Lol, fuck it. Its relevant.

[Purrsecutioner]

Just a little blurb from the beloved Dr. Z. Blech. I personally dont like him, but this has been the hot topic as of late. Decent read.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/dr_z/10/04/defense/index.html


"I thought the Panthers had a fairly deep unit, but I didn't see Brett Favre getting much pressure in the second half. Of course, he was also working off a quick drop and throwing on rhythm. The Panthers' scheme seemed very weird to me. It nearly blew the game. Very little departure from the four-down-lineman rush during the second half, and this was after the Pack had lost two starters from a line that wasn't too great to begin with, and also lost a valuable outlet receiver in running back Ahman Green. How could you not blitz that poor, crippled unit and force the issue and get the whole thing to collapse under pressure? Beats me, but the Panthers didn't do it.

They ran several quick, get-off-the-field series on offense, and relied on a haphazard punting game (two of Jason Baker's anemic second-half boots were clocked in under three seconds hang time, which ain't good), and brought little pressure on Favre. Here, come beat us. He almost did."

 

[UNCdubya]

A good team beats us in that game. The Packers are damn terrible.

After reading that post, I think I figured out why everyone leaves early. The smart people leave early so they dont have to watch our playcalling blow the game.

 

[TimTam]

A good team beats us in that game. The Packers are damn terrible.

After reading that post, I think I figured out why everyone leaves early. The smart people leave early so they dont have to watch our playcalling blow the game.

 

[magnus]

Reading that about Baker, like Sauerbrun a strong legged kicker (Sauerbrun being the guy who always wanted to hit the top of domes), seems to suggest that we want to do that, as a team - kick it deeply as possible within the allowable field to space out blockers/coverage for us to make a play.

Then again, I supposed that before, and it could very well be that I'm trying to reinforce it for my own point, but I dunno. It's a trend.

 

[HeadCase]

not sure but i think i remember Baker looking pretty unhappy with that first liner. and i don't think either of them went that far ... but it's an interesting thought. isn't the first rule of D is try to condense and get as many players around the ball as possible (except of course to cover the pass and keeping a safety valve)?

 

[Fan. Attic]

I guess the Panthers' brain trust would rather be in Dr. Z's doghouse than in TMQ's:

Sour Play of the Week: Washington-Seattle enters overtime, and the Blue Men Group have the Skins facing third-and-10 -- they blitz six, and Mark Brunell runs 13 yards for the first down. Six snaps later Seattle again has Washington facing third-and-10. Surely the Hawks have learned their lesson! Again they blitz six, 30-yard completion to Santana Moss and Washington kicks the winning field goal. ...

Stop Me Before I Blitz Again: Dallas blitzes six, 79-yard completion to Randy Moss sets up the first Raiders score.

Stop Me Before I Blitz Again, and Again, and Again: Three times against Philadelphia, Kansas City big-blitzed six; each time a receiver was running free, but Donovan McNabb missed him. Surely the Chiefs realize they are living on borrowed time and won't big-blitz again! Score tied at 27 at the start of the fourth quarter, Kansas City blitzes six. Easy 34-yard completion to Greg Lewis, the Eagles scored to take the lead on the possession and never looked back.

A couple observations after looking at the tape this afternoon:

The D did get pressure on Favre a number of times during the comeback--and he made several good plays eluding it and making the accurate throw.

We rushed an extra man a couple of times, to little added effect. McCree came from the left once and the play went right. Witherspoon (I think) blitzed once and they picked it up and completed a pass across the middle.

I don't think we're good enough in coverage right now for the coaches to be confident overloading the pass rush, particularly against a talent like Favre. And we miss Jenkins big time when we just rush four. We'll never know if more blitzing would've produced more impressive results. Bottom line, there's not a defense in that situation that isn't a gamble in one way or another. Would've been nice if the percentages had caught up with Favre earlier, but at least they did.

 

[Toll Booth Willie]

Bottom line, we need more pressure and production from Peppers so that we don't have to blitz and leave our pants down. Rucker has more pass rush now than Peppers which is kinda sad. I don't expect much from our DT's at this point.

 

[QC REPRESENT]

Rucker has more pass rush now than Peppers which is kinda sad. I don't expect much from our DT's at this point.

thats cause Peppers is getting doulbe and triple teamed, not every down but on a lot of them. Ruck benefits from it

 

[Collin]

thats cause Peppers is getting doulbe and triple teamed, not every down but on a lot of them.

 

[QC REPRESENT]

why dont you go look up some game tape on egypt, statboy