Greg Blache Defensive Scheme!!

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Originally Posted by 53Fan

I think if we would've gotten better results blitzing we wouldn't even be having this conversation. The Steelers blitz effectively, the Redskins don't. At least not up to this point. For the amount of times we blitzed, the results were pathetic. I'm not sure how anyone can argue with that. Our sack totals were pathetic and I don't remember a lot of times where the pass wasn't completed because of pressure from the blitz. Maybe some, but not enough to justify blitzing as much as we did. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't remember our blitzes creating nearly as much havoc as some of the better defenses in the league. Nothing against Blache but that's just a fact. Simplifying the defense is one thing, but thinking you can beat the opponent all the time without disguising anything is just arrogant.

I agree with you here bro, we blitz far too much for the results we get.
My problem with out blitzing is that we don't do a good job of disguising it.
Disguise is the key to blitzing success.
You have to create confusion as to where the pressure is coming from.
If a QB can see where the blitz is coming from he'll just re-assign the 'Mike' backer and the blitz will be picked up, hat-on-hat.
We need to create situations where there is hesitation and confusion.
This is why i like the idea of playing Orakpo/Washington as DE/OLB it gives the defense some versatility.

And its not only 3-4 teams can do this.
Jim Johnson with the Eagles and Spagnulo w/ the Giants mix in many zone-dogs and fire-zones.
It seems that we just bring an extra man or two into the box and basically annouce their intentions.

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

And for the record, I thought Blache called strong games against the Seahawks and Ravens (and an excellent one against Philly). But the decline was in full swing by that point. This suggests, to me at least, that while Blache was hardly at all responsible for the decline, he simply became part of the problem in the second half of the season.

I think Blache got a big assist from Zorn in the Seattle game.
I remember reading that Zorn talked to Blache about how to gameplan for Hasselbeck/passing game.

I thought the playcalling and defensive game management against the 49ers was horrible.

I hate how in the 2nd Cowboys game we couldn't stop a freakin toss/sweep.