Where is this 'Rush 4' scheme coming from and will it end?

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  1. Titans Blue

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    we need to go to a 3 man rush simply to get one less guy off the line of scrimmage as to not cause an encroachment penalty or lining up in the nuetral zone. I am tired of these defense penalties!! One less guy off the line can help us with that!
     
    #31 Titans Blue, Dec 30, 2009
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  4. MJTitans

    MJTitans Chris Whitley look him up

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    We clearly missed having AH in the middle in several games this year... but I'm not sure he would have made the same impact had he been in. With a few exceptions we haven't been burned by QBs having all day to find the open man - they've been open as soon as the ball is snapped.
     
    #32 MJTitans, Dec 30, 2009
  7. JCBRAVE

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    I don't buy Fisher's "winning" record for anything at all. He had the Browns to beat on for a while, then had the baby Texans and garbage Jaguars to hand him wins. Now I'm sure you could say the same for a lot of coaches, but I just happen to know the Browns, Texans, and Jags all sucked big time for a while when Fisher was beating them.

    And this wasn't the year to go into some new exotic fronts. Not with Cecil in his first season running the defense. I'd expect everyone (coaches) including Mike to return next year. If we lose Mike to a head coaching job, were so screwed on offense with Fisher.
     
    #33 JCBRAVE, Dec 30, 2009
  10. Tuk88

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    One reason no one was complaining about our defense last year was because we had arguably the best DT in the NFL playing overachieving football in a contract year without getting hurt. The scheme is fine in that case. It's not a coincidence that DE Orakpo is the lone Redskin to go to the Pro Bowl, and a rookie at that.

    Could the defense have been better last year? You bet. No one's going to remember last year's defense as legendary, but with the talent they had, it could have been, all the way to the SB. Remember, as Fisher clearly stated, it's the same defense as last year, minus one player.
     
    #34 Tuk88, Dec 30, 2009
  13. TitanJeff

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    Marks needs a big offseason to make the jump we saw from Hayes and Jones from their rookie seasons.
     
    #35 TitanJeff, Dec 30, 2009
  16. Fry

    Fry Welcome to the land of tomorrow!

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    he's also had the colts twice a year since 2001 and the steelers twice a year before that.

    this isn't college, every win is a quality win.
     
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    You could fire the whole d-line and defensive coordinator and have enough money for Big al.

    A bunch of no bodies signed off the street would turn into instant pro bowlers (like pretty much every body who has played to the left and right of him even chitty dbs...

    So yes all things considered, pay him 100 million and give every body else a pay cut..


    (really, how many people owe part of their pay check to fat Albert, starting with Jim Schwartz?)
     
    #37 karmarouge, Dec 30, 2009
  22. Tuk88

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    Some math on why having more players on the line of scrimmage messes up the offensive line:

    4 players. 1 possible rush combination (personnel wise).
    5 players. 4 possible rush combinations (assuming DTs don't drop back).
    6 players. 8 possible rush combinations.

    If I were playing on the offensive line, it's pretty easy for me to choose which scheme I would rather pass block on, and even easier for me to choose which scheme I would get a pass blocking rhythm on... and if I get into a rhythm, you can bet my QB does as well.

    If there's any game to experiment with a more aggressive defensive scheme, this is it. IMO, this is a preview of what's to come next year if Fisher stays.
     
    #38 Tuk88, Dec 31, 2009
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    Sure as hell wouldnt be smart for a gambler to assume titans-4 vs Seattle will be easy money
     
    #39 karmarouge, Dec 31, 2009
  28. RollTide

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    No logic at al spending more than 12% of our entire cap every year on AH.

    We have had bad defenses with AH. Look at 2004-2006. The redskins are 4-11 with him and 16th in total D.


    Has nothing to do with being cheap they just did not want to commit that much cap space to one guy.

    And he has had some off field issues and the head stomping issue.

    As it is we did offer him the same deal that the bears gave tommy harris which at the time was the highest paid DT.
     
    #40 RollTide, Jan 1, 2010
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