How much longer.......

NBT · #1 10-21-2008, 03:16 PM

......Are we going to keep going with the same old gameplanning on defense. We should be more aggressive. If we give up a big play, so be it. But it is better to blitz and stunt an offense than to just lay back and let it do anything it wants to you. Any ideas?

cadams · #2 10-21-2008, 03:58 PM

I am 100% with you on this one. They need to do something different to be more consistent. hopefully dunta being back will help things out.

popanot · #3 10-21-2008, 06:39 PM

Don't count on anything happening. Kubiak doesn't seem to be the type to change anything mid-stream.

kravix · #4 10-22-2008, 01:15 AM

I have seen more blitzes, stunts, and fake blitzes this year that previously. I have to admit that the last game was the first time I saw a corner blitz. The 2-3 safety blitzes we have seen are ineffective, as well as any normal LB blitz. And even though Mario and Weaver have come off the line into coverage, bleh, they are mixing it up.

They have run blitzed alot, but it has probably hurt them as much as helped them. I think the biggest issue is poor play from our DT's and all 3 LB's, whether it is gap penetration, containment, coverage, or tackling(ok this is the worst for both).

Because of this the safeties are biting the run more and droping coverage, and it seems like every time they play zone they get beat.

From what we have seen they can blitz 50% of the time and still never get to the QB because line just folds. Its almost like the DL has no idea the LB's are comming.

KJ3 · #5 10-22-2008, 07:22 AM

I don't think vanilla is quite as confusing as Richard Smith thinks it is. O-lines seem to figure out and block our blitzes quite well. You watch a team like Pittsburgh and everywhere they go their guys are getting consistent holes blown open in the opposing O-lines and pass rushers have a clear shot at the QB. How do we get that here?

NBT · #6 10-22-2008, 11:04 AM

Exactly my point. OK we have blitzed, but they are so easy to see coming that it is no problem for the opposing offense to block it. Pittsburgh always does a good job of moving in and out, disguising exactly who and when they are going to blitz.