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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
Thats what I was thinking. If your safeties are making tackles your front 7 is getting beat.
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Generally true, Mr. ChiefsCountry. No question. However, if you really research the C2 or T2 design in depth, you find that the corners and safeties (particularly the FS) are supposed to be big hitters and provide significant run support. It's one of the reasons Dungy cited as always wanted tons of speed in those positions ... so they could roam large sections of the field in pass defense and, simultaneously, support the run. It's worth mentioning that he also looked for very heavy hitters in the defensive backfield - Lynch comes to mind.
The way to analyze this aspect of the defense is
where the tackles are being made ... if it's 15 yards downfield, for example, it's a problem.
Herm and Gun are always talking about our guys not playing their gaps correctly. It's another key aspect of the C2 ... gap responsibility. You can't downplay the importance of that when you run that defense. So far as our front 7 are concerned, we may have two serious problems ... gap responsibility errors and poor tackling. When you're running the C2 and both of those mistakes are being repeated, it is death by running back.
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