An explanation of Jonathan Gannon's scheme

Man, this Gannon guy sounds like Eberflunks twin. Why any GM would want an interview I have no idea. Oh sorry, never mind , it’s Jerry. Enough said.
 
darthseinfeld said:
https://www.matchquarters.com/p/arizona-cardinals-unique-defense-scheme-2025

The scheme for the Cardinals is unique to them. Jonathan Gannon transitioned to a Fangio-adjacent system when he took over as the Eagles’ defensive coordinator in 2021. One of his key departures from Fango himself was the use of Quarters instead of the Cover 6 (Stuff)/8 system preferred by Fangio.
Gannon worked for Mike Zimmer in Minnesota and then Matt Eberflus (Cowboys DC) in Indianapolis before moving to Philadelphia. Neither one of those coaches is seen as a split-field coach.
Zimmer is multiple, but static, and is known more for his double A-gap pressure package. Eberflus is a traditional 4-3 Cover 3/Tampa coach, again, nothing even close to resembling what the Cardinals are doing now.
The past two years have been defined by the high use of Quarters while utilizing a five-man front. In 2023, the Cardinals led the league in Quarters usage at just over 30%. The defense used the extreme talents of All-Pro Safety Budda Baker, moving him around and placing him in their three-high structure as the Middle Safety. Nickel Garrett Williams' hybrid ability allowed him to morph into a box overhang or deep Safety, depending on the call.
Schematically, the Cardinals were still using their unique three-safety alignment, but were adding more pressure and more disguises. 2024 saw the Cardinals jump to seventh in Blitz Rate (31.8%) and fourth in coverage disguise.
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So what's he going to do here w/ no S's?
 
That short video clip is like something you'd see from the office. Cringey. He looks like a desk jockey. Sounds like a bizarre beta
 
TheMarathonContinues said:
While I’m not a fan let’s be honest what players do they have? They have even less talent then us there. And they were hurt. It’s like Buddha Baker and some young guys who were hurt.
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His defense gave up a massive lead in a SB with lots of talent.

This isn’t a one off. Hes sucked for a long time.

He’s also a disciple of the guy they just fired.
 
darthseinfeld said:
https://www.matchquarters.com/p/arizona-cardinals-unique-defense-scheme-2025

The scheme for the Cardinals is unique to them. Jonathan Gannon transitioned to a Fangio-adjacent system when he took over as the Eagles’ defensive coordinator in 2021. One of his key departures from Fango himself was the use of Quarters instead of the Cover 6 (Stuff)/8 system preferred by Fangio.
Gannon worked for Mike Zimmer in Minnesota and then Matt Eberflus (Cowboys DC) in Indianapolis before moving to Philadelphia. Neither one of those coaches is seen as a split-field coach.
Zimmer is multiple, but static, and is known more for his double A-gap pressure package. Eberflus is a traditional 4-3 Cover 3/Tampa coach, again, nothing even close to resembling what the Cardinals are doing now.
The past two years have been defined by the high use of Quarters while utilizing a five-man front. In 2023, the Cardinals led the league in Quarters usage at just over 30%. The defense used the extreme talents of All-Pro Safety Budda Baker, moving him around and placing him in their three-high structure as the Middle Safety. Nickel Garrett Williams' hybrid ability allowed him to morph into a box overhang or deep Safety, depending on the call.
Schematically, the Cardinals were still using their unique three-safety alignment, but were adding more pressure and more disguises. 2024 saw the Cardinals jump to seventh in Blitz Rate (31.8%) and fourth in coverage disguise.
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Now according to the Internet he's a Matt Eberflu's disciple but that doesn't mean he calls plays like Matt or refuses to be more flexible like Matt so I know he's not the most popular pick here but the Cowboys still need to make sure they do their due diligence and people can be upset that they're having interviews with Gannon But I hope he's not there first second or third choice but he has to at least be a choice just in case the others fall through...
 
Rayman70 said:
Sounds like a cross between SpongeBob and Jm J Bullock. No thanks
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Well there's rumors on the Internet that he's a Matt Eberfluous disciple I don't know where the connection comes from but that's what's going around on the Internet they're even mad at Jerry for having me interviews with somebody that even has the appearance from the outside to be anything like matt..


I think the problem here is Matt Eberfluous has been doing this since a long time and being he just got fired from a head coaching job he was being ridiculously stubborn and inflexible and that was his problem I thought most defensive coordinators even though they leaned to one scheme heavily will change their scheme to fit the roster once they see it's going that far S and what he did is just let it fall into the Grand Canyon and it couldn't get out they couldn't dig this team's defense out because of his ego not because of his scheme his unwillingness to change and create a defense that would work best for this roster even if the roster was limited...
 
Gannon sucks. And is a weirdo. Will get clowned on and jot respected by players.

Seems like the kind of guy both our owner, AND our general manager like.
 
