Rivera going to his roots to innovate his future.

[panthers55]

https://247sports.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/Article/2019-Carolina-Panthers-blueprint-2010-San-Diego-Chargers-131983561/

The blueprint for this season hopefully looks like the 2010 Chargers who dominated on both sides of the ball. Sometimes you have to return to what you know best and build on it to innovate with modern thinking and analytics.

[Daddy_Uncle]

That team didn't go far though if I remember correctly. I think this team has the ability to go all the way if all the pieces work like they are capable of

[therealmjl]

Sounds about right.

Revisit a style of defense that worked in 2010.

[panthers55]

6 hours ago, mjligon said:

Sounds about right.

Revisit a style of defense that worked in 2010.

Much like fashion, football likes to take the familiar and put a new twist on it to make it relevant for today.  But as McCoy said, football is football.

[Car123]

8 hours ago, mjligon said:

Sounds about right.

Revisit a style of defense that worked in 2010.

Better than 1985.

[musicman]

Good article. Gives good reason for optimism this season and beyond. 

[Moo Daeng]

9 hours ago, mjligon said:

Sounds about right.

Revisit a style of defense that worked in 2010.

Stop fishing for pie from morons and think.

[TheSpecialJuan]

THIS IS DUMB STUFF 

[The Huddler]

also note, Rivera had the #1 defense in SD with a bunch of JAGs mostly. 

[therealmjl]

11 hours ago, Moo Daeng said:

Stop fishing for pie from morons and think.

Stop quoting me you don’t have the clout 

[frash.exe]

that team didn’t even make the playoffs lmfaoooooo

this article is dumb. if ron is looking at every player evaluation he makes with the angle “what player from the 2010 chargers roster is he most analogous to” and determines how to utilize them through that methodology, october and november are going to be absolutely miserable here and we’ll probably be looking at top 15 draft prospects in december.

[ellis]

Revisiting Rivera’s past schematics is fine. The game changes every year, so I’d be careful as to not drown myself in a sea of decade-old Chargers film study. 

Multi-look nickel fronts will arguably be the most vital element of the defensive installation (it will almost feel like their base packages). Consider the schedule, and the personnel, scheme and tendencies they are likely to face. If the offense performs up to standards this year, very few games will see the opposing offense shortening the game and massaging the clock from 21 or 22 personnel.

McCoy and Short are crucial in all of this. Rivera may choose to employ a 2-gap (80’s Giants) 34 look. I’d doubt it. These two players are more suited for a 1-gap 34 alignment, with a NT (Poe) over center and the 5-tech ends sliding inside to a B-gap position, where their athleticism and pass rush skills are optimized. 

Of course, for a more traditional 4 man front in 3rd and 7+, Poe gets a breather while McCoy and Short provide—one would presume—an elite interior dynamic, bookended by Addison and Irvin/Burns. 

It should to be a great deal of fun to see it come together. 

[Malt Liquor]

God I hope we are nothing like the chargers was or is. They never won s h i t. 

[MasterAwesome]

Not sure which brilliant Defensive mind to trust here...that Rivera guy, or the all-star CarolinaHuddle.com dynamic duo of mjiligon and frash.exe. Decisions, decisions...someone help me out here.