Yakuza Rich
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One thing I disagree is that the offense always dictates and the defense always reacts.
Wade's defense is more of a dictating defense and that's one of the things I was glad to see come to Dallas.
Under Zimmer/Parcells, we'd use the 3-4 and keep Ware at a fixed position for the most part and whomever we had at the SOLB stay at that spot. Opposing offenses would just bring the TE over to Ware's side, give him a double team or have the TE go out for pass and that could often force Ware into coverage. Or they could go to a 3 WR set and either force Dallas into a nickel package with Ware at DE (which I think he rushes better from the 2-point stance) or he would have to bump the slot WR in the 3-4.
Under Wade we have a lot of different nickel and dime packages to face the 4WR or 3WR sets and still allow Ware to rush the QB either out of the 2-point or 3-point stance. If they go with 11 personnel package and try to force the TE over to Ware's side, he and Spencer can just switch sides giving Ware a one-on-one with the RT. Typically teams will try to rub Ware with a RB, but now they only have 2 receivers going out in coverage and if Ware can beat the RT pretty good, the RB won't stand a chance.
If I was an NFL owner, I'd want a coaching staff that will dictate things on both side of the ball. I think there's a lot of similarities between poker and football and while I don't play much poker, I do like to dictate the action and have the other players react and be forced into tough decisions that they don't really want to make. It doesn't mean that they won't make the right decision, but attacking usually works better in the end than reacting.
To their credit, the Eagles have been dictating on both sides of the ball for awhile. Now with Wade, it's a tough choice to for them to try and dictate things if they have to face Spencer one-on-one and perhaps a blitzing Brooking.
Defensively the Eagles still dictate things a bit, but Romo has been smarter with the cadence to get the Eagles defense to tip their hand as to who is blitzing and who is dropping in coverage and then figure out where to go with the ball.
That's probably the issue I had with Parcells (and I'm still a fan of his) is that he was just too into 'execution rules above everything else' when other teams would use a bit more scheme to put their players in a better position to succeed, even if they were a lesser player.
YR
Wade's defense is more of a dictating defense and that's one of the things I was glad to see come to Dallas.
Under Zimmer/Parcells, we'd use the 3-4 and keep Ware at a fixed position for the most part and whomever we had at the SOLB stay at that spot. Opposing offenses would just bring the TE over to Ware's side, give him a double team or have the TE go out for pass and that could often force Ware into coverage. Or they could go to a 3 WR set and either force Dallas into a nickel package with Ware at DE (which I think he rushes better from the 2-point stance) or he would have to bump the slot WR in the 3-4.
Under Wade we have a lot of different nickel and dime packages to face the 4WR or 3WR sets and still allow Ware to rush the QB either out of the 2-point or 3-point stance. If they go with 11 personnel package and try to force the TE over to Ware's side, he and Spencer can just switch sides giving Ware a one-on-one with the RT. Typically teams will try to rub Ware with a RB, but now they only have 2 receivers going out in coverage and if Ware can beat the RT pretty good, the RB won't stand a chance.
If I was an NFL owner, I'd want a coaching staff that will dictate things on both side of the ball. I think there's a lot of similarities between poker and football and while I don't play much poker, I do like to dictate the action and have the other players react and be forced into tough decisions that they don't really want to make. It doesn't mean that they won't make the right decision, but attacking usually works better in the end than reacting.
To their credit, the Eagles have been dictating on both sides of the ball for awhile. Now with Wade, it's a tough choice to for them to try and dictate things if they have to face Spencer one-on-one and perhaps a blitzing Brooking.
Defensively the Eagles still dictate things a bit, but Romo has been smarter with the cadence to get the Eagles defense to tip their hand as to who is blitzing and who is dropping in coverage and then figure out where to go with the ball.
That's probably the issue I had with Parcells (and I'm still a fan of his) is that he was just too into 'execution rules above everything else' when other teams would use a bit more scheme to put their players in a better position to succeed, even if they were a lesser player.
YR
