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Niemann is a perfect fit for this defense
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Niemann, a coaches kid, deserves to be a starter for us.
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10-21-2019, 03:09 PM | #139 |
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Niemann basically is a starter
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10-21-2019, 03:10 PM | #140 |
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The tackling, man.
The Lions game first made it apparent how tackling can level up a defense so quickly. That 'keep it in front of you' shit just does not work if the first man misses; it's 6 yards every time when that happens, if you're lucky. So many of these plays suddenly look a lot better when the first guy on the scene makes the play. And a TON of those easy little 8-10 yard pickups in previous weeks came with the first guy just missing and giving the ballcarrier/receiver another 6 yards to stay ahead of the sticks and set up another easy play on the next snap. That Niemann play is a perfect example of it. If Lindsay shucks him off to the ankles, he has 7 yards by just angling to the sideline and 10 if he can put a shoulder into Sorensen and drive him forward. But by just doing his damn job and finishing the tackle, the Broncos are forced into a bad down/distance situation and things get awfully tough for them. So much of the failures of this defense of late (and by 'of late' I mean for the last 2+ years) