It’s a small thing, but I don’t understand how all the pass rush and stunts Quinn loves match up with his bend but don’t break philosophy. The very first drive showed everyone, Quinn included, that we could not sit there and let Aaron Glenn rush for 200 yards and exhaust our defense. So instead of playing 5 DLinemen or something big, he brings in more DBs and brings the safeties down. If you can’t stop the run with stunts or blitzes since we are too small and weak and untalented up the middle at DT and LB, don’t play a soft zone and let them do whatever they want.
Play press man coverage and blitz like crazy. Sometimes you blitz or stunt into the run and stop it. Other times, the pass pressure gets to the QB before the man coverage breaks down. Playing zone 10 yards off the ball with no safety help is just insane. It’s like playing prevent defense the whole game. Instead of giving up the occasional play, we gave up everything.
The bottom line issue is our defense was never designed and populated to stop the run, not even before LVE’s injury. They say you build a defense from inside out because you must stop the run. Our DT and LBs are the worst players on our defense and team in general. Is there one player up the middle who would start for even the bottom third of teams? Still, Quinn’s game plan allowed GB to score 6 TDs on their first 7 offensive possessions. We couldn’t even force a FG. It was too easy. On GBs one punt during that stretch, GB drove from their 24 to the Dallas 48 before a holding penalty. They pinned us inside our own 10 on the punt.
