I've been thinking there are two possibilities where McVay's play calling may lean. On one hand, with a much better defense, he may be more aggressive on fourth downs, thinking that his D can stop the opposition and he'll get the ball right back. The use of 13 personnel in the red zone will enable him to run or pass, and the idea of a fourth and say three on the ten yard line early in the game will not phase him. The other thought was with this defense it's important to grab any points when you can, for playing early with a lead will make this defense so much more formidable. Take the FG in the earlier example, play solid D, and get the ball back for a drive to put you up two scores. Either way it will be fun to see how much this D will affect McVay.
Thoughts on McVay's play calls with this new Defense
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I think we'll see a faster paced offense to put more pressure on the other team to try to keep up in score and give Garrett McDuffie and Watson chances to make plays
We’ll probably see less zone and dare the QB to hold the ball and throw into a tight window. This will give the front four time to get pressure.
A no huddle or muddle huddle would be rad. Its something this team has been missing the last couple seasons.
I'm more interested in how Shula will adjust to having all these new chess pieces. I've always wanted him to be less vanilla in his playcalling.
Of course, with the talent we now have, the D is probably gonna improve significantly regardless of scheme.
Of course, with the talent we now have, the D is probably gonna improve significantly regardless of scheme.
Spot on. With some needed depth added to the offense thru the draft.
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I want to see more man-to-man stuff f**k this soft arse zone s##t!
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I expect more zone-match from defense. Traditionally Fangio teams have run man-match but we didn't have the horses last two years so we primary ran zone. I do think we'll continue to run a ton of cover-2 as that's a big part of the league meta right now with how much motion there is but I expect us to start playing more zone match as teams have gotten wise to man-match rules.
Basically, we'll line up in man but it will convert to zone later (whereas man-match we line up in zone and convert to man). We'll use our new corners to start the down very sticky on the WRs with some press priniciples.
Basically, we'll line up in man but it will convert to zone later (whereas man-match we line up in zone and convert to man). We'll use our new corners to start the down very sticky on the WRs with some press priniciples.
I don't recall 2024 but he was pretty un-vanilla last year.
The Rams ran by far the most DL stunts in the league.
They disguised coverages a lot on the backend until Lake went down. And they ran the most dime personnel.
What are you hoping he does now that he has Garrett? I'm wondering if having Garrett will make him more vanilla.