Let's keep the other one OC only and start this one to discuss potential DC's.
So far, I've seen Eric Washington's name come up (see link). He has been a defensive line coach; and that's it. With Wilks having only one year of experience as a DC and no experience as the HC, he is really going to need someone that knows what they are doing running the defense. Eric Washington has never been a DC at any level. That scares me.
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The next place I would look would be Buffalo's defensive staff. I think McDermott ran the Jim Johnson's Eagles defense while in Carolina. I assume that is the same defense that the Panthers ran in 2017.
I have to say it; Spags as the DC makes a lot of sense.
The linked article is on the Panthers D when McDermott was the DC.
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Regardless, the D they run, and the D Wilks knows, is the old Jim Johnson Eagles D.
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So, maybe McDermott didn't run the Jim Johnson D while in Carolina ...
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Green Bay seems like the perfect landing spot for him.
Robbie is right, the Panther's blitzed a lot this year.
Seriously, this type of defense only works if it can get pressure with the front 4. We had the zone stuff/Tampa 2 when Fewell was here.
Some background info about Rivera ...
Ron Rivera worked under Jim Johnson while he was their LB coach from 1999–2003. That explains the McDermott connection (at least to me).
Next, Rivera was the secondary coach and the DC under Lovie Smith. So that explains why the Panthers play some (a lot?) of Tampa 2.
Based on that, I have a feeling the Panthers' D is a conglomerate/hybrid of Jim Johnson's zone blitzing 43 and Lovie Smith's Tampa 2.
The more I think about it, Spags actually fits pretty well as Wilks DC IF Wilks gets hired.
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The Carolina Panthers led the way, with almost eighty percent (79.9) of their snaps coming in zone coverage of some variety or other. They ran just 12.3 percent of their snaps in man coverage, and lined up in Cover-3 alone 237 times over the course of the year.
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Sounds like Tim Lewis Perry Fewell hell.
If we're going to bring back a former DC, let it be John Fox!
Vic is one person I would like to see the Giants interview for the head coaching job. If not DC would be great.
My thing is to draft insane DTS (we have one already) and utilize a super sized gap attacking scheme, switching up gap responsibilities on every single play and asking the backers, weather they be safeties or linebackers, to work in support of that dl centric system. With man corners and free safeties.
Similar to the old iggles gap attack but with two 320lb plus DTS, either of whom can two gap or play Nose T by turns to make it more multiple and less weak vs run, in other words, go from old iggles / old bucs to ravens, stopping by everything in between, without changing people on the field. From down to down. And/ or an additional true dler in a dime.
Two true DEs.
Three legit heavy DTS including a true nose tackle.
Three safeties and three man cover corners.
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This thread is an attempt to I'd Wilks' potential DCs. Fox has no connection and I think Fox is burned out. I don't see Foxy coming back.
Fox has a connection to Gettleman and the Giants organization. Who says he's burned out? I definitely see Fox coming back. He'll be coaching somebody's defense if he's not somebody's head coach. And he's a better defensive coordinator than anybody else out there.
Fox has been a head coach for many, many years since the last time he was a DC, and has even been to 2 Superbowls. He only coaches again if he's head coach.
You’re kidding, right?
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yet if they are hired by the Giants everyone will say that Mara forced Spags on him.
Gives Spags great players who stay healthy and you get a defense finishing in the top ten that year. Give Spags anything less than that and you get an historically bad defense. The same would probably be true if Al Bundy was coaching the Giants defense. We can do a lot better than Spagnuolo.
If we're going to bring back a former DC, let it be John Fox!
Except if he opposed Spare Tire Dixon. Al would own him EVERY time.
You’re kidding, right?
Obviously a HC who assassinates the other HC and even ownership. Actually its a fairly desirable trait when you have a crafty opponent. Belichick could probably pull it off, but he has a hard enough time finding adequate competition as it is.