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<blockquote data-quote="elwoodgt" data-source="post: 246166" data-attributes="member: 1077"><p>I'm not a defensive expert by any means, but I don't think our weakness on D is due to personnel. Or rather, the scheme we run <em>makes</em> it about personnel, by creating one-on-one match ups that require an individual player to win his own battle instead of using confusion and timing to create a numbers advantage at the critical point.</p><p></p><p>Again, I'm no expert, so if someone can drop some knowledge here please do. When an offense comes set, the center is pointing out defensive players, getting everyone on the same page about blocking responsibilities, potential blitzes, whatever. A smart defense will disguise its intentions by bringing a blitzing player in just before the snap, or dropping a DE into coverage, or making other changes. It makes the offense adjust on the fly as the play starts, and if someone guesses wrong you can get one of those negative plays CPJ is always talking about.</p><p></p><p>We never seem to do that. We line up in whatever scheme or technique we're going to use on that play, and that's what you get. We advertise pretty clearly what we're going to do, and hope one of our guys can win his individual battle to make a play. We don't have dominant players, so that rarely happens. There's seldom confusion on the part of the offense, just straightforward execution, blocking and tackling.</p><p></p><p>It's like... we never make it hard for an offense to play us. We don't require quick thinking. Opposing QBs never have to make quick decisions about where pressure is going to come. Even when we blitz, the whole defense can plainly see who the extra rusher will be, and make sure he's picked up before the ball is snapped.</p><p></p><p>So sure, you can say it's personnel, in that a dominant DL could overmatch an OL head to head. But I don't think it's fair to put that expectation on the players we have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elwoodgt, post: 246166, member: 1077"] I'm not a defensive expert by any means, but I don't think our weakness on D is due to personnel. Or rather, the scheme we run [I]makes[/I] it about personnel, by creating one-on-one match ups that require an individual player to win his own battle instead of using confusion and timing to create a numbers advantage at the critical point. Again, I'm no expert, so if someone can drop some knowledge here please do. When an offense comes set, the center is pointing out defensive players, getting everyone on the same page about blocking responsibilities, potential blitzes, whatever. A smart defense will disguise its intentions by bringing a blitzing player in just before the snap, or dropping a DE into coverage, or making other changes. It makes the offense adjust on the fly as the play starts, and if someone guesses wrong you can get one of those negative plays CPJ is always talking about. We never seem to do that. We line up in whatever scheme or technique we're going to use on that play, and that's what you get. We advertise pretty clearly what we're going to do, and hope one of our guys can win his individual battle to make a play. We don't have dominant players, so that rarely happens. There's seldom confusion on the part of the offense, just straightforward execution, blocking and tackling. It's like... we never make it hard for an offense to play us. We don't require quick thinking. Opposing QBs never have to make quick decisions about where pressure is going to come. Even when we blitz, the whole defense can plainly see who the extra rusher will be, and make sure he's picked up before the ball is snapped. So sure, you can say it's personnel, in that a dominant DL could overmatch an OL head to head. But I don't think it's fair to put that expectation on the players we have. [/QUOTE]
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