Pass2Run said:
Yes, hard pass on Gannon..
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I don’t get the hype. His defense wasn’t that effective. Give me a guy who ran a D with an avg talent on the field and had success. That’s why you need since in all likelihood we are gonna improve our defensive talent but you aren’t gonna have elite defensive talent. It’s gonna take more than 2-3 new players to accomplish that
 
Nothing about him screams hey, there's a football guy. He might be better suited for college
 
conner01 said:
I don’t get the hype. His defense wasn’t that effective. Give me a guy who ran a D with an avg talent on the field and had success. That’s why you need since in all likelihood we are gonna improve our defensive talent but you aren’t gonna have elite defensive talent. It’s gonna take more than 2-3 new players to accomplish that
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I don't think there's hype why are we creating hype nobody said there was hype just because the man's getting some interviews that don't mean anything jason Garrett and Mike Mccarthy are getting interviews kind of crazy huh it is what it is some teams want to hear what some outside people say in these meetings about their team and the direction they might take their team they're draining information from every one of these interviews...


These are looking for the right fit there's nothing wrong with the Cowboys interviewing 9 different types of DC candidates just in case one or two of them are that they really really want become unavailable and now they got to have a 3rd option and they're looking for that 3rd option by spreading a wide net which also keeps that resume at the top of the desk in case they need to fill out a roster they can go back and offer some of these guys a different position on the team should they want it this is why you interview as many people as possible without going too crazy but I like the options they've done so far...

I am hoping it's one of the younger guys like Jones, Leonhard, Parker, Banda, or even Al Harris who've they yet to Interview etc

I'd like somebody that wants to stay and grow and try to make a name for himself...
 
Rayman70 said:
Nothing about him screams hey, there's a football guy. He might be better suited for college
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But he did just get through coaching a team with a real GM and a real owner and uh normal NFL power structure in the front office so why did they hire him? just curious when people say that but he somehow has been in the NFL...

I think it might be what you said but also remember some coordinators are not cut out to be head coaches and they are better coordinators so they can go back to being a coordinator and maybe focus on what they do best..


I'm definitely not pushing for this guy though, he would be bottom list guy,

I am hoping it's one of the younger guys like Jones, Leonhard, Parker, Banda, or even Al Harris who've they yet to Interview etc

I'd like somebody that wants to stay and grow and try to make a name for himself...

Flores as a hopeful, than add Whitecotton and Gannon at the emergency break glass types.

I mean if it came down to those two Gannon versus whitecotton who would you want at the very bottom if it just all went south and that's it at the last minute they had to flip a coin?
 
blueblood70 said:
But he did just get through coaching a team with a real GM and a real owner and uh normal NFL power structure in the front office so why did they hire him? just curious when people say that but he somehow has been in the NFL...

I think it might be what you said but also remember some coordinators are not cut out to be head coaches and they are better coordinators so they can go back to being a coordinator and maybe focus on what they do best..


I'm definitely not pushing for this guy though, he would be bottom list guy,

I am hoping it's one of the younger guys like Jones, Leonhard, Parker, Banda, or even Al Harris who've they yet to Interview etc

I'd like somebody that wants to stay and grow and try to make a name for himself...

Flores as a hopeful, than add Whitecotton and Gannon at the emergency break glass types.

I mean if it came down to those two Gannon versus whitecotton who would you want at the very bottom if it just all went south and that's it at the last minute they had to flip a coin?
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Agree. I'd love to get a guy that's willing to stick with it here in Dallas for no less than 3 years. For the reasons you stated.
 
blueblood70 said:
But he did just get through coaching a team with a real GM and a real owner and uh normal NFL power structure in the front office so why did they hire him? just curious when people say that but he somehow has been in the NFL...

I think it might be what you said but also remember some coordinators are not cut out to be head coaches and they are better coordinators so they can go back to being a coordinator and maybe focus on what they do best..


I'm definitely not pushing for this guy though, he would be bottom list guy,

I am hoping it's one of the younger guys like Jones, Leonhard, Parker, Banda, or even Al Harris who've they yet to Interview etc

I'd like somebody that wants to stay and grow and try to make a name for himself...

Flores as a hopeful, than add Whitecotton and Gannon at the emergency break glass types.

I mean if it came down to those two Gannon versus whitecotton who would you want at the very bottom if it just all went south and that's it at the last minute they had to flip a coin?
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i hope no Gannon.....no whitecotton.....i hope Flores and blueblood70 your profile picture cracked me so bad
 
GORICO said:
i hope no Gannon.....no whitecotton.....i hope Flores and blueblood70 your profile picture cracked me so bad
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Didn't say hope, i'm saying if it comes down to the worst-case, scenario which one of those two?

Flores is a long shot and if we don't have much else of a choice I'd bring him in but this dude is going to have ants in his pants to be a head coach, he may only be here one year!


I don't want another one year and out DC, I just don't,


that's why I like his assistant Jones better because he comes from the same tree but we get to have him actually grow here and add some limbs to that tree so to speak...

i'm just giving that as a if you had to Gannon versus White Cotton who are you picking...


I'm not saying that's going to happen because that is a worse worst of the worst-case scenario but it you never know if a lot of these other coaches go elsewhere decide to stay put that is why they have this wide net out there..
 
GORICO said:
your profile picture cracked me so bad
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Well two years in a row, bad seasons, that's how I felt,

and now I'm leaving it up there until they do something good this offseason,

hire that right coach, get that big free agent, tell me where this stuff's going to go with javonte williams, george pickens, aubrey, their contracts,

then I'll remove that picture..LOL :muttley: .
 
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