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Interesting WSJ article on the "future" of NFL Defense

Montreal Man : 8/1/2014 10:24 am
About what Ryan is doing with the Saints and all their safeties.
The future of NFL defense (?) - ( New Window )
Perry Fewel be like "did the 2011 Giants not exist?"  
Kyle : 8/1/2014 10:26 am : link
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The idea was hatched by accident last year, when injuries to linebackers gave Ryan a dilemma: play bad linebackers or get creative with positions. Ryan went the latter route and stressed the safety position, playing as many as four safeties at once and playing three at a time in his default defensive package. In the NFL, some teams play as few as one safety and almost no team ever employs more than two.
Hmmm sounds familiar..  
JCin332 : 8/1/2014 10:27 am : link
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The idea was hatched by accident last year, when injuries to linebackers gave Ryan a dilemma: play bad linebackers or get creative with positions.
I laughed when I read that  
ZogZerg : 8/1/2014 10:27 am : link
The Giants have been doing that for years now.
Kyle great minds think alike..?  
JCin332 : 8/1/2014 10:28 am : link
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The nation either over looks or disrespects the NYG  
ANGPASS : 8/1/2014 10:42 am : link
Peyton say omaha a lot in one game - he is now know for the Omaha call. While eli has been saying omaha for the last 4 years

Now the silver santa clause rob ryan plays more than 2 safties and he is changing the game when fewel has been doing this since 2010 with philips rolle and grant.

for the giants, NFL stand for No Fucking Love
If Perry Fewell legally changed his last name to Ryan  
truebluelarry : 8/1/2014 11:01 am : link
he'd get more publicity.
I can see the use of more  
mrvax : 8/1/2014 11:21 am : link
safeties, fewer backers as this is a passing league. Young safeties that are good tacklers should be in high demand. You'd play your extra safeties when there is a decent chance for a passing down.

Very very few true linebackers are good at coverage.

Fired off an email to author basically saying Giants where ahead of  
bumpsinthenight : 8/1/2014 12:20 pm : link
the curve.

His response:

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...thanks for the note--the chargers use a similar lineup, but when researching this story I discovered that the saints play way more of this lineup than anyone. The saints three most common combinations feature three safeties--none of the giants top lineup combinations feature that, for instance. Appreciate the note and thanks for reading.
BB did this 25 years ago agst Bills in SB  
oipolloi : 8/2/2014 3:03 pm : link
He played two DL, 4 LBers and 5DBs.

The idea was to force Buffalo to run the ball. It worked but just barely. Bills ran the ball down the field on the final drive and got in position for the game winning FG. Norwood just missed it.

It was a brilliant move by BB and Parcells. But it worked because it caught the Bills completely off guard. If a good passing offense has time to prepare against a 4 safety defene, they will kill eventually destroy it.
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