Defense: what adjustments can be made

[Londoner]

I will look at something ugly when it gets a Super Bowl ring

 

[Merlin]

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[Merlin]

Stupid attached tweets. Makes me feel old the fuckers.

 

[Steve808]

Don't let guys whose jersey number is in the 90's be in pass coverage.

 

[Kupped]

Don't let guys whose jersey number is in the 90's be in pass coverage.

Like TJ Watt?

All snarkiness aside… that kind of move is pretty common.. many teams show 5 or six man rushes and will drop linemen back.. just trying to mess with QB’s processing.

Unless you have a truly dominant front.. you gotta try shit.

 

[TexasRam]

Like TJ Watt?

All snarkiness aside… that kind of move is pretty common.. many teams show 5 or six man rushes and will drop linemen back.. just trying to mess with QB’s processing.

Unless you have a truly dominant front.. you gotta try shit.

The Hoecht in coverage project needs to be put to bed in my opinion. But seeing Young blanket Olave did make me chuckle and reconsider the strategy with the right player.

 

[OnceARam]

Morris is already doing everything concievable with the talent he has to work with.

Lake in the slot was a masterstroke.

Blitzing Jones at a rate higher than we have ever seen, another masterstroke.

All he can do with FS and CB2 is have them help eachother, which is what he is doing.

My only siggestion would be to involve Hampton more. He has so much potential to be a passrusher and playmaker off the edge. But yes, he seems to default to a bull rush which doesnt make any damn sense given that is not exactly playing to his strenghts. Purhaps if he played more he could use the bullrush to set up the occasional swim for a sack fumble…

 

[shovelpass]

Dropping edge players into coverage is nothing new. Phillips did it, so did Staley.

Since the bye here's Hoecht's coverage numbers.
7/13, 53.8 Completion Percentage, 34yds, 63.1% Passer Rating.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HoecMi00/gamelog/2023/advanced/

 

[JimY53]

Dropping edge players into coverage is nothing new. Phillips did it, so did Staley.

Since the bye here's Hoecht's coverage numbers.
7/13, 53.8 Completion Percentage, 34yds, 63.1% Passer Rating.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HoecMi00/gamelog/2023/advanced/

It's part of the Fangio scheme. And Phillips liked the 3-4 (moved us from 4-3) for that very reason because it's a 5-man surface 3 BL 2 OLBer and when you rush 4 will it be the 3 DL and the SAM? Or the 3 DL and the WILL? and when a 5th is added it can be the all 5, or you can leave the SAM or WILL in coverage and send an ILBer ...

Phillips' thought was if you have a 4-man surface... a 4-3 with a LBers inside the DEs then the offense knows which 4 are coming ... it is harder to disguise.

The opposite theory is if you have 4 studs on the DL (like 49ers since they got Bosa) then you can win anyway ...

 

[muggmeister]

Guessing the Buffalo Bills feel the same way.

Per Pro Football Reference, in 10 games and 211 snaps, Miller has yet to record a sack or a tackle-for-loss.
He does have one tackle and one assisted tackle. To be fair, Miller has three QB Hits and two Hurries.

Von Miller has a $24M cap hit in 2024, with $32.5M of Dead-$ if he is cut pre-June.

It was genius to sign him for the Super Bowl push, was dumbasshit to attempt to resign him, and then again genius for letting him go, 2 out of 3 ain't bad. We will always have that ring.

 

[Merlin]

Paying players is risky as hell. Gotta make sure it's a personality who isn't focused on other than football once he gets that paycheck. Which is why I detest signing FAs in their early to mid 30s. For every Whit there's a ton of guys who say thank you for the retirement check and punch out mentally.