Defensive Improvements

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(05-30-2021, 06:26 PM)Joelist Wrote: The roster on defense IS improved. The question is whether our coaches can actually scheme to utilize the talent effectively. So far in Lou's tenure all his schemes do is make our players look confused or by using weird, exotic formations set our players up to fail. And it is probably the single biggest failing of Lou (like it was of Teryl Austin) - stop trying to be too cute on defense, pick a normal base formation your players can do well and then use it. Consistently. Any twists or tricks base on that formation.

This by the way is how Tampa Bay make Patrick Mahomes look like an amateur in the Super Bowl. They played the same base defense, rushed 4 and doubled Tyreek Hill. Beyond that it was relying on the defenders to do their jobs. The fancy stuff was going on up front with twists and unusual stunts combined with lack of blitzing a lot and excellent lane discipline.

What exotic formations are you talking about?