Theoretical- who?

[freakingeek]

Al Del Greco.............................j/k 

Someone that I really enjoyed watching was Blaine Bishop. That dude could bring it. Him and Heinz Ward had some epic battles back in the day. That being said, Pacman was dynamic game changer and electrifying. I'd take him back without the baggage.

Edited March 7 by freakingeek

[reo]

13 hours ago, Face said:

Samari was so buttery smooth as a corner lol. He had those super loose hips you need to really mirror guys. I don’t remember if he had an injury history in college, I know he missed his entire rookie year in ‘98 with us. But I still have no idea how he lasted till the late 2nd rd.

 

Rolle makes me think back to those old Titans teams, the secondaries. I’ve never been a big safety guy, always thought it was an overrated spot, but Marcus Robinson & Bishop were so good. It showed the value of great safety play when you have 2 guys that are smart, get to the right place, and can tackle. They were very different, obviously BB was the quintessential box safety but could also cover & Marcus, I don’t think fans realize how great a ballhawk he was, but was also a good tackler. Like J said, very different but similar in alot of ways.

 

Samari is one of the main reasons i like high pressure man to man defenses w/ aggressive safeties. My ideal defense is a multiple 3-4 w/ man coverage behind it utilizing 2 shut down corners. I like exotic blitz schemes w/ aggressive safeties where pressure can come from multiple angles....

 

They're just so hard to do well.

 

 

13 hours ago, AvgJoe said:

Jevon Kearse or Derrick Mason

 

Derrick Mason 

Edited March 7 by reo

[OILERMAN]

He didn't play an impact position but Keith Bulluck might be the best Titans of all time

[rns90]

16 minutes ago, OILERMAN said:

He didn't play an impact position but Keith Bulluck might be the best Titans of all time

Bulluck played in the wrong era.  He would be making way more money now given his 3 down ability.

[Face]

23 hours ago, reo said:

 

Samari is one of the main reasons i like high pressure man to man defenses w/ aggressive safeties. My ideal defense is a multiple 3-4 w/ man coverage behind it utilizing 2 shut down corners. I like exotic blitz schemes w/ aggressive safeties where pressure can come from multiple angles....

 

They're just so hard to do well.

 

 

 

Derrick Mason 

Reo years ago I read Bill Polian’s book. In fact back when I posted a ton I believe some used to make fun of how much I quoted him but it was really interesting. A huge part of the book was his time with Carolina as an expansion team & later on when hired by Indy & they each ran totally different systems on both sides of the ball & the economics of it. The Panthers had Don Capers who along with LeBeau really brought the 3-4 zone blitz into vogue & he paired thaf with a power running game, vertical PA offense. The Colts OTOH had Manning when he was hired there. Besides his insane domination on the field he explained how it saved money in other areas & he basically hired Tony Dungy because of this, with his Cover 2. Basically the gist was:

 

On defense Panthers had to spend heavy at:

 

1-corner which is very expensive

2-NT which was hard to find guys who did what they needed to back then

3-edge rushers who could also drop back into coverage (though this wasn’t as big a deal, pass rush ruled)

 

Colts had to spend heavy at:

 

1-safety & WLB which was cheap

2-could also draft big college edges & move them inside, big college LB’s & move them to edge, big college corners & move to safety, etc

 

On offense Panthers had to spend at:

 

1-RB

2-guard

3-find true vertical threat

 

So expense at inexpensive spots while with Manning:

 

1-draft heavily at WR and type didn’t matter as much 

2-did have to find good tackles but didn’t worry about interior, just wanted late rd athleticism & didn’t care about run blocking

 

So basically draft WR & OT to protect Manning & keep pass targets revolving & use later rds to find bargains & guys who could play better when moved to a bigger position 

 

It’s a bit deeper than this but I don’t want to drone on anymore than this & it may not apply as much now with the way teams traverse the cap & how , at least in my opinion the league has become so copy cat it’s just mush, nobody has any distinctive systems anymore. But I think some still applies.

[headhunter]

Not AJ Brown then maybe Roos. Just fill the left tackle spot for 10 years and not worry about it 

[reo]

28 minutes ago, Face said:

Reo years ago I read Bill Polian’s book. In fact back when I posted a ton I believe some used to make fun of how much I quoted him but it was really interesting. A huge part of the book was his time with Carolina as an expansion team & later on when hired by Indy & they each ran totally different systems on both sides of the ball & the economics of it. The Panthers had Don Capers who along with LeBeau really brought the 3-4 zone blitz into vogue & he paired thaf with a power running game, vertical PA offense. The Colts OTOH had Manning when he was hired there. Besides his insane domination on the field he explained how it saved money in other areas & he basically hired Tony Dungy because of this, with his Cover 2. Basically the gist was:

 

On defense Panthers had to spend heavy at:

 

1-corner which is very expensive

2-NT which was hard to find guys who did what they needed to back then

3-edge rushers who could also drop back into coverage (though this wasn’t as big a deal, pass rush ruled)

 

Colts had to spend heavy at:

 

1-safety & WLB which was cheap

2-could also draft big college edges & move them inside, big college LB’s & move them to edge, big college corners & move to safety, etc

 

On offense Panthers had to spend at:

 

1-RB

2-guard

3-find true vertical threat

 

So expense at inexpensive spots while with Manning:

 

1-draft heavily at WR and type didn’t matter as much 

2-did have to find good tackles but didn’t worry about interior, just wanted late rd athleticism & didn’t care about run blocking

 

So basically draft WR & OT to protect Manning & keep pass targets revolving & use later rds to find bargains & guys who could play better when moved to a bigger position 

 

It’s a bit deeper than this but I don’t want to drone on anymore than this & it may not apply as much now with the way teams traverse the cap & how , at least in my opinion the league has become so copy cat it’s just mush, nobody has any distinctive systems anymore. But I think some still applies.

 

yeah, that's not a surprise. 

 

The league is very much a copycat league but it's not homogenous. These types of pressure schemes still exist. It's closer to what Wilson wanted to run and what the Ravens typically run. 

 

Then there are still the Saleh types who want to rush 4 and fall back into heavy zone. If they think they have their QB in Cam though and think a more man coverage exotic blitz scheme is more expensive and they want to save money for the offense, it makes sense.... but I still prefer the man coverage heavy blitz schemes