Lt. Dan's Revenge Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Was it just me or were we uncharacteristically showing a bunch of different defensive looks for much of the game on Sunday? Particularly on passing downs. It seemed to me that we were blitzing much more often, disguising blitzes better, had much more pre-snap movement to confuse the offense, etc. We were also showing multiple looks with everyone that was in the box standing up, which we hadn't done much, if at all, the first 5 weeks of the season. Maybe Fewell feels more comfortable making these kind of calls when Pos is actually out there on the field making sure that everyone understands their roles on each play? Sanchez was bad on Sunday, but I think our defensive looks, especially on passing downs, had a lot to do with it. It seemed much more varied and unpredictable than usual. Which is great to see. Anyone else notice anything like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilbuffalobob Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I saw a California Qb who played collegiately in CA trying to play in the Big Leagues in (only moderately) bad weather. The defensive scheme might call for lawn chair when it really gets cold and snowy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdBlueNorth Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Was it just me or were we uncharacteristically showing a bunch of different defensive looks for much of the game on Sunday? Particularly on passing downs. It seemed to me that we were blitzing much more often, disguising blitzes better, had much more pre-snap movement to confuse the offense, etc. We were also showing multiple looks with everyone that was in the box standing up, which we hadn't done much, if at all, the first 5 weeks of the season. Maybe Fewell feels more comfortable making these kind of calls when Pos is actually out there on the field making sure that everyone understands their roles on each play? Sanchez was bad on Sunday, but I think our defensive looks, especially on passing downs, had a lot to do with it. It seemed much more varied and unpredictable than usual. Which is great to see. Anyone else notice anything like this? I don't think it is a different scheme... both this week and last week we were going against quarterbacks that suck like our own have for the past decade - although Sanchez is simply a rookie who hasn't seen alot who has not played in the cold much, if at all. Knowing that these QB's cannot read coverages well when pressured, Fewel put in some risky blitz packages designed to hurry them into mistakes. Against a veteran QB we would have been eaten alive ala Arizona last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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