Not only did we "game plan " against the rats without a NT but also they kept sending Watt or Dupree to penetrate instead of do gap containment and several times you could see the space left to be gaping holes for the runner to get in carrying a piano if he wanted to. Wasn't it obvious? What are they thinking an doing during the week previous to a game
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I understand that if it were Jackson but it was RG3,I mentioned in game thread...Bud and TJ were, by scheme, ignoring the handoff and spying/hitting Jackson. This is what happens to running QB's...defenses take the chance to hit them hard and often. Dale over at DK also brought this up in a few places and in one article, Cam H. said part of the issue stopping the run was himself. Yea, I know he always turns the thumb on himself (good leaders do) but based on what I watched in game I believe the DT's and ILB's were tasked with the RB so the OLB/DE could tee off and hit Jackson.
I understand that if it were Jackson but it was RG3,
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Fans cling too much to 34 or 43 designation. We all talk about the evolution of the passing game in the NFL the last 20 years, but so many of us fans want to cling to 20+ year old defensive concepts. I loved Casey Hampton...first time I saw him live walking out for warmups, I grabbed my young son to make sure he didn't fall from the earth tremors. Dude was a beast. But the game has changed and the old space eater NT has gone the way of the FB. Speed, quicks, and athleticism are more prized than wrecking balls. Don't get me wrong...I love old school smash mouth offense and defense, but its gone.
and no, before someone calls out that wide tackle BS crap we tried to run this year as life without a big space eater NT...no, no it isn't. That was just a bad defensive idea.