Defensive Front Four.

coastalkid · 07-10-2003, 09:57 AM

Good call Lumm. Play recognition was one of our biggest problems last year. I too noticed how many of our Dlinemen ran right past the guy with the jewel in their mad dash to the QB. This is a major issue. Also the screen ate our lunch, on both offense and defense, last year. That is another area of concern. Faster players should help that on the defensive side and that\'s what we\'re talking here on this thread. I like Kenny Smith an awful lot. He was a real force in college. Sometimes a guy has to sink or swim to find out what they are really made of. Hopefully Kenny will swim like I think he will. If he doesn\'t then yea he is a back up and nothing more. With all of this said it must also be taken into consideration that our LB\'s will have more blitz packages this year and this should improve a pass rush. Stopping the run up the gut is #1 though.

07-10-2003, 09:57 AM	#40
coastalkid 100th Post Join Date: May 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 287	Defensive Front Four. Good call Lumm. Play recognition was one of our biggest problems last year. I too noticed how many of our Dlinemen ran right past the guy with the jewel in their mad dash to the QB. This is a major issue. Also the screen ate our lunch, on both offense and defense, last year. That is another area of concern. Faster players should help that on the defensive side and that\'s what we\'re talking here on this thread. I like Kenny Smith an awful lot. He was a real force in college. Sometimes a guy has to sink or swim to find out what they are really made of. Hopefully Kenny will swim like I think he will. If he doesn\'t then yea he is a back up and nothing more. With all of this said it must also be taken into consideration that our LB\'s will have more blitz packages this year and this should improve a pass rush. Stopping the run up the gut is #1 though.