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<blockquote data-quote="Dantés" data-source="post: 936223" data-attributes="member: 12283"><p>A few observations:</p><p></p><p>1) Barry's defense, so far, has essentially been better than anything Pettine coached in terms of limiting points on a given drive and limiting yards on a given play. I say essentially because technically Pettine's points allowed per drive in 2019 was better, but that was because the secondary had an outlier season in terms of takeaways. Really high INT numbers are in part a result of talent and coaching, but are also in part kind of random. </p><p></p><p>2) The main area in which Barry's defense excels in limiting yardage compared to Pettine's defenses is the passing game. His YPC allowed is roughly in line with Pettine. This makes sense, as Barry was hired primarily to bring the two high shell defense to Green Bay that's in vogue right now. The theory of this defense is to play two high almost always and force offenses to attack underneath. </p><p></p><p>3) Barry's defense has a lot of ground to make up in terms of situational efficiency-- 3rd down and red zone. If he can make some gains towards average there, the improvement on defense would become much more stark.</p><p></p><p>4) Pettine's 2019 and 2020 defenses had the benefit of an all-pro corner and an all-pro pass rusher; Alexander and Z. Smith each played 80+% of the snaps in both of those seasons. Barry has had Jaire for 28% of snaps, and Z for 2%. I think the absence of both of these players makes his gains all that much more respectable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dantés, post: 936223, member: 12283"] A few observations: 1) Barry's defense, so far, has essentially been better than anything Pettine coached in terms of limiting points on a given drive and limiting yards on a given play. I say essentially because technically Pettine's points allowed per drive in 2019 was better, but that was because the secondary had an outlier season in terms of takeaways. Really high INT numbers are in part a result of talent and coaching, but are also in part kind of random. 2) The main area in which Barry's defense excels in limiting yardage compared to Pettine's defenses is the passing game. His YPC allowed is roughly in line with Pettine. This makes sense, as Barry was hired primarily to bring the two high shell defense to Green Bay that's in vogue right now. The theory of this defense is to play two high almost always and force offenses to attack underneath. 3) Barry's defense has a lot of ground to make up in terms of situational efficiency-- 3rd down and red zone. If he can make some gains towards average there, the improvement on defense would become much more stark. 4) Pettine's 2019 and 2020 defenses had the benefit of an all-pro corner and an all-pro pass rusher; Alexander and Z. Smith each played 80+% of the snaps in both of those seasons. Barry has had Jaire for 28% of snaps, and Z for 2%. I think the absence of both of these players makes his gains all that much more respectable. [/QUOTE]
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