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This defense is better this year simply because of the play of the DBs. That is all Aubrey Pleasant's influence. The lack of pass rush is all on Morris and his idiotic mixed gap attack front. He's trying to play with a 0T NT but he doesn't have one. Brown is clearly a one gap NT. Forcing the others to play a gap and a half slows them down. That's why teams pass so much on early downs because they know their QB will have time. How stupid is it that Morris can't see that? Doesn't he chart the plays? Doesn't he do any film work? The obvious answer is NO.
Even a novice QB can tell what to expect from Morris' defense because there is little or no disguising of anything. The minute he sees Brown aligned in a 0T the center and QB know what the DL play will be and that he will have time to throw short and intermediate passes.
Morris has a front 7 built to play a one gap style. Young is a one gap edge, Donald is a one gap DT and Brown is a one gap NT. When Morris allows them to play one gap they can and do get pressure. So why doesn't he do it all the time? IMO Pleasant would play his front 7 the way he plays his DBs. He wants them to attack the route at the break.
I think we have seen enough of Pleasant's aggressive style to know if he was DC that front 7 would play in a completely different manner. This would be a much better defense with this same personnel. Morris is an idiot because he's got the best DT in the history of the NFL and he puts him on a leash. A better DC would simply unleash his best weapon on every snap he plays.
I think Morris is gone next year because otherwise there would be no need for Jimmy Lake. IMO he's the tell. Jimmy also carries the title of assist HC which is given to a coach that the team doesn't want poached. Aubrey in a promotion, with Morris becoming a consultant negates the Rooney Rule. Lake then becomes the DB coach and assistant DC. Aubrey plays his DBs much like Wade Phillips, mixing zone and man coverages with an aggressive style of play. With Aubrey as DC this defense will move into the top half of the rankings instead of being mired in the bottom half as they have been with Morris.
How do I know the problem is Morris? Because he had Donald, Wagner (both on their way to the HOF) and Ramsey all on the same defense at the same time. That defense sank to a new low of 20th in the NFL. Without Wagner and Ramsey they are ranked in the middle. So the argument Morris didn't have the players is BS. A good coach plays to the strength of his players. Something Morris is clueless about.
Even a novice QB can tell what to expect from Morris' defense because there is little or no disguising of anything. The minute he sees Brown aligned in a 0T the center and QB know what the DL play will be and that he will have time to throw short and intermediate passes.
Morris has a front 7 built to play a one gap style. Young is a one gap edge, Donald is a one gap DT and Brown is a one gap NT. When Morris allows them to play one gap they can and do get pressure. So why doesn't he do it all the time? IMO Pleasant would play his front 7 the way he plays his DBs. He wants them to attack the route at the break.
I think we have seen enough of Pleasant's aggressive style to know if he was DC that front 7 would play in a completely different manner. This would be a much better defense with this same personnel. Morris is an idiot because he's got the best DT in the history of the NFL and he puts him on a leash. A better DC would simply unleash his best weapon on every snap he plays.
I think Morris is gone next year because otherwise there would be no need for Jimmy Lake. IMO he's the tell. Jimmy also carries the title of assist HC which is given to a coach that the team doesn't want poached. Aubrey in a promotion, with Morris becoming a consultant negates the Rooney Rule. Lake then becomes the DB coach and assistant DC. Aubrey plays his DBs much like Wade Phillips, mixing zone and man coverages with an aggressive style of play. With Aubrey as DC this defense will move into the top half of the rankings instead of being mired in the bottom half as they have been with Morris.
How do I know the problem is Morris? Because he had Donald, Wagner (both on their way to the HOF) and Ramsey all on the same defense at the same time. That defense sank to a new low of 20th in the NFL. Without Wagner and Ramsey they are ranked in the middle. So the argument Morris didn't have the players is BS. A good coach plays to the strength of his players. Something Morris is clueless about.
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