offiss
05-13-2004, 01:56 PM
Petitbone is the best d-coordinator the redskins have ever had...period. I think most of guys forget that in 1987 the defense held down the fort, while Gibbs offense under QB Jay Schroeder played very inconsistently. Petitbone's defense won us games we would have lost if our D was not as good as it was. It was not until Gibbs gave up on Schroeder and put in QB Doug Williams more than 2/3 into the season, that the Offense took off and we won the SB.
In 1991-92 season the defense posted three very impressive shut outs of 45-0, 34-0 and 23-0. The last one being against the Eagles.
His gambling style of defense is very respected by most NFL coaches. John Madden and Pat Summeral loved Petitbone.
I remember Petitbon playing every type of defense known to man. He actually in one game played a five man d-line (5 down lineman) on every first down against a an opponent that had a great running game but below average passing game. He mixed in 4-3, 3-4 and 4-6 defenses into his arsenal. In 1991-91 season, on third and long he played a very succesfull version of the 46 defense with Charles Mann at Nose Guard, Jumpy Geathers next to him at DT and Wilbur Marshall and Monte Coleman playing LB together on one side of the D line. We racked up so many sacks it was awesome.
The 5 man line was in the playoff's against the bear's, that was payton's last game, and the 5 man line was all Gibb's idea, not pettitbone.
I don't know how many recall this about RP, but his defenses used to ware down late in the game, the year we set the record for scoring, we almost gave up as many point's as we scored, it wasen't until the NFL decieded to allow the clock to run when you go out of bound's until late in the game to help shorten the time constraint's of the game, that pettitbone's defense really started to come around, primarily we didn't have enough 3 and out's during his tenure to keep the defense fresh, of coarse this wasen't every game but it seemed to keep the other team in the game to often, RP IMO is better than any one we have had since his departure, but I won't say he was great or an elite D-coordinator.
In 1991-92 season the defense posted three very impressive shut outs of 45-0, 34-0 and 23-0. The last one being against the Eagles.
His gambling style of defense is very respected by most NFL coaches. John Madden and Pat Summeral loved Petitbone.
I remember Petitbon playing every type of defense known to man. He actually in one game played a five man d-line (5 down lineman) on every first down against a an opponent that had a great running game but below average passing game. He mixed in 4-3, 3-4 and 4-6 defenses into his arsenal. In 1991-91 season, on third and long he played a very succesfull version of the 46 defense with Charles Mann at Nose Guard, Jumpy Geathers next to him at DT and Wilbur Marshall and Monte Coleman playing LB together on one side of the D line. We racked up so many sacks it was awesome.
The 5 man line was in the playoff's against the bear's, that was payton's last game, and the 5 man line was all Gibb's idea, not pettitbone.
I don't know how many recall this about RP, but his defenses used to ware down late in the game, the year we set the record for scoring, we almost gave up as many point's as we scored, it wasen't until the NFL decieded to allow the clock to run when you go out of bound's until late in the game to help shorten the time constraint's of the game, that pettitbone's defense really started to come around, primarily we didn't have enough 3 and out's during his tenure to keep the defense fresh, of coarse this wasen't every game but it seemed to keep the other team in the game to often, RP IMO is better than any one we have had since his departure, but I won't say he was great or an elite D-coordinator.