xwalker
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Before we played the Seahawks they asked Pete Carol what he thought of our defense since we added Richard and he said it looked like the CBs were playing better. I don't know if he was responsible but it seemed like we blitzed better after he arrived.
The secondary was a night & day type difference from 2017 to 2018 with regards to studying the coaches film. The difference in coaching was obvious. They had a coordinated plan with KR in 2018.
Often it is difficult to distinguish which changes from players and which are from coaching changes but the difference in coaching of the DBs from 2017 to 2018 was very obvious.
That does not always mean the results improved by the same amount because players change and other factors like the pass rush affect results but on the coaches film it was very obvious.
Unfortunately for KR in 2019 he tried to drive the defense from the passenger seat after the driver fell asleep.
He tried to stop the run at the expense of pass coverage and tried to make changes from on the fly (week to week) at the expense of players knowing their assignments.