This Defense

In other words, we suck on both sides of the ball.

 

Aaron Smith, Hampton, Keisel, von Oelhoffen ... these guys showed up every game

where the hell was Tuitt and Heyward last night?

 

No you can’t expect the D to play offense a d defense the entire season.

 

huge playmakers? What has Bush done? I'll give you bud dupree but Bush did very little and Vince shouldn't start for a HS jv team, let alone a pro team. He has to be the worst starting linebacker in the league. I'm sick of hearing how he's a run stuffer. BS. He runs into a gap and gets blocked or right into a blocker and the runner makes his cut at Vince because he knows he can run right past a Vince Williams tied up with a blocker. It's pitiful. This defense can hold plenty of blame for this downfall.

 

Our 2020 defense was more of a 5-2-4 base. (Every base defense now is basically a 4-2-5 nickel.) TJ Watt or Bud would drop back in coverage occasionally, but mostly it was at least a 4 man front, making it a disguised 4-3 if Watt or Bud dropped back.

Mike Hilton is especially important to our scheme, because in nickel formations he can become a OLB from the slot if a run is imminent.
He can have them play a legit versatile 4-3 if it becomes obvious a pass formation is going to be a run. Or he can blitz from there.

This defense was #1 for a reason. With their personnel, you can disguise things really well. This is more of an adjusted 3-4 that plays nickel. We’ll see what the personnel changes do though