Tyrunn Walker flourishing in Detroit

saintsfan1976 · 08-12-2015, 07:21 AM

Thought this was interesting. The "simplified defense" in New Orleans has been beat to death but when you start to hear about it's difficulties from players who've left....

Tyrunn Walker impressing in Detroit Lions defensive tackle battle - Detroit Lions Blog - ESPN

Tyrunn Walker showed up at the Detroit Lions practice facility in April a little lost.

The reasoning was simple. When Walker played in New Orleans, he was in a system that focused more on reading what the offensive line might do and plugging up holes so linebackers could make plays.

In Detroit, all the defensive line does is attack. It led to confusion. Walker knew Detroit liked to attack. He didn't realize how much the Lions did with their front four.

"When we first came out here and I first started doing it, it was like, 'Oh man,'" Walker said. "That's like a kid learning how to walk. It's the same thing."

"He'd always been told to get a little bit more weight back, get a little wider in your stance and mirror some of the guards," Lions defensive line coach Kris Kocurek said. "We're asking him to narrow your stance down, get as much weight forward as you can and get into them guards as fast as you can.

"About halfway through OTAs, you saw it, the light switch like, 'Hey, I can do this, you know.' Then he started out camp and been nothing but getting better."

08-12-2015, 07:21 AM	#1
saintsfan1976 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 10,994 Blog Entries: 3	Tyrunn Walker flourishing in Detroit Thought this was interesting. The "simplified defense" in New Orleans has been beat to death but when you start to hear about it's difficulties from players who've left.... Tyrunn Walker impressing in Detroit Lions defensive tackle battle - Detroit Lions Blog - ESPN Tyrunn Walker showed up at the Detroit Lions practice facility in April a little lost. The reasoning was simple. When Walker played in New Orleans, he was in a system that focused more on reading what the offensive line might do and plugging up holes so linebackers could make plays. In Detroit, all the defensive line does is attack. It led to confusion. Walker knew Detroit liked to attack. He didn't realize how much the Lions did with their front four. "When we first came out here and I first started doing it, it was like, 'Oh man,'" Walker said. "That's like a kid learning how to walk. It's the same thing." "He'd always been told to get a little bit more weight back, get a little wider in your stance and mirror some of the guards," Lions defensive line coach Kris Kocurek said. "We're asking him to narrow your stance down, get as much weight forward as you can and get into them guards as fast as you can. "About halfway through OTAs, you saw it, the light switch like, 'Hey, I can do this, you know.' Then he started out camp and been nothing but getting better." hagan714 likes this.

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