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<blockquote data-quote="easyk83" data-source="post: 498002" data-attributes="member: 8895"><p>I made a particular point in another sports forum about this. We had three exceptional players that really masked many of our Defense's deficiencies. Since the 2010 campaign we either lost these guys through injury, free agency and age. In 2010 we had Nick Collins who could play single high safety all game every game which allowed our SS to squat on the the short and intermediate routes which forced opposing quarterbacks to take more sacks. We had Cullen Jenkins who was superb that year opposite of Matthews and whose presence prevented teams from sliding help towards Matthews or checking Raji's initial surges with an initial double team as frequently. Finally Charles Woodson was only a year off his DPOY campaign and still dominant, his play slipped substantially in the 2011 season and last year he was something of a liability at times.</p><p> </p><p>In the last two seasons I think it became more and more apparent that our Defense is made up of a bunch of mismatched parts beyond Matthews and Raji. For instance, Capers was never really able to implement his system, the Capers fire zone heavily relies on zone coverages. In GB he's had to use man coverages almost exclusively, which works fine as long as youre not facing a running quarterback. He's had to scrape together D-lines that relied too heavily on 0 and 1 techniques. His SILB is an overstuffed and converted Will backer(though Hawk did look pretty good last year at 245) a WILB/Rover who can't rove(Bishop is great rushing the passer and playing the inside run but his coverage skills are horrendous) and an LOLB who does a road kill impression everytime opposing offenses run on us.</p><p> </p><p>My take on this year's units:</p><p> </p><p>D-line: We finally have enough depth at the 3 and 5 tech positions. Pickett probably backs up Raji in the Base, Wilson backed up by Boyd and Daniels will start at the 3 tech RDE side. Finally Jones and Neal, with Daniels mixing in will handle the less squatty more lanky 5 tech LDE. Sure Daniels</p><p> </p><p>ILB: Hawk will remain at SILB where he's good if unspectacular and I suspect Bishop and James Jones will split time at WILB with Bish handling the early downs and running sets while Jones handles passing situations and passing sets. Not sure where Manning fits.</p><p> </p><p>OLB: Matthews, nothing to see here. Perry I think will make a big improvement between his limited PT last year and his full offseason of doing position drills and getting used to his new position, he'll toughen up the position vacated by roadkill Walden and he should add some pass rush ability. He just needs to get used to getting low and bending while rushing from the standing position.</p><p> </p><p>CB: I think Williams, Shields, Hayward and House are a good group as far as coverage is concerned but the lineup could change as Capers will probably institute more zone coverages. I wouldn't be surprised if Hyde jumps one of them for PT with his instincts and tackling ability.</p><p></p><p>S: Bunett is entrenched and I think that McMillan takes over at SS. His instincts speed and tackling ability should tighten up the backend of our Defense. Jennings will get some snaps and he might even see some time as a dime and maybe even a nickle corner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="easyk83, post: 498002, member: 8895"] I made a particular point in another sports forum about this. We had three exceptional players that really masked many of our Defense's deficiencies. Since the 2010 campaign we either lost these guys through injury, free agency and age. In 2010 we had Nick Collins who could play single high safety all game every game which allowed our SS to squat on the the short and intermediate routes which forced opposing quarterbacks to take more sacks. We had Cullen Jenkins who was superb that year opposite of Matthews and whose presence prevented teams from sliding help towards Matthews or checking Raji's initial surges with an initial double team as frequently. Finally Charles Woodson was only a year off his DPOY campaign and still dominant, his play slipped substantially in the 2011 season and last year he was something of a liability at times. In the last two seasons I think it became more and more apparent that our Defense is made up of a bunch of mismatched parts beyond Matthews and Raji. For instance, Capers was never really able to implement his system, the Capers fire zone heavily relies on zone coverages. In GB he's had to use man coverages almost exclusively, which works fine as long as youre not facing a running quarterback. He's had to scrape together D-lines that relied too heavily on 0 and 1 techniques. His SILB is an overstuffed and converted Will backer(though Hawk did look pretty good last year at 245) a WILB/Rover who can't rove(Bishop is great rushing the passer and playing the inside run but his coverage skills are horrendous) and an LOLB who does a road kill impression everytime opposing offenses run on us. My take on this year's units: D-line: We finally have enough depth at the 3 and 5 tech positions. Pickett probably backs up Raji in the Base, Wilson backed up by Boyd and Daniels will start at the 3 tech RDE side. Finally Jones and Neal, with Daniels mixing in will handle the less squatty more lanky 5 tech LDE. Sure Daniels ILB: Hawk will remain at SILB where he's good if unspectacular and I suspect Bishop and James Jones will split time at WILB with Bish handling the early downs and running sets while Jones handles passing situations and passing sets. Not sure where Manning fits. OLB: Matthews, nothing to see here. Perry I think will make a big improvement between his limited PT last year and his full offseason of doing position drills and getting used to his new position, he'll toughen up the position vacated by roadkill Walden and he should add some pass rush ability. He just needs to get used to getting low and bending while rushing from the standing position. CB: I think Williams, Shields, Hayward and House are a good group as far as coverage is concerned but the lineup could change as Capers will probably institute more zone coverages. I wouldn't be surprised if Hyde jumps one of them for PT with his instincts and tackling ability. S: Bunett is entrenched and I think that McMillan takes over at SS. His instincts speed and tackling ability should tighten up the backend of our Defense. Jennings will get some snaps and he might even see some time as a dime and maybe even a nickle corner. [/QUOTE]
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