So his focus is stopping the run or it's been KNOWN that he wants to do that. I'm sure none of us are seeing this right now, partially with the drafting of JT but why not get another big beefy body in here to help stop the run. We could have started this out earlier when it was FA
I don't think Eberflus necessarily believes you have to have a bunch of beefy bodies to stop the run. He believes in assignment-sound football. If you are constantly stunting and you have players playing hero ball, they get caught out of position and teams can break off runs through the gaps. He believes in his DTs attacking their gaps and keeping the linebackers clean to make plays against the run by being where they are supposed to be. He also plays a lot of nickel and Cover 3 and believes in the corners, especially the slot, being a strong run defender on the outside.
well if you say it like this, you made me a believer!!
Now, that does make the defense more limited against the pass. It does not use a lot of stunts and blitzes to create pressure but relies on its front four to win their matchups. Quinn believed in whatever it takes to create pressure, even at the sacrifice of run defense. Eberflus believes in forcing the QB to hold the ball a tick longer and giving his pass rushers a chance to get home. That works when you have multiple pass rushers who can get the job done. If you don't, offenses will double- and triple-team Micah and limit the effectiveness of our pass rush.
I will not be surprised at all if the defense is effective against the run, because Eberflus's defenses have been. To do that, it sacrifices creativity against the pass.
That was Dan Quinn you have no idea what this defense is going to do or how it's built until we get to see it play at full speed whatever roster they come up with we'll get to see it first hand and then we can decide what it's built for...
That might all be true and that might happen but the problem here is they're not going to be able to rely on their corners early some of that is coming back in game 5 so they better hold on until Diggs Butler and Overshown get back...
Yeah can't have the best of both worlds, but hey i'll take that!!!
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Overshown , when he returns, could be beat at off the ball LB creating havoc up the middle and chasing plays down. It is definitely a group that won't need to blitz.. That will help keep guys in gaps and help the run game even if they're not the best at it they can add focus to the run game because they don't need to blitz to create pressure...
The only other one I can think of is Payton Turner, but he hasn't been much of a pass rusher. Neither has Kneeland, but he's young and could develop some in that area. I think the effectiveness of our pass rush is going to depend on if Fowler can produce what he did last year, if Williams can be more effective than he was before his injury and if Eze is everything we hope to be, along with Odig and Thomas being able to win inside matchups consistently. Micah can't be a one-man show in a defense that isn't liable to move him around as much to create favorable matchups.
I think they said the only blitzing that Eberflus likes to do is maybe CB blitzes, either way i'm not a fan of blitzing, I feel like there's too much left at stake when you don't get to the QB and the Qb ends up making a play by beating the blitz
Talk about a happy camper when we resigned Fowler back, I was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy!!!
..bro, very interesting tidbits. Informative. I like it. Let me know, where I can send you Cowboy donuts...
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Well, part of the reason that Eberflus uses a lot of Cover 3 is because your corners don't have to be superstars to make the scheme work. It limits the outside corners to not having to chase receivers all over the field. Of course, as with any zone scheme, there are holes in the coverage that the quarterback can exploit if he is given enough time.
Thanks. I've tried to read up on the scheme. There may be some things I've missed in trying to sum it up, but this is what I believe we can expect. Eberflus might tweak it some for the personnel we've got, but I believe he pretty much believes in just running his scheme without exceptions. You start making exceptions, you create weak spots in the chain that can be exploited...bro, very interesting tidbits. Informative. I like it. Let me know, where I can send you Cowboy donuts...
I agree. I think we see him mainly as a pass-down player and won't have him at end in running situations. The reason Washington didn't re-sign him IMO is because while he had 10 sacks, he can be a liability against the run.
