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<blockquote data-quote="vamosjackets" data-source="post: 620841" data-attributes="member: 216"><p>Throughout Tenuta's tenure, we were consistently able to pressure the QB as well as play well against the run ... We were almost always in the top 15 or 25 in total defense and TFL's. We had a few very good players during those years, but that did not seem to be the reason for our success in those categories. We had very good players like Smith and Fox, Eric Henderson, Gerris Wilkerson, and Phillip Wheeler - all guys who made an impact at the next level. but we made our living on role players like Adamm Oliver, Darrel Roberson, Chris Reis, KaMichael Hall, Gary Guyton, Joe Anoai, Mansfield Wrotto. Our success was not dependent on superior talent. Since that time, we've ONLY had success (and much less of it) dependent on superior talent. We could only pressure the QB when we had a big NFL-impact type of guy - like a Derrick Morgan/Michael Johnson/Vance Walker (and even then, we were pretty bad!) or a Jerry Attaochu. The difference in success has been remarkable. Perhaps CJT's zone-dog based scheme (send 5, but could be any 5, often dropping DE into coverage, playing zone behind it) would not be as successful today, maybe offenses have changed with the advent of the RPO stuff to negate that scheme. I don't know about that. But, it remains remarkable that we had a top 25 defense for 6 years and then didn't have a top 50 defense after that (and also didn't have a top 50 defense the majority of the time before that either). </p><p></p><p>I do believe this: if we're going to be a great program, we're going to have to do it with schemes that do not depend on superior talent ... on offense AND defense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vamosjackets, post: 620841, member: 216"] Throughout Tenuta's tenure, we were consistently able to pressure the QB as well as play well against the run ... We were almost always in the top 15 or 25 in total defense and TFL's. We had a few very good players during those years, but that did not seem to be the reason for our success in those categories. We had very good players like Smith and Fox, Eric Henderson, Gerris Wilkerson, and Phillip Wheeler - all guys who made an impact at the next level. but we made our living on role players like Adamm Oliver, Darrel Roberson, Chris Reis, KaMichael Hall, Gary Guyton, Joe Anoai, Mansfield Wrotto. Our success was not dependent on superior talent. Since that time, we've ONLY had success (and much less of it) dependent on superior talent. We could only pressure the QB when we had a big NFL-impact type of guy - like a Derrick Morgan/Michael Johnson/Vance Walker (and even then, we were pretty bad!) or a Jerry Attaochu. The difference in success has been remarkable. Perhaps CJT's zone-dog based scheme (send 5, but could be any 5, often dropping DE into coverage, playing zone behind it) would not be as successful today, maybe offenses have changed with the advent of the RPO stuff to negate that scheme. I don't know about that. But, it remains remarkable that we had a top 25 defense for 6 years and then didn't have a top 50 defense after that (and also didn't have a top 50 defense the majority of the time before that either). I do believe this: if we're going to be a great program, we're going to have to do it with schemes that do not depend on superior talent ... on offense AND defense. [/QUOTE]
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