD to a wide receiver running free several steps behind the Browns secondary. Pro Bowl cornerback\u00a0Denzel Ward\u00a0spoke about the defense\u2019s failures following the loss Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest games,\u201d\u00a0Ward said, per Camryn Justice of WEWS Cleveland. \u201cWe needed to show up, and we didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Houston Texans\u00a0thoroughly outplayed the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0defense Saturday night, but the coaching disparity was arguably even worse. Browns defensive coordinator\u00a0Jim Schwartz\u00a0was a revelation in Cleveland this season, ushering in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}