If we keep the same structure, we MUST go after DBs

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by paulskinsfan

But Williams has led successful Defenses with little up front before. What his scheme cannot do is survive without a great secondary. Springs, given his cap number, may very well be gone next year, thus we must have DBs if we keep the current system.

I would compare this to getting a bunch of guards in basketball and trying to win with little guys. Kind of like how the Wizards are structured. Williams likes the corners so he can blitz alot. But all the trickeration only works to a certain point. NFL coaches are not stupid and it seems teams have adjusted to all the blitzing. At some point you have to rush with 4 or 5 guys and get pressure that way instead of leaving corners on an island all the time. We simply can not go into next season with Holdman, Daniels and Goldston as starters. Plus Marshall is simply not an NFL MLB at 225lb. In the NFL you win in the trenches. No O-line and no D-line and you have nothing.

[GoSkins!]

If you watch the games, you can see what offenses have done to beat the skins. They max protect, and then wait for a secondary assignment to break down. If that happens, they hit the long receiver, otherwise, they force one in to the whoever is being covered by an LB. Marshall and Holdman are not playing good coverage lately and Marcus Washington is dropping balls he should intercept. We need DB's, but we also need a LB. Offenses feared Arrington and that helped us, weather Williams admits it or not.