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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
I'm also "shocked" that it took a few games for all the new (and old) players to understand the scheme and their roles in the scheme. Completely shocking.
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Time in the system didn't help them 'learn their roles' at all last season. The defense actually got worse as the season went on.
And so many of the breakdowns last year were so shockingly simple that it can't be chalked up to mere scheme either.
There's just more buy-in from this group of guys. And I think some of that is due to coaching the right attitude and some of it is just not having as many mongoloid reeruns out there (specifically in the secondary).
Trust/confidence takes time to develop but taking it as an article of faith that it WOULD just by having more time is a fools errand. Oftentimes it just doesn't happen.
Kudos to the coaching staff for encouraging the buy-in. And I wonder if embarrassing themselves for a few games there in the middle of the season didn't make them take a hard look at themselves, especially when combined with the Mahomes injury and a horrifying realization that this could all fall apart on them with a single play.