Frank Bush ready to showcase his young players in the Saints game

[papabear]

I think there might be a perception problem when we hear "more aggressive". I think some people expect to see the LB's and Safeties blitzing like crazy, with 6 or 7 guys getting being sent a lot of the time....and while I would like to see more blitzing myself there's other more subtle ways to make the defense more aggressive. Like asking the D-line to fire off the ball and penetrate instead of reading the play first. That alone can make a huge difference, especially with our personnel up front. I also saw the safeties coming into the box more. It's not a blitz, but it's a little thing that could help against the run....which was at least as much of our problem last year as the pass. You can't bring pressure on third and long if your giving up 6 yards on the ground on first down.

We have always played pretty basic in the preseason under Kubiak. Gameplans can change drastically from week to week anyway in the NFL. Even if we did open up the playbook against the Saints, we could have a different gameplan vs. the Jets in week 1.