Carl the reason our d sucked last year

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Originally Posted by HIChief

First off, JA wanted out of KC. Don't know whether it was because he didn' t like KC, or Peterson, or Gunther, or Herm. I just know he wasn't content here, and that is the biggest reason he was risky to keep on (besides his DUIs).

I thought Gunther was one heck of a DC back in the 90's. But, we also had a bevy of HOF defensemen I don't need to remind you. Now, whether those defenses' successes were attributable to Gunther, the players, or a synergy of both, there's no way to tell. Sure, we could have used another premier pass rusher on the end. So could a lot of teams who did better than us. But, we could have easily won half our games this year had the defense been a little more effective than a wet paper bag. I don't blame the players for that. The responsibility lies with the coaching. Gunther was VERY conservative calling the blitz. I don't know why. Unless he was terrified of getting the D burned by screens. I don't know.

Let's discuss this.

He was conservative in calling the blitz because :

*Our front 4 could get zero push, leaving little to no lanes for the linebackers to stunt through.

*Our linebackers were so poor that if one crashed at the snap, it was doubtful the other two could make a play on a screen or handoff.

*The coverage abilities of our safeties were poor, so taking people out of coverage was riskier than normal.

*Our LB's are slow, so if the opposing QB was even the slightest bit elusive, there's a good chance they'd never get to him or miss if they did.

*But #1, the Tampa 2 requires a strong push from the front 4, as everyone else really needs to be in coverage. Our version of the Tampa 2 was really just an agressive prevent defense.

My Solution : Fire Herm & Gunther and let Pioli bring in some defensive help.