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Rivera evolving

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https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article225934655.html

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Rivera has taken time to evaluate each of his coaches this offseason. They went over every call and every play on both offense and defense, trying to find out what went so very wrong during the Panthers’ seven-game losing streak in 2018.

But Rivera also conducted his own self-evaluation with the help of his wife, Stephanie, over the past month.

 

Stephanie has a coaching background.  Hope her feedback was good...betting on it!

 

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There are some hard truths in a season that started 6-2, and ended 7-9. Rivera remains frustrated that he saw symptoms of the wheels falling off in a blowout in Pittsburgh, but he was too slow to make the correct diagnosis because narrow losses the next two weeks, each essentially decided by one or two plays, clouded his vision.

Hope he has truly learned from this...sounds good.  Make it happen Coach!!

 

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So far, that innovation is taking the form of a defense that will will likely be much more multiple than in past years. Rivera wants to marry as many 3-4 and 4-3 defensive concepts as possible, depending on the matchup.

This reflects Rivera’s body of work in Chicago, where he ran a 4-3, and in San Diego, where he ran a 3-4.

But it also puts the Panthers in better position to counter a wide variety of offensive looks and throw more wrinkles in opponents’ paths.

“If you play a 30-front (and) a 40-front, guess what everybody has to prepare for?” he said. “Both. Not just the same thing over and over and over.”

 

 

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Ultimately, Ron should've had a 3-4 hybrid from the get-go, to combat the pass-heavy NFL.  I actually prefer the 4-3, but when you have "poo" DE's (post Greg Hardy and semi-prime CJ), you have to adjust at least occasionally.

To Ron's credit, it seems that his play calling was 20x that of Washington.

I'm confident our D can get back to a dominant force with Keuchly, D Jackson, Bradberry, (hopefully Reid), KK, Poe, and a revamped DE core.

The biggest mistake I see was having Washington cover the D, and then sticking with Adams, who was too old.  All we need is another good safety, and one or two play making DE's.  That truly will be enough.  With a healthy Cam and our new weapons (assuming a couple Oline pieces)... we actually are Super Bowl contenders.  Don't @ me 

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15 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

I’ll believe it when I see it 

Agreed.   It is exciting that he brings this up but we've heard it before and nothing really came of it.

The statement of offenses having to prepare for both makes it harder for a solid offensive game plan.  That said it also requires defensive players to learn two defenses.  

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