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Just the opposite for me Brady scheme attacks the defense and was aggressive if Teddy had thrown it downfield. Snow came in talking about an aggressive defense and then installed a terrible prevent defense that minimized our talent instead of maximized it. Brady needs to.improve his playcalling but Snow needs to show he knows how to install an effective defensive scheme. So far he hasn't come close.

Hard to criticize anyone last year. The defense was so passive we allowed receivers to catch the ball and then tried to.limit yards after the catch. Without pressure the secondary had to cover forever and they weren't good to begin with. How many of those blitz attempts were off of stunts or disguised blitzes versus straight forward predictable bltzes coming from 10 yards back on a delayed blitz which was totally useless since the ball was already out to the 3 receivers wide open.

For me you have to separate scheme from playcalling. His scheme was top 5 but his playcalling was meh. The scheme did allow the offense to attack the defense. Bridgewater was just too timid to maximize it. I cam imagine Brady watching film with Teddy pointing out all of the downfield options he routinely ignored. But actually calling the right play for the situation or coaching up the qb to do what he needs to do was lacking at times and didn't improve as the season went along.

Agreed. If players get surgeries to keep playing what the heck is 2 vaccines in comparison. I bet there are plenty of guys who want their spot and would jump to get the vaccine.

The best news I heard is my PSL will have value moving further. Add the team has more talent and the coaches should be better this year and we could make some noise. Too early to tell and too early to be negative. So let's enjoy the summer and whatever happens.

I expect they will give him the works in preseason just to see what he does. Then when the season starts use lots of short passes, screens and swing passes to get him in a rhythm and boost his confidence. If the defense can bail him out by not surrendering points when he does throw a pick it gives him the confidence to bounce back and keep pounding as opposed to rolling over in New York. The easier start to the season should be very helpful this year.

Scheme has a ton to do with decision-making. Good schemes are considered quarterback friendly because they simplify reads, give the QB multiple choices and usually someone is open or check downs are available. In blitz scenarios good schemes have hot reads, and can move players around to take advantage of the blitz instead of being victim to it. Is New Orleans that great or with Brees knowing where to go with the ball and having Kamara as your check down makes any line look good when the ball is out in under 2 seconds.

If he can collapse the pocket up the middle it keeps QBs from stepping up to avoid the rush. He may still not get big numbers but the ends sure will.

In 2019 we were terrible up the middle getting gashed for big runs straight up the middle. In 2020 we end up more solid against the run. Biggest difference- Brown. It sure wasn't Whitehead. How many passing downs did we rush 3 meaning Brown was doubled if not triple teamed. Even when we lined him up in the A gap he was mostly doubled. He played well outside of the penalties which you live with if you start a rookie. With better interior help and better pass rushers we have the talent to be aggressive and allow Brown to get more 1 on 1 matchups where is he tough to block. Snow just has to let the cats hunt this year and be aggressive and give up the prevent defense of last year.

That was a great video. I heard Mick speak at a local rotary meeting which I am told he does quite often. While the ample bosom descriptions are a little creepy, he is very well spoken and eloquent. He is a very good storyteller.

Since it includes TEs we were penalized because of our underwhelming group. If it was just about WRs we likely would be higher.

That is likely true. He gets traded from one of the worse franchises to one of the up and coming franchises with a ton more talent. He knows this stop will define his career. If he fails it won't be because he isn't giving his all.

That is a good point. Gentleman used to churn the rosters and we always seemed to start out slow and finish strong. I hope we don't do the same under Rhule since we really need to start off strong at the beginning because the second half will be much harder. I guess we will see how good these coaches are at building teamwork and a culture.

For those who say Jackson is too small to play nickel slot, the two top ranked slot defenders by PFF were Kenny Moore who is 5'9" and 190 lbs. and Bryce Callahan is 5'9" and 188. Compare that with Jackson who is 5'10" and 180. He is surely big enough and fast enough. And if he isn't a good tackler I would rather have him miss a tackle closer to the line where he might have help rather than putting him on an island as an outside corner or at free safety where he is our last line of defense. The only reasonable place you play him if you start him at all is at nickel slot.

So if Jackson struggles to cover players deep on one side of the field as a corner, you think we should move him to FS where he has to play both sides of the field deep? Why in the world would we do that? Now move him to the slot and I would agree.

Sure it makes sense. With big tall receivers who are tough to bring down you need a safety who is big, tall and fast as well. I hope he can be our version of Ed Reed in the secondary.

Chinn was a safety in college not a linebacker so he has played there his whole career except last year where we moved him to linebacker by necessity. He was great last year because he is insanely athletic and tough. But he is not a linebacker and won't last in that role. He is an athletic freak who is 6'3" weighs 220 and runs a 4.4. Who better to give over the top protection against Michael Thomas, Mike Evans, Julio if he is still in Atlanta, and the rest. I can't think of a better thing to cement the secondary than a huge free safety who likes contact, studies the game, and can run step for step with anyone and deliver a blow if you catch it. Perryman is a huge upgrade at linebacker so Chinn can play further back in our base look. Chinn can also fill in as a safety/ linebacker when they go to a nickel or dime look.

To me the success of the draft will be determined by how many of the 12 guys make the roster. If a bunch do and provide depth then awesome. If we kept trading down to get picks that don't make the team then the strategy of quantity over quality was not a good one. In either case you do have to give the FO props for still finding good value throughout the draft. There is a good chance many of these guys make the 53 or at least the practice squad. Another way to look at the depth of our draft will be to see how many guys get poached off our practice squad from the guys we drafted.

I am also a huge Jim Johnson and Dick LeBeau fan and love those aggressive defenses. We actually have those kind of players this year. If Snow can install that kind of scheme whether man coverage or a fire zone concept I will be a happy camper. Until then I am hopeful he will turn the dogs loose this year.

I think you are way overselling it. We were not 18th on most statistics. Total yards surrendered might be the standard of comparison but it hardly is determinant of wins or losses. Bend don't break defenses try to limit the damage by stopping big plays which gives you middle of the road stats in many categories but like in interceptions or sacks you are always near the bottom as we were. It doesn't make you good, it keeps you from being terrible. Like allowing over 50% of third down conversions and 60% of 4th down conversions. That doesn't win games or shut down other offenses. We struggled getting off the field and that was due to the scheme. Passive between the 20s and then gets more aggressive which already puts the opponent in field goal range. While you blame the offense let's remember that you aren't going to win a ton of games if you give up almost 26 points a game. And we lost many of those 8 one score games because we couldn't stop teams from scoring as well couldn't score enough on our own. Snow was surely not a miracle worker and looked like a college coach trying to use his 3-5-3 college scheme which was awful. Hopefully with even more talent and now experience he can craft a legitimate defense that dictates to others instead of a weak bend til you break scheme we saw last year.

I am going to wait until he actually develops a good defense before worrying about him leaving. And if this defense is good I am not sure how much credit he gets. With all the high draft picks he has to work with if we aren't good he might have to worry about being retained if he weren't so tight with Rhule.

That is exactly right and why we did it. We went for a strong arm because Teddy didn't have one. Did we overcompensate and ignore the mental issues or did we think that the coaches could teach him in a hurry given what Brady did with Burrow in college. And we got Horn to finally upgrade the corner position which is critical in this division. If we finally go to a more pressure defense with man press coverage I will be one of Snow's biggest disciples. I hate passive zones and predictable rushing schemes with no misdirection or overloads. Hopefully our staff are learning and borrowing the best of what they see to emulate. The NFL is a copycat league. Hopefully we are improving on both sides of the ball. It had been way too long since we made some noise. 2017..... we are overdue.

They were in negotiations already it appears and the agent absolutely knows how he compares to teams showing interest. I was waiting for them to compare stats of TEs based on current salaries to production gained and use analytics. Given that is Teppers bend apparently.

I didn't think that was tough at all. I have negotiated harder buying a car. I wonder how that compares to Gettleman who had a reputation for tough negotiating.

Kueckly was a junior when he was drafted and he came from BC which isn't exactly a football powerhouse and he wasn't really hyped like many guys. So most of what folks saw were the stats where he was second in tackles his freshman year and 1st his sophomore year. But we had a good debate between those who thought he was good but not worth a top 10 pick and folks like me who where huge fans of him well before the draft. I said then that he was not only a top 10 pick but he was the best defensive player in the draft that year at any position. That if we got him at 9 it would be a steal.