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Originally Posted by MahomesMagic
You're getting very emotional about this.
Some defensive coordinators thrive in keeping things as simple as possible, letting players play fast. An example would be Buffalo and Leslie Frazier.
The NFL has moved back towards favoring simple schemes, play fast. I do think these type of defenses will do better in the regular season right now.
Spags complexity and blitzing is harder for players to run without mistakes, I think most would agree with that.
Where Spags can be useful is playoff games because just running simple and playing fast might not be enough then.
With all the young players we have on D, I actually think we are on schedule right now.
I have more issues with the FO on this than Spags as I wanted more than 1 vet DL. And of course there were some here who claimed we couldn't add anyone else because we had so much young DL talent ready to blossom.
That line of thinking looks dead wrong right now. |
Simple how exactly?
We ran a lot of quarters first half against Cincinnati, looked like to me. Can't get much more simple than that; although like anything there are rules to that coverage that can be exploited 1)by an elite QB with time to throw and 2)an elite WR corps. Oh look at that! We got torched first half, and we got nothing pressure wise from the front four.
So second half, we ran more man and blitzed. Actually, I guess man is about the simplest defense you could dial up. Better, but scary. So I'm not sure exactly what you think we should do except 'be comfortable with shell', which is about the most generic thing anyone could possibly say in the hopes that someone else might think they know what they're talking about.
I'm not emotional at all other than being irritated by nonsensical, generic rage that 'this defense should be better, and Spags should be fired!!'
Yeah, well, I'm still waiting for anyone to offer up exactly what this magical scheme that plays to the strengths of his players better and will be successful when we can't get consistent pressure with our front four.
Because from where i'm sitting, when you have 3 lanky, fast corners and a technician like McDuffie, man coverage and sending heat is kind of your best bet-IF you're unable to generate pressure with your front four. Which we're not.
You want to sit in shell and watch opposing QB's get eight seconds in the pocket every down? I think that's a bad idea.
Spags has blitzed from everywhere (hey, did you notice that Willie Gay's pick 6 was on a blitz? It's true! That's why he was four feet from the QB! Wild!) In fact, almost all of the sacks and pressures came that way this week-even when they were credited to the defensive linemen. It was usually an overload of one side, the middle, or the other with blitzers. Sometimes it works! Sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't it looks bad.
But I've been asking all day for someone to tell me what exactly we should be doing differently except being more successful.
With three rookie corners, a rookie LB, and a rookie S3. Oh, and did I mention Chris Jones and a collection of defensive linemen that cannot win one on one?
We're playing all of these rookies in the back 7, and our line leaves us no choice but to leave them manned up, so we can blitz to get some pressure. That's the reality. It is what it is.