The OFFICIAL Welcome Al Golden Thread

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(01-23-2025, 08:33 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Dan Hoard has 20 min with Golden:

https://www.bengals.com/audio/bengals-booth-podcast-the-golden-age

Good listen. Nothing earthshaking.

BEST acronym for the defense: ball, effort, situation, tackling.

Base will be 425, 43 vs 12 or 21 personnel, but he stresses you have to be flexible and not too stuck to a particular scheme.

Critical to add more pass rush (not limited to front 4), more size inside, and have high IQ guys, particularly at LB & S making the calls.

Also was asked about ND's "viper" position, a DE/OLB type athletic enough to drop but big enough to set the edge.

I love that he'll be versatile and be tough for offensive coordinators to gameplay for.

Tackling and effort is important since he likes to play man and rely on the secondary to cover the receivers,

His aggressive style is what gets me excited because I think Burrow, and the offense, will feed off of the energy of the defense.

(01-23-2025, 09:51 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: That's also a two way street. The DC has to be able to identify the specific qualities that he's looking for in a player, in order for the management to make the appropriate selection.

Kind of reminds me of the draft thread I just started and kind of proves that, while a huge scouting department might bot be necessary anymore, teams definitely need a decent size one to identify players with the qualities and style of play that a coach wants.