Being Cpt. Obvious, but I'm gonna say it anyways

[darthseinfeld]

To fix the coverage we need to do one of two things

-Get zone CBs

or

-Change to a Man scheme.

Since we shifted defenses from Ryans 3-4 to the Tampa 2, we have added one Zone CB, UDFA Tyler Patmon. Marinelli has been incorporating Man coverage to suit our strengths, but Tampa 2 simply isnt a man scheme. That alteration will only get you so far.

One of the two needs to happen

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Or we could get a pass rush to will not only help our defensive line but our CB's as well.

 

[fishspill]

Now begins the long offseason. Who stays? Who goes? Heck, I wouldn't put it past this team to go back to a 3-4.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

I fear the holes in this D cannot be filled in a single season.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Or we could get a pass rush to will not only help our defensive line but our CB's as well.

The two go hand in hand

 

[Jenky]

To fix the coverage we need to do one of two things

-Get zone CBs

or

-Change to a Man scheme.

Since we shifted defenses from Ryans 3-4 to the Tampa 2, we have added one Zone CB, UDFA Tyler Patmon. Marinelli has been incorporating Man coverage to suit our strengths, but Tampa 2 simply isnt a man scheme. That alteration will only get you so far.

One of the two needs to happen

Pass rush man. It doesn't matter what coverage you play if you don't have a good pass rush. Zone will get eaten up, man will be beat one on one.

 

[perrykemp]

I think Scandrick needs to be a #2 CB. Carr should be a #3 CB (at best). They need a #1 CB.

Sterling Moore on Adams was such a mismatch.

 

[Miguelitomama]

I fear the holes in this D cannot be filled in a single season.

I'm new here, a longtime football fan but my knowledge of the game is not what it should be. (At least I admit my knowledge gaps!) I'm new here so I'd love to learn. What do you think we should do in the off-season?

During the game I was trying to figure out how Greenbay finally seemed to stifle the defense, which I thought looked very strong until the 4th quarter.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Pass rush man. It doesn't matter what coverage you play if you don't have a good pass rush. Zone will get eaten up, man will be beat one on one.

Im not saying its just the coverage. Not by a long shot. A good pass rush will help, but right now at the CB position we are pounding a square peg into a round hole.

Honestly if it was me, I go back to Man. Top 3 CBs are Man CBs. Both Claiborne and Carr actually played pretty well in 2012 in Man considering how many injuries there were to the front 7

 

[Jenky]

Im not saying its just the coverage. Not by a long shot. A good pass rush will help, but right now at the CB position we are pounding a square peg into a round hole.

Honestly if it was me, I go back to Man. Top 3 CBs are Man CBs. Both Claiborne and Carr actually played pretty well in 2012 in Man considering how many injuries there were to the front 7

Top corner is a cover 3 guy. Sherman.

You have to be able to play both man and zone. Sherman can do both.

 

[Jenky]

I'm new here, a longtime football fan but my knowledge of the game is not what it should be. (At least I admit my knowledge gaps!) I'm new here so I'd love to learn. What do you think we should do in the off-season?

During the game I was trying to figure out how Greenbay finally seemed to stifle the defense, which I thought looked very strong until the 4th quarter.

Rodgers is surgical. He can get the ball from point a to point b within the blink of an eye. But he mostly exploited that Davante Adams and Sterling Moore matchup.

 

[TheCount]

Now begins the long offseason. Who stays? Who goes? Heck, I wouldn't put it past this team to go back to a 3-4.

That's a good way to prolong the defensive improvement, that's for sure.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Top corner is a cover 3 guy. Sherman.

You have to be able to play both man and zone. Sherman can do both.

I meant our top 3 CBs

 

[sbark]

I'm new here, a longtime football fan but my knowledge of the game is not what it should be. (At least I admit my knowledge gaps!) I'm new here so I'd love to learn. What do you think we should do in the off-season?

During the game I was trying to figure out how Greenbay finally seemed to stifle the defense, which I thought looked very strong until the 4th quarter.

Welcome.........stick around, you love all the excellent outlooks, draft study in this site.....have fun

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

The two go hand in hand

Ehh they do but i've seen crappy secondaries win in this league with a good d-line. Giants showed that. I haven't seen a crappy defensive line do too well though.

 

[endersdragon]

During the offseason we should A) move back to a man coverage scheme, so many times this year we got burned trying to go zone and it probably costs us home field advantage), B ) work to sign/draft a few better d-linemen, there are a few that won't really cost that much (I want Knighten personally... I like bigger guys that can cramp QBs to go with guys like Crawford), and C) draft an actual free safety instead of playing 2 SSs and expecting us to not know the difference.

 

[JD_KaPow]

There is not a unit or position on defense that wouldn't benefit from a talent upgrade. It's easy to make this defense better: add talented players to it. Anywhere and everywhere. As many as we can.

 

[manster4ever]

I think Scandrick needs to be a #2 CB. Carr should be a #3 CB (at best). They need a #1 CB.

Sterling Moore on Adams was such a mismatch.

Correct. OScan is solid and I can live with Carr at #3 IF he takes a pay cut like Free did. He simply is overpaid. They need a #1 badly. Here is the FA list for '15:

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/cornerback/

I like Kareem Jackson, Brandon Flowers, Walter Thurmond and Kyle Wilson...with a few others being decent choices too. Big time potential this season in free agency at CB. However, SAFETY is even more of a need. Here are the '15 FA safeties:

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/safety/


I like Devin McCourty (ALOT) and Nate Allen (a little)....slim pickings after that.

 

[Flinger]

Marinelli's game plan seemed to be:

Rush 3 against 5 or 6... Have 8 drop back into coverage at least 15 yards from the LOS. Have all 8 stand there and wait for the offense to do something. Then, react.

 

[windward]

I fear the holes in this D cannot be filled in a single season.

We were this losers the NFCCG. Add another pass rusher and a CB/S and the D can be good enough to win a Super Bowl.