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<blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 612573" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>And now you've taken our best defender (Matthews), with his monster contract to match, and moved him further from what he does--rushing the passer, and turned him into a lock-stock-and-barrel 4-3 LB. Yes, Matthews did alright for us at ILB, but that's more because he is so damn fast, he can out play his mistakes. And he made them. Watch him close. He made plays in spite of himself. False steps. False steps everywhere. Yes, he had more sacks after the move, but most (all?) of them came when he moved back to his outside rushing position.</p><p></p><p>And you refuse to realize that we tried the alignment last year. The "quad" defense that we debuted against the Seahawks in week one. And we scrapped it because it was terrible.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>See, now we get down to it. You have a preconceived notion of what a defense to look like. There is more than one way to skin a cat. The scheme is based on your OLBs being the primary rushers. Game over, full stop, end of story.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Why is it a mistake if it works? This is the template that nearly all 3-4s use. There are exception, obviously. If you get a great talent that exceeds the base requirements (Justin Smith), you adjust. You get a once in a generation player,(Watt) you build your whole scheme around featuring him.</p><p></p><p>And because they are more run defending space eaters, that's why we pull one or more them for guys who are better rushers. Rushers tend to be smaller, faster, and more athletic than their run plugging counterparts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mradtke66, post: 612573, member: 4199"] And now you've taken our best defender (Matthews), with his monster contract to match, and moved him further from what he does--rushing the passer, and turned him into a lock-stock-and-barrel 4-3 LB. Yes, Matthews did alright for us at ILB, but that's more because he is so damn fast, he can out play his mistakes. And he made them. Watch him close. He made plays in spite of himself. False steps. False steps everywhere. Yes, he had more sacks after the move, but most (all?) of them came when he moved back to his outside rushing position. And you refuse to realize that we tried the alignment last year. The "quad" defense that we debuted against the Seahawks in week one. And we scrapped it because it was terrible. See, now we get down to it. You have a preconceived notion of what a defense to look like. There is more than one way to skin a cat. The scheme is based on your OLBs being the primary rushers. Game over, full stop, end of story. Why is it a mistake if it works? This is the template that nearly all 3-4s use. There are exception, obviously. If you get a great talent that exceeds the base requirements (Justin Smith), you adjust. You get a once in a generation player,(Watt) you build your whole scheme around featuring him. And because they are more run defending space eaters, that's why we pull one or more them for guys who are better rushers. Rushers tend to be smaller, faster, and more athletic than their run plugging counterparts. [/QUOTE]
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