Patrick Graham - DC

Yeah, but half of us are idiots… and we’re the good half lol

 

Yes.
You gotta give most names another chance with a real DC.
This is your earn your final contract here attempt or your resume for your next team.

 

Part of the communication problems could be how the coaches were getting the information onto the field, how that player with the information was communicating those calls and checks with the rest of his defense, and how the secondary people are communicating with each other. It was going on for a long time, so perhaps some of it isn't players being dumb. Something in the chain of that communication continued to have problems for years without being fixed. It has been a problem for a very, very long time.

We'll see how the players respond to the new coaching staff and the new schemes.

 

If that's your view, then that's your view.

If you think offensive players aren't trying to pile on stats to look good and get paid tens of millions of dollars, then I don't know what to tell you.

 

Nope

 

I know. Sarcasm didn't land.

 

I like the hire, but we shall see. I'm also worried about the bring of AR back. I don't care he can't move, but I damn sure care that he doesn't want to take a hit, and no OL in the history of the NFL can stop that from happening. If You are a pocket Qb , you must take a hit at times to deliver a ball, or allow a play to develop.

 

I'm happy with the hire, but of course we shall see.

 

I like the hire too, but like you said...we'll see.

Everything about his history makes me like the approach he takes to defense where he adjusts scheme to fit the talent on the roster, which is great. In the end, the only thing that matters is if the defensive unit is effective on the field. We need to give all these coaches a little bit of time to get their footing and have the players adjust to what the coaches are trying to get them to do within the systems they are playing in.

Personally, I love it when there is change and I get to see how players do in new schemes with different techniques and responsibilities. I'm sure the coaches are going to learning as they go as well.

 

It's not that I don't think he'll suck in it. It's that any DB will look good in graham system.

Jpj is great at man to man. And that's not something we will see a lot in graham system (unless he's really open to changing it, like some here claim). And a team like the lions will pay for jpj for what he's worth.

 

I mean yeah... If we have last year's version of Graham's defense then we will see a lot of zone. Though that was his least amount of man played in a season in his career (and it's not a coincidence that it was under Pete Carroll who is notorious for being a heavy Cover 3 zone guy). Our corners are better at man, I am sure he will adjust. In Miami he spent over 50% of his snaps in man to man... I doubt it is going to be a huge issue.

I think the Steelers are going to be willing to pay Porter. We've been looking for a good CB for so long... I don't see us deciding to not pay the man when we finally get him.