Defining the Seahawks defense

[Idgit]

This is a great blog series on the SEA defense. Given that we're supposed to be borrowing elements liberally from what the Seahawks are doing, I thought it was relevant for us here. An interesting quote from Pete Carroll, here: "Our defense is a 4-3 scheme with 3-4 personnel. It's just utilizing the special talents of our guys."

When Pete Carroll was first hired by the Seahawks in 2010, he preached that the team would (eventually) field an aggressive, fast, but most of all unique defense on the field that would surprise a lot of teams. He had tagged many positions on the traditional 4-3 scheme that Jim Mora Jr. used the year before and gave them unique characteristics and names; the weak defensive end was now known as a "LEO"; the strong side linebacker will play more up front, akin to a fifth D-Lineman. If the switches weren't confusing enough, then Carroll definitely raised eyebrows with his first transactions on the team.

http://www.fieldgulls.com/football-...e-seahawks-defense-an-introduction/in/4102067

This is the introductory post, but the whole series, including some great stuff about interior DL play, can be found here.

 

[dwmyers]

A short summary of the Carroll approach is given by Jene Bramel in his 7 part NYT article on NFL defenses..it's toward the bottom of the 4th part of the article.

http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/...-f-l-defenses-part-3-the-4-3-front-continued/

The Jags hired defensive staff from the Seahawks, so there is this nice "Leo" article from the SBNation blog Big Cat Country..

http://www.bigcatcountry.com/2013/1/19/3890928/gus-bradley-defense-leo-position

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[dwmyers]

This is a great blog series on the SEA defense.

There may be a lot to learn here, but there is a lot to be suspicious of..

such as:

The 4-3 defense, with four down-defensive-linemen and three linebackers, was first developed in the 1950's under legendary coach Tom Landry, who conceptualized it mainly to stop Jim Brown and the running game.

New York Giants won a NFL championship in 1956 using that 4-3. Jim Brown joined the league in 1957. Get your years mixed up much?

Oh yeah, and "Mike Ditka's 46" raises a brow as well. Ditka was not a defensive innovator..

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[Teague31]

a little easier to be a great D when half your guys are on PED's

 

[riverside4]

a little easier to be a great D when half your guys are on PED's

LOL But it was for a rash they all had just a misunderstanding. No worries Pete is aware of it now and talked to his players.

 

[NIBGoldenchild]

a little easier to be a great D when half your guys are on PED's

Exactly.