What Changes Do You Expect IF Kris Richard Takes Over?

[DiResta]

a different thread had me curious about this and i found a interesting article that might give a glimpse
of course personnel is different so that alone might make it function differently but hey its May, and theres no football

Analysis | Why did the Seahawks move on from Kris Richard as defensive coordinator? A look at the numbers

some snips

Among the reasons bandied about is that Richard might have been calling the game more aggressively than Carroll prefers

. Carroll’s scheme is based on not getting beat deep, keeping passes in front of the secondary and forcing teams to have to go the long way to march for touchdowns with the idea being that the more plays it takes, the more likely the opposing offense is to mess things up (though it’s always been regarded that Carroll pretty much runs the defense anyway, no matter the coordinator.)

And given that Richard is the first defensive coordinator Carroll has fired at any time in his head coaching career that’s an assertion that deserves some examination.

The interesting thing is that in looking at what is maybe the simplest way to judge the aggressiveness of a defense — the number of times it blitzes — nothing was out of the ordinary this season.

According to Pro Football Focus, the Seahawks blitzed just 22 percent of the time (PFF judges a blitz as any time a defense rushes more players than it has on its line, so meaning five or more in a 4-3, which is Seattle’s most common alignment).

That was tied with the Eagles for the fifth-lowest blitz percentage in the NFL ahead of only the Chargers, Jacksonville, Bengals and Bills (and, yes, it’s interesting that two other defenses that are similar in philosophy to Seattle’s — the Chargers (where former Seattle DC Gus Bradley is the coordinator) and Jaguars (where former Seattle assistant Todd Wash runs the defense), were below the Seahawks, at 19 and 21 percent, respectively. Atlanta, where another former Seattle DC, Dan Quinn, is the head coach, was just above the Seahawks at 23 percent.

All were far below the teams at the top of the list — Cleveland had a blitz percentage of 42 and Carolina 40, to lead the way.

And the 22 percent blitz rate of this season is right in line with what the Seahawks did under Bradley and Quinn.


The Quick pass that sparked Washington’s winning drive, though, highlights another telling stat from PFF — Seattle’s passer rating allowed when blitzing, which was a whopping 104.58, the fifth-worst in the NFL behind Washington, Pittsburgh, the Rams and Dallas. That’s in contrast to Seattle’s overall passer rating allowed for the season of 79.1, which ranked seventh best in the NFL.

That’s in stark contrast to previous years. According to that same 2016 ESPN article, from 2012-16 the Seahawks allowed the lowest average yards per dropback when blitzing and also the lowest TD percentage.

That dropoff, though, also seems like it can be attributable greatly to injuries in its famed secondary — Thomas, Sherman and Chancellor played only the first seven games together before Thomas missed two and then Sherman and Chancellor suffered season-ending injuries (all three started every game together in 2013 and Thomas never missed a game until late last season and Sherman this year).

tldr

was Kris or Carroll behind the defense Seattle uses? the look has remained unchanged since before Kris, although the personnel has gotten better with the LOB
Kris doesnt blitz often, less than Marinelli
Kris may be more aggressive in using man coverage but i believe the Cowboys use man more than some people think so
if Kris is making his changes to the back end this year, if he took over DC im not sure the front assignments or scheme would change at all

 

[rags747]

Legion of Boom II...

 

[Ranching]

Coaches need players, just like a mechanic needs his tools.

 

[DiResta]

Coaches need players, just like a mechanic needs his tools.

if you look at Seattles previous DCs now at Chargers and Atlanta, they both have strengths but you could say much of it is largely player talent
like the Chargers have great corner and pass rush, Atlanta has added speed at lb and trying to build its dline (i dont get many Atlanta games though so not very familiar

 

[ShiningStar]

im hoping, he brings more agrresiveness, not just in blitz, but not playing off the WRs. i hope hes not afraid to let the players play and let them get some swagger. I hope he changes the culture like Sanjay is and says "we need to build up."

 

[UncleOscar]

Kris doesnt blitz often, less than Marinelli
Kris may be more aggressive in using man coverage

Not sure I like this. If we don't blitz, then we better have a monster pass rush. Not sure I can stomach several more years of Marinelli 2.

 

[Sydla]

I did like how the article highlighted how we suck at blitzing too.

I am not sure what we will get out of Richard. For now, I hope he is able to develop our young secondary.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Ruthless Aggression

 

[ThatJerryKid]

This guy had Cam Chancellor, Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman. Everybody that thinks he is the next great coach, don’t forget this.

 

[jazzcat22]

Coaches need players, just like a mechanic needs his tools.

But if the person does not know how to use those players / tools, it still does no good....like as in a certain HC that sucks........

I think Richard can used them, but our HC is still there.....

 

[CATCH17]

I just want a coach that does a little bit of scheming that confuses the offense a little instead of these coaches that want to run a base scheme and scream like little cheerleaders for more effort all game.

 

[jazzcat22]

This guy had Cam Chancellor, Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman. Everybody that thinks he is the next great coach, don’t forget this.

We had Dez and Zeke Tony, and our guy in charge did not used Tony when ready at the most critical time.
A coach still needs to use his best.

 

[HowardC]

More value placed on the 1T position.

 

[cowboy_ron]

This guy had Cam Chancellor, Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman. Everybody that thinks he is the next great coach, don’t forget this.

Maybe he's the reason that made the three you mentioned into what they became.

 

[conner01]

im hoping, he brings more agrresiveness, not just in blitz, but not playing off the WRs. i hope hes not afraid to let the players play and let them get some swagger. I hope he changes the culture like Sanjay is and says "we need to build up."

He likes more man
He doesn’t like blitzing

 

[bodi]

I fully think hes the next DC

 

[ThatJerryKid]

Maybe he's the reason that made the three you mentioned into what they became.

Pleas don’t argue with me Ron. I get enough of it from my wife....

 

[SlammedZero]

I feel like he was a good hire. Like others, I feel like he is waiting in the wings to be the next DC. He seems to have a respectable record as a DC, albeit he had some great players, but I think Dallas is starting to stock up on good players as well. I wish we had better safeties, however, I think the rest of the defense is starting to take shape.

 

[DiResta]

im hoping, he brings more agrresiveness, not just in blitz, but not playing off the WRs. i hope hes not afraid to let the players play and let them get some swagger. I hope he changes the culture like Sanjay is and says "we need to build up."

if you are going to press man and dont have Earl you better hope Xavier is a very good free safety although i do feel much better this year about lb covering

I did like how the article highlighted how we suck at blitzing too.

I am not sure what we will get out of Richard. For now, I hope he is able to develop our young secondary.

i like a scheme that blitzes and sneaks guys around in and out of coverages but i think we are seeing a philosophy the FO likes to keep things blue collar, very sound if not average but low risk
get good players across the board but aggression like Wade Phillips i think is not in the foreseeable future
i think the Eagles and Giants are doing a great job with it and the Jags are the near ultimate where you have great talent spread throughout. similar to what Seattle had (but dont anymore)

More value placed on the 1T position.

uh oh

 

[dwreck27]

I fully think hes the next DC

Hopefully our new HC actually wants him in that role....