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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 878696">That depends on who you are, what you are capable of seeing, and getting buy in from the players to "do your job" on a given day which may not have been the job on the previous day.Hoodie built his reputation as a defensive genius doing what you described, going all base against one opponent in the playoffs, all dime the next, finding matchups and throwing curveballs at the opponent's game plan.  The Tuna didn't know what he was doing, questioned it, but is happy today that he let it roll.  And that inventiveness didn't stop after he graduated from DC to HC.It's an uncommon coach, a different kind of genius, who can fashion a defense in "just line up and play mode", keeping it simple, challenging the opponent to beat them with fewer rotations and adjustments than typical.  Jim Schwatz is the closest I can thing of in recent years, with the 2014 Bills (a defense Packer fans saw first hand) and the 2017 Eagles.  However, you kinda need a surfeit of talent to make that work.If you are not one kind of genius or another without the talent that fits the vision, you'd best plow some middle ground.Anyway, if Pettine can repeat that red zone performance and not let some undrafted FA run amok in the playoffs, the defense will do alright.</blockquote>

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