Not much positive........

lumm0x · 08-25-2003, 06:09 PM

Where are all the folks that were preaching to me that the scheme is more important than just lining up the players and letting them make plays? And for the record: I never said the scheme wasn\'t important!!

This was likely aimed at me, and just goes to add to the point. A scheme can make a good player look great and a great player Hall of Fame. Just lining up the players like you said can expose them for what they truly are. I agree we have been vanilla on D in the preseason. No blitzing, no disguised coverages, no stunting...and guess what....we look weak. Perhaps if they had added dimensions to the defense it would not be so blatantly ugly. Perhaps some blitzes would have helped the coverage and forced turnovers, or some stunts would have let a lineman beat the blocks. We\'ll never know until the incorporate them. Until then our defense that just lined up and made individual efforts lost the battles.

I agree with this post:

In preseason, you offense must execute the bread and butter plays of the offense. They usually don\'t game plan so they don\'t run scripted playes that they normally would to target a defenses weakness. Yes, they do run some scripted plays, but they\'re there to see what our offense can do. And find a rythm with the basic plays.

Same on defense. You let the individuals make plays in the same environment. You don\'t want to see the scheme being responsible for the success. You need to evaluate the individual effort and see how a player sheds a block and makes a play, or gets a jump on the ball to break up a route. How a lineman closes the gap and forces the ballcarrier to the pursuit. That is why defenses use schemeless raw style in preseason, to evaluate the new players. This must be scary for Venturi and Haslett to watch.

I admit we appear to have some problems but I think some of you have completely given up on the defense before the first game. Rememeber who you are and I want to see you back here after the first REAL GAME!!

I sure hope to be here eating crow for the fantastci job they did to prepare for the Seahawks. I\'d like to see some progress against Miami that makes me optimistic it will happen. I haven\'t written the defense off. They are talented individuals. Hopefully the Miami game is a wakening for fundamental football and the Seattle game a chance for the defensive speed to be utilized in an effective scheme to neutralize the Seattle offense. Believe me....I\'ll be screaming my a$$ off at that TV and getting the neighbors to call the cops again.

08-25-2003, 06:09 PM	#1
lumm0x Resident antediluvian Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,026	Not much positive........ Where are all the folks that were preaching to me that the scheme is more important than just lining up the players and letting them make plays? And for the record: I never said the scheme wasn\'t important!! This was likely aimed at me, and just goes to add to the point. A scheme can make a good player look great and a great player Hall of Fame. Just lining up the players like you said can expose them for what they truly are. I agree we have been vanilla on D in the preseason. No blitzing, no disguised coverages, no stunting...and guess what....we look weak. Perhaps if they had added dimensions to the defense it would not be so blatantly ugly. Perhaps some blitzes would have helped the coverage and forced turnovers, or some stunts would have let a lineman beat the blocks. We\'ll never know until the incorporate them. Until then our defense that just lined up and made individual efforts lost the battles. I agree with this post: In preseason, you offense must execute the bread and butter plays of the offense. They usually don\'t game plan so they don\'t run scripted playes that they normally would to target a defenses weakness. Yes, they do run some scripted plays, but they\'re there to see what our offense can do. And find a rythm with the basic plays. Same on defense. You let the individuals make plays in the same environment. You don\'t want to see the scheme being responsible for the success. You need to evaluate the individual effort and see how a player sheds a block and makes a play, or gets a jump on the ball to break up a route. How a lineman closes the gap and forces the ballcarrier to the pursuit. That is why defenses use schemeless raw style in preseason, to evaluate the new players. This must be scary for Venturi and Haslett to watch. I admit we appear to have some problems but I think some of you have completely given up on the defense before the first game. Rememeber who you are and I want to see you back here after the first REAL GAME!! I sure hope to be here eating crow for the fantastci job they did to prepare for the Seahawks. I\'d like to see some progress against Miami that makes me optimistic it will happen. I haven\'t written the defense off. They are talented individuals. Hopefully the Miami game is a wakening for fundamental football and the Seattle game a chance for the defensive speed to be utilized in an effective scheme to neutralize the Seattle offense. Believe me....I\'ll be screaming my a$$ off at that TV and getting the neighbors to call the cops again.