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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 566196"><p>A word about the preseason run defense:</p><p></p><p>One thing I've noticed is increased aggressiveness from the back 7 or 8 in coming up in run support. Hawk, Jones, the safeties...these guys have been crashing the line with more vigor than in recent seasons.</p><p></p><p>An extreme example is the run blitz against OAK's 8 man front on the Jones-Drew TD run. We had 4 down linemen, 6 guys on the line, and 9 in the box. By the time MJD crossed the LOS, we had 10 guys at or across the LOS. Hawk made a terrific recovery play but missed the shoe string tackle. That 3-step bounce-out-and-cut-back messed with the blitz attack lanes and Hyde and Williams were both playing for the outside bounce leaving the cutback open. Kind of a freaky set of events. The -1 goes to Hyde for overplaying the bounce out....Williams had outside contain with no wideout or slot guy on that side.</p><p></p><p>The first upshot being that with more gap play on the D-Line, more attacking from the LBs and DBs, and the switch to smaller and more athletic DEs, it all adds up to a more attacking D. Perhaps increased confidence in the secondary contributes to this shift (back) to a more attacking style.</p><p></p><p>Higher risk, higher reward. I like it.</p><p></p><p>The second upshot is that whatever Raji contributed to the apparently (it is preseason, after all) revitalized run defense is a small part of the overall picture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 566196"] A word about the preseason run defense: One thing I've noticed is increased aggressiveness from the back 7 or 8 in coming up in run support. Hawk, Jones, the safeties...these guys have been crashing the line with more vigor than in recent seasons. An extreme example is the run blitz against OAK's 8 man front on the Jones-Drew TD run. We had 4 down linemen, 6 guys on the line, and 9 in the box. By the time MJD crossed the LOS, we had 10 guys at or across the LOS. Hawk made a terrific recovery play but missed the shoe string tackle. That 3-step bounce-out-and-cut-back messed with the blitz attack lanes and Hyde and Williams were both playing for the outside bounce leaving the cutback open. Kind of a freaky set of events. The -1 goes to Hyde for overplaying the bounce out....Williams had outside contain with no wideout or slot guy on that side. The first upshot being that with more gap play on the D-Line, more attacking from the LBs and DBs, and the switch to smaller and more athletic DEs, it all adds up to a more attacking D. Perhaps increased confidence in the secondary contributes to this shift (back) to a more attacking style. Higher risk, higher reward. I like it. The second upshot is that whatever Raji contributed to the apparently (it is preseason, after all) revitalized run defense is a small part of the overall picture. [/QUOTE]
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