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Old 09-08-2008, 09:14 AM   #16 (permalink)
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I have absolutely no excuses for Duane Brown, he got man handled all game and obviously he's not at the point where he can handle speedy rushers, specifically linebackers off the edge, right now I would put Salaam back in the starting role and let Brown learn in spot duty.

Well, as to the pass rush, you can't get a consistent press when you constantly send ONLY 4 against 5, law of nature says 5 guys are going to have the upper hand more times than 4, all you have to do is double Mario and throw in a TE to seal the strongside, we don't even bother to stack the box on rush at least 5 on obvious run downs and the coaching staff is oblivious to making guys keep their gap integrity. Whatever the down & distance our linebackers are always playing 5-7 yards off the LOS.

They're so scared of giving up a deep lob that they keep the safeties deep every down while the corners are playing with a 10 yard cushion and the LB's let everything fall underneath them. We have no in the box play, we have no man press and the funny thing is, teams aren't even going deep on us because they know they can pick us apart all day with short dump offs and the run.

The players have fault but it's more than that, the coaching is sub par and they're not putting guys into position to make plays, they would rather the defense bend to any intermediate yards as long as it's in front of them, regardless if it results in constantly moving the ball downfield.

You should know by watching and playing the Titans that Jim Scwartz does not blitz... The only blitzes he does is a corner and safety blitz, and even then those are done at random and mostly on third down. We rely on our front four getting pressure and getting guys mixed in being fresh at the same time. The only guy that is always in is KVB, otherwise it's mixed between Tony Brown, Jason Jones, Kevin Vickerson, Dave Ball, Jevon Kearse, and Albert Haynesworth.

If Jim Scwartz's front four does not get pressure, he sucks as a Defensive coordinator.
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You should know by watching and playing the Titans that Jim Scwartz does not blitz... The only blitzes he does is a corner and safety blitz, and even then those are done at random and mostly on third down. We rely on our front four getting pressure and getting guys mixed in being fresh at the same time. The only guy that is always in is KVB, otherwise it's mixed between Tony Brown, Jason Jones, Kevin Vickerson, Dave Ball, Jevon Kearse, and Albert Haynesworth.

If Jim Scwartz's front four does not get pressure, he sucks as a Defensive coordinator.

... and therein lies the difference, our safeties never and I mean never blitz not even to mention that our CBs probably don't even know what a corner blitz is, the safeties are pretty much interchangeable pieces that are exclusively in a cover 2 shell and we still play with a 10 yard cushion off the receivers, no matter what the down is we run the same 4 man front out there every time with no variance in our packages.

Teams can overload one side because they already know where the push is coming. Like I said we have no man press and don't give those guys up front any time to collapse the line. As soon as any pressure starts to form QBs are dumping it off in those wide open zones underneath. Go look at the footage, not one deep ball has been completed on us because everything in front of them is fair game.

When you play that loose on the back end you leave no leeway for your front 4 to do their job successfully, this is why it's a coaching/scheme issue more so than the players. We have no one shooting gaps and we have no bump & run coverage immediately off the LOS.

Receivers and running backs are wide open for the first 6-8 yards immediately after the snap, if you leave those guys to roam free, how do you expect 4 guys to overcome 5 (at times 6) when every avenue of escape is at the quarterbacks disposal, you’re asking for a miracle, and it’s impossible with the cupcake scheme we run.

If we’re going to leave the safeties in a cover 2 shell all the time then the solution is that we need to press off the line with help up top and have our OLBs contain anything outside leaving the middle for DeMeco to play sideline to sideline and not having him make tackles well into the secondary, at least this gives the D-line some time to make the QB second guess before he immediately dumps off to the nearest safety valve.

The front 4 can only be successful if those other guys provide blanket coverage at least within the 1st 5-6 yards off the LOS. We may have to eat a few long bombs but this is a risk they must take.
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They have been playing pretty good, im still sad how my dolphins gave up that final long drive to give you guys the win. Johnson was so cover but he somehow caught that huge 4th down pass.

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Old 11-16-2008, 09:34 PM   #21 (permalink)
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You make the call...

(L) Sunday, Sept. 7 at Pittsburgh Steelers
(W) Sunday, Sept. 14 vs. Baltimore Ravens
(L) Sunday, Sept. 21 at Tennessee Titans
(L) Sunday, Sept. 28 at Jacksonville Jaguars
(L) Sunday, Oct. 5 vs. Indianapolis Colts
(W) Sunday, Oct. 12 vs. Miami Dolphins
(W) Sunday, Oct. 19 vs. Detroit Lions
Sunday, Oct. 26 BYE
(W) Sunday, Nov. 2 at Minnesota Vikings
(W) Sunday, Nov. 9 vs. Cincinnati Bengals
(L) Sunday, Nov. 16 at Indianapolis Colts
(L) Sunday, Nov. 23 at Cleveland Browns
(W) Monday, Dec. 1 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
(L) Sunday, Dec. 7 at Green Bay Packers
(W) Sunday, Dec. 14 vs. Tennessee Titans
(W) Sunday, Dec. 21 at Oakland Raiders
(W) Sunday, Dec. 28 vs. Chicago Bears

I'm predicting 9 - 7 this year.

If they can pull off some road games against division opponents this year, they could be good. The Texans played really well at home in 2007 (6-2).
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Im predicting a 4-12 year. They have a hard schedule. The Patriots should have that schedule.
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Yeah, the Jets suck. 4-12 sounds about right for them. They do have a hard schedule. Not like the 9-7 schedule the Texans are going to have.

(Put the crack pipe down... 8-8 last year for the Texans with a worse schedule and an injured lineup. 4-12 prediction means David Carr married your sister and you're out for revenge.)
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Hard to tell. They have a tough schedule, (Just like everyone in the AFC South) I think they return to an 8-8 season.
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They have been playing pretty good, im still sad how my dolphins gave up that final long drive to give you guys the win. Johnson was so cover but he somehow caught that huge 4th down pass.

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