HeavyHitta31 said:Tell you what: You name me one other defense in the NFL that had up to 5 rookies on the field at one time, I'll hop on the ditch Zimmer bandwagon and not look back.
And just so yuo don't waste your whole evening desperately trying to prove a point, let me help you arent: There arent any others
And Payton never had a #1 offense, or even a top 10 offense. Zimmer conssitantly has good defenses, even when Campo was here.
HeavyHitta31 said:You think maybe, just maybe, the late game breakdowns were because we had 5 rookies conrtributing/starting on defense? Of course you didnt, because that would require objective thinking, something this board seems to lack these days
And Campo never had the #1 defense, never even close
HeavyHitta31 said:I don' think you grasp this:
Aggresive doesnt win games, not giving up 400 yards and 30 PPG does
zack said:Maybe you don't recall how much we blitzed in 2003 and why our defense was ranked #1, but it did have it punishment for being aggressive now didn't it? How about the Patriots & Panther playoff game? Burned, because we were too aggressive.
Then don't read them HH.HeavyHitta31 said:I'm sick and tired of the "Take Zimmer with you, Payton" posts
neosapien23 said:Unfortunately Dallas couldn't bring pressure with 4 lineman. Outside of Glover and Ellis we had no pass rush. The reason we blitzed so much is because we had to.
HeavyHitta31 said:Sean Payton was the most unimaginitive, predictable, vanilla offensive coordinator in our franchise's history. Our offensive has never been and would have never been anything special with his playcalling.
HeavyHitta31 said:Sean Payton was the most unimaginitive, predictable, vanilla offensive coordinator in our franchise's history. Our offensive has never been and would have never been anything special with his playcalling.
Over the last 3 years, Mike Zimmer's defense has averaged #10 in the NFL, and that's with a year of almost no defensive talent and a year in a completely new scheme. His #1 defense is the ONLY reason, the ONLY reason why we made the playoffs in 2003. They were the ONLY reason we had a chance to make the playoffs this year. I don't give a damn as to how many turnovers we force, or how many sacks we get, I care about how many yards we give up and how many points the other team scores. Is he an aggressive DC? No. Does he get the job done? The stats don't lie.
Rack said:
Yes, it's Payton's fault he didn't call the "magical" plays that would of made our OL block better.
Again...
summerisfunner said:I have yet to see facts or stats anywhere in this thread used to bash Payton or Zimmer
BRILLIANT!
neosapien23 said:As far as Zimmer is concerned he always registers on the league bottom for interception or sacks. He doesn't give up alot of points or yards either though.
summerisfunner said:true, but look at what he's had to deal with in his tenure here as DC
little talent for years
then with talent, 1st year in a totally foreign scheme, that not only he has to learn, but his whole charges, and even with that circumstance, our D managed to increase their sack and turnover total, esp. INTs
Zimmer gets all my respect because he adjusts very well:
no talent on the front 4 in '03, so he employs a blitzing scheme that worked really well until it was figured out, and then obviously having to adapt from being a 4-3 coordinator, to a 3-4 coordinator, and the D improves from the '04 version and has a top-10 finish, so all the criticsm heaped on him is unfair and illogical IMO, and those who criticize him heavily prove my point
neosapien23 said:But you have to agree, he is very conservative.
summerisfunner said:actually Parcells said that by nature, Zimmer is very aggressive, that he, asks him to tone it down
and for good reason, before, it was a horrible secondary, and this year, unfamilarity of the 3-4
neosapien23 said:I hope your right. We definitely need a FA OLBer who can rush the passer and FS though to make this defense work.
summerisfunner said:we definitely need another pass-rusher opposite Ware
neosapien23 said:Who do you want? Not alot of options our there?