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Re: Akiem Hicks backs Rob Ryan, says Ryan’s power was stripped

In terms of Akiem Hicks, I'm really struggling to believe a word he's saying.

We never asked him to drop back into coverage, he had one job, collapse the pocket, he couldn't do it consistently and it showed. That's why I'm struggling to see why scheme hurt him so much.

Re: Akiem Hicks backs Rob Ryan, says Ryan’s power was stripped

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Originally Posted by The Dude (Post 705742)

Article reaffirms my belief that we were running the wrong scheme for the personnel we had. THey should have run the scheme that played to most of their players strengths. They were indeed trying to fit a round peg into a square hole. Apparantly Hicks "Developed into one of the best DTs in the league down the stretch"
I still believe Payton saw a defense out there he wanted to immulate and tried to make it happen no matter what. You have to have the right players in place to emmulate a Seattle or Denver.

Did he? Yeah.,. Hicks was so good at being a DT for the Pats they didn't even bother to re-sign him. They just let him walk. That tells me all I need to know.