Falcon Defense?
 

Someone who knows alot of details. could you please explain the falcon defense and when we used it and what is the benefit?

IIRC, it basically was stick DT out there to sack the passer... that's about it. Let DT get after the QB.

Dan Williams

so it was a base 4-3 with dt out on the side of a de? was dt the 3rd backer or was he a lineman?

Are you familiar with the box & 1 defense in basketball?

Same concept. DT was the 1.

It was a 3-4 hybrid that put DT's hand on the ground wherever he wanted on the line, most frequently from the edges.

Technically it was a 3-4, but DT mostly lined up with his hand on the ground so it looked a lot like a 4-3. It basically allowed DT to freelance.

what years did we use this?

'97 only, I think.

i wonder what our defense ranked that year?

Ironically in 1995 and 1997, DT only had 8 and 9.5 sacks. I remember there were alot of people at the time that didnt think DT was very good when he lined up in the Falcon.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/930/career

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/kan1997.htm


Points scored: 375 (#6 of 30 in the NFL)
Points allowed: 232 (#1 of 30 in the NFL)

Yeah. I think the concept was great and played to DT's strengths. But it didn't work out well for the front 3 and DT spent a lot of time injured while the Falcon was deployed. Pellom McDaniels wasn't a very good backup for DT either. Who would have been?

Whats funny is, he had some of his biggest sack seasons before Gunther ever came to KC. Who was our D-Coordinator in the early 90's? Dave Adolph??

no wonder i don't remember i was pretty young then. i liked football but didn't study in to the game like i do now.

he tore it up in '90!!!!! i was 7 years old then wow thats along time ago.