06-11-2024, 06:27 PM
(06-11-2024, 05:02 PM)Au165 Wrote: I'd need to see context. You aren't going to remove calls for handling situations as they are there for that specific reason but their are tiers I am sure to complexity. For instance Zimmer almost always brings a linebacker from his previous stop with him almost everywhere he goes. He has Eric Kendricks with him now in Dallas because there is a lot of complexity in setting his defense and the calls for him come from the LB.
In 2012 the defense got destroyed by Baltimore and Cleveland in the first two weeks of the season. Zimmer did state that he added more stuff in training camp then he should have and he had to simplify the defense because it wasnt working.
The changes eventually worked because in the last 8 games of the regular season the defense gave up 12.75 points. In fact only one team scored 20 points on us during that span and it was the Dallas cowboys.
I'm sure you're right that defenses are more complicated than the average fan can comprehend though but their is something to simplifying the playbook.
