The 2012 Saints Defense Poll and discussion

TheOak · 09-13-2012, 09:00 AM

A great defense is a puzzle of pieces that have to fit together. It is not just a matter of having great personnel, it is a matter of having great personnel for the scheme that you are running.

If your scheme is dependent on getting pressure on the QB, but your front 4 are skilled at "run stop" it will be difficult to stop the passing from good QB's with good receivers.

This has to be somewhat balanced also... Some teams are great at run stop, and others are great at Pass defense. A few examples:

2011:
San Francisco: 1- Rushing 16- Passing
Miami: 3- Rushing 25- Passing
Jets: 5 Passing 13- Rushing

Scheduling plays a big part in how your season turns out. If you play a ton of great passing offenses and you are built for run stop it will show and vice versa.

Please vote and discuss. Its early in the season but we all have some sort of felling that is worthy of discussion. This should be a purely defensive discussion, not a guess at W-L numbers... Dint just say our defense is terrible or great... Why is it so?

View Poll Results: What is your view of the 2012 defensive players and scheme?
We have the right pieces for the right Defensive Scheme.	3	10.71%
Our defensive scheme and our defensive personnel do not match.	3	10.71%
The season needs to play out a little more before I decide.	22	78.57%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

09-13-2012, 09:00 AM	#1
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,039	The 2012 Saints Defense Poll and discussion A great defense is a puzzle of pieces that have to fit together. It is not just a matter of having great personnel, it is a matter of having great personnel for the scheme that you are running. If your scheme is dependent on getting pressure on the QB, but your front 4 are skilled at "run stop" it will be difficult to stop the passing from good QB's with good receivers. This has to be somewhat balanced also... Some teams are great at run stop, and others are great at Pass defense. A few examples: 2011: San Francisco: 1- Rushing 16- Passing Miami: 3- Rushing 25- Passing Jets: 5 Passing 13- Rushing Scheduling plays a big part in how your season turns out. If you play a ton of great passing offenses and you are built for run stop it will show and vice versa. Please vote and discuss. Its early in the season but we all have some sort of felling that is worthy of discussion. This should be a purely defensive discussion, not a guess at W-L numbers... Dint just say our defense is terrible or great... Why is it so?
	It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Henry David Thoreau