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<blockquote data-quote="wist43" data-source="post: 610353" data-attributes="member: 9839"><p>I have no idea what the Saints problems are - I don't follow them.</p><p></p><p>As for Capers - he's an encyclopedia of defensive knowledge, I don't deny him that; but at the same time I call a spade a spade. Capers is a coach who eschews run defense in favor of playing pass in almost all situations; and that tunnel vision has cost our team dearly in the past few seasons.</p><p></p><p>We've been nothing short of horrific defending the run since 2011 - and most of that had to do with Capers playing nickel as his base. We've had the personnel the past couple of years to be at least effective defending the run, but Capers is so worried about the pass that he abandons defending the run, and abandons the middle of the field, in favor of playing extra DB's.</p><p></p><p>When criticized for playing nickel and dime on base down situations he came right out and said he'd rather bleed to death slowly than give up a big play. As a result, we've gotten run over for the past several years.</p><p></p><p>Last year, MM and TT finally had enough and forced Capers to go to a hybrid front, and that stopped the bleeding to a large extent - but Capers had the personnel to either play the hybrid or a straight up base in '12 and '13 as well - but of course he kept with his 2-4 base, and we got slaughtered as a result.</p><p></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Add to Capers disasterous predisposition for playing small up front, the fact that he prefers cover DB's at the expense of DB's that can actually tackle and hit - and you have a recipe for a mess, i.e. once a RB breaks the LOS, our DB's are light hitting, poor tacklers. Randall fits right in that mold.</p><p></p><p>That said, Burnett is an okay tackler, not great, but okay; and Clinton-Dix is okay as well. Neither will ever be a "hitter", but they are generally effective tacklers. Randall on the other hand, looks nothing short of pathetic in trying to get ball carriers down. I'm not the only one who's noticed it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wist43, post: 610353, member: 9839"] I have no idea what the Saints problems are - I don't follow them. As for Capers - he's an encyclopedia of defensive knowledge, I don't deny him that; but at the same time I call a spade a spade. Capers is a coach who eschews run defense in favor of playing pass in almost all situations; and that tunnel vision has cost our team dearly in the past few seasons. We've been nothing short of horrific defending the run since 2011 - and most of that had to do with Capers playing nickel as his base. We've had the personnel the past couple of years to be at least effective defending the run, but Capers is so worried about the pass that he abandons defending the run, and abandons the middle of the field, in favor of playing extra DB's. When criticized for playing nickel and dime on base down situations he came right out and said he'd rather bleed to death slowly than give up a big play. As a result, we've gotten run over for the past several years. Last year, MM and TT finally had enough and forced Capers to go to a hybrid front, and that stopped the bleeding to a large extent - but Capers had the personnel to either play the hybrid or a straight up base in '12 and '13 as well - but of course he kept with his 2-4 base, and we got slaughtered as a result. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Add to Capers disasterous predisposition for playing small up front, the fact that he prefers cover DB's at the expense of DB's that can actually tackle and hit - and you have a recipe for a mess, i.e. once a RB breaks the LOS, our DB's are light hitting, poor tacklers. Randall fits right in that mold. That said, Burnett is an okay tackler, not great, but okay; and Clinton-Dix is okay as well. Neither will ever be a "hitter", but they are generally effective tacklers. Randall on the other hand, looks nothing short of pathetic in trying to get ball carriers down. I'm not the only one who's noticed it. [/QUOTE]
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