[Belichick]

JC did what every other team this year has done to Pikeville and why the Panthers haven't adjusted is really the question. It wasn’t just a JC D line or “weight room”. They brought their linebackers downhill all night and secondary played cover 3. Their LBs don’t cover well either. They are run stoppers. How do you beat cover 3? You don’t need much time to shred that defense especially the JC secondary. It is meant to guard against the deep ball and the corners bail deep every play just like JC did. Seams, flats, and middle of the field were wide open. Slants, screens and hitches all day. It was bad offense by Pikeville. Watch it back. Belfry watched the film and learned. Play that against Corbin and watch what happens. They usually have 3-4 wideouts and 1-2 backs every play. JC cannot stop that offense with their personnel. They just aren’t made for that. Now Corbin has to stop them too and I don’t know if they can consistently either but I give them a better chance getting a few run stops than I do JC getting many stops at all. Just being honest with you. JC dominated Pikeville but you were 100% correct. It wasn’t effort. It wasn’t weight room either. It was scheme. Offensive line played awesome for JC and has all year but you can attack that defense and it will at least end up in a shootout like the Belfry game. Pikeville did get an early turnover on downs and not much later a McCourt fumble recovery. So if they go out and attack JC differently, that game is much different. JC may still have won but it would have been competitive. It wasn’t that night.