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Wade Phillips

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A lot was made in earlier threads last week that the Bronco's had no chance against us with the defensive scheme they displayed against the Patriots.  Speed rushing every play on the outside would be defensive suicide against any running team, much less the best pure rushing attack in the league and an extra runner in Cam.

But what makes everyone think they are going to bring the same scheme?  Wade Phillips has been a mediocre head coach but has a HOF career as a defensive coordinator.  What is he going to bring on Sunday?  How is he going to attack our offense?  

It's worth pointing out that when the game against the Patriots ended Belichick made a beeline toward Phillips and only later to Kubiak.  In the post game presser he refused to blame his OL but instead said Phillips had just done a great coaching job.  Nothing revolutionary, just good coaching.

How will Phillips design his SB defense?  Will he have a spy?  Will he test Cam's arm?  Or will he bring pressure like he did last week?

 

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Wade is one of the best defensive minds in the NFL, and in addition to that, runs a 34.  Not only is the 34 very confusing to almost all QB's, he actually has the players to make it tick.

I think, maybe, the best course of action will be a downhill running attack right up the gut on them.  Make them commit an extra defender to the run, as those corners can cover almost everyone.  I don't think that they can play as much man on D though, as they can't afford a spy, and if the corners turn their backs to Cam, he will have a field day running.

Not so sure they tee off against us either, may decide to let Cam beat them with his arm, and hope that the stage is too big for us.

The real answer...no one knows what the hell Wade will do, but he will have that team prepared for whatever they believe can limit Cam and our offense.

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4 minutes ago, cookinbrak said:

Bring pressure around the ends. Cam will have 200 yds and 5 rushing TDs.

that's my point, Phillips isn't stupid.

Cam can be extremely accurate but has episodes of 2-3 throws a game where he can still throw high.  I think the bronco's will have a LB spy and play contain on the outside for most of the game, trusting their secondary.

So, if true, our running game becomes the critical factor.  Can we keep the sticks moving?  Will we try to strike early or will Shula be patient and attack the interior of that defense?

This team has jumped in front of so many teams, I wonder how they will react to that offensive strategy.

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Phillips is good but our offense dictates what happens because it's multifaceted. At this point Cam has seen most blitz packages and has even played a Phillips coached defense. He knows we want to run the ball just like everyone else but can he stop it. I suggest spy cam and double Olsen. 

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Wade has to do two things.

1)Load up to stop the run. (Not easy with a base 3-4)

2)Somehow keep Olsen covered. (Just not easy period)

Now here is the conundrum, you cant do both of these things at the same time so the early downs will be to our advantage.  Get ahead of the sticks and the Denver game plan goes out the window.

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8 minutes ago, yasuhara2241 said:

Out of curiosity how have we done against Wade Phillip defenses in the past? I know he was with Houston before Denver and then Dallas but I don't know how we have faired against his coached teams.

Played him in 2011, but Cam was a youngster, Smith and Shockey caught TD passes, and DWill ran for 1.

Held Cam to 149 passing yards.

The D he runs now, and our offense/Cam are much better now though.

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The real chess match is going to be in play calls.  If they blitz, we can get some guys open, or run away from the blitzes.  If they cover, we can run against that.  This will be our biggest test, appropriately.

I hope that Shula has some magic cooked up prior to this as well.  It's going to be interesting to see how we attack their defense just as how they attack our offense.

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6 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

Played him in 2011, but Cam was a youngster, Smith and Shockey caught TD passes, and DWill ran for 1.

Held Cam to 149 passing yards.

The D he runs now, and our offense/Cam are much better now though.

Absolutely I know we are light years ahead of the last time I was just curious. I think there is so much difference between those two teams.

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1 hour ago, PntherPryd said:

A lot was made in earlier threads last week that the Bronco's had no chance against us with the defensive scheme they displayed against the Patriots.  Speed rushing every play on the outside would be defensive suicide against any running team, much less the best pure rushing attack in the league and an extra runner in Cam.

But what makes everyone think they are going to bring the same scheme?  Wade Phillips has been a mediocre head coach but has a HOF career as a defensive coordinator.  What is he going to bring on Sunday?  How is he going to attack our offense?  

It's worth pointing out that when the game against the Patriots ended Belichick made a beeline toward Phillips and only later to Kubiak.  In the post game presser he refused to blame his OL but instead said Phillips had just done a great coaching job.  Nothing revolutionary, just good coaching.

How will Phillips design his SB defense?  Will he have a spy?  Will he test Cam's arm?  Or will he bring pressure like he did last week?

 

They played 3 games against Top 10 rushing offenses....and gave up nearly 150 yards a game to each of them.  That is why.

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