BIGEASY504

I hate to go back to the Buddy Ryan days but the whole league knew he ran the 46-week in and out and if memory serves correct they never got gashed in the run nor the pass in the manner our defense has played also GW didn’t have the type of players he truly needed to run that system. Just think if we had the one stud D-lineman and the one stud LB (Vilma was approaching studdism prior to injuries) the tunes would have been different. Granted they may come up with an offense game plan but if your D is on it’s on. The Giants and 49ers play that type of D all season so no SHANLE they figured out that YOU and ROMAN HARPER are week links in coverage. If it was me Fujita would have stayed;

Tobias-Reiper

Nostalgia is clouding your memory.
Yes, the 46 defense was an innovation 25 years ago, and yes, that one 1985 season the Bears D was awesome and was good for 1 SB (although Miami hung 38 points on them on their way there). But they got figured out too. Just took a couple of years longer it takes to figure out stagnant systems now.

If we bring up the past to use as a comparison for situations today, I think I'd compare GW's defense with the old Packer sweep. Everyone knew the sweep was coming, how it was coming, when it was coming, yet, no one could stop it. They ran that sweep half of their offensive snaps. Do you think that would work today? Of course not. Today, they would have to disguise it with formations, movement, calls at the line, etc. Same as with GW's defense. You know what's coming, you know how it is coming, when, so teams prepare better for it and know how to beat it.

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