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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MR8" data-source="post: 790171" data-attributes="member: 13281">Yes McDermott took over play calling in week 2 after the half, but Leslie Frazier was back calling plays for the Vikings Game.  The big change that was noticeable was in the 2nd half of the Chargers game we were throwing out a TON of blitzes and pressures, which we had not been doing in preseason, in week 1, or in the first half of week 2.  Going into the Vikings game there were a lot more blitz packages and odd pressures as well.  I think the major adjustment that can be gleaned from McDermott stepping in, si that he wants to force more pressure, even if it means sending extra guys at the QB.  Frazier had gotten away from that, and in 2017 he was not big on sending additional pressures either.  He prefers his front 4 to get the pressure on their own, but it hasn't been working so they made an adjustment.  That's also probably part of why it was successful against the Vikings, there wasn't a lot of film from us approaching the defense like that.  GB will have film on it now to make adjustments.</blockquote>

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