12-12-2018, 02:30 PM
(12-12-2018, 11:34 AM)ochocincos Wrote: I always thought WJ3 and Dennard were better suited for man coverage, and Dennard specifically for press man coverage.
When it comes to the LBs though, I don't think they quite have the coverage ability to play man coverage, they have to stick to a zone. Unfortunately, even that didn't work.
I never bothered to research Austin's defensive scheme when he was in Detroit, all I remember is they created turnovers (fantasy football points!), but if he always operated in the scheme we saw when he was in Cincinnati, it probably was never going to work because the Bengals don't have the personnel for that.
To be honest, I was surprised Kevin Coyle wasn't promoted to DC after Guenther left last year. He wasn't the best DC ever but he did have the following defensive rankings in Miami when he was DC there...
2012 - 19.8 PPG (7th)
2013 - 20.9 PPG (8th)
2014 - 23.3 PPG (20th)
2015 - Coyle was let go by interim HC Dan Campbell in early October.
I would have happily had Coyle over Austin, as Coyle never had the worst defense in the NFL in both yardage and points per game.
Good stuff on Coyle, yeah, he would of been much better than Austin and we all know it after that debacle.
To the OP i agree with the guys that said Marv was rusty after not being a DC for 16 years.
Hope the new DC notices that these Corners are much better playing man, not zone and we need some more cover LB's.
Cause yeah, Vigil is all we got at this point. Hope Malik gets a shot this season.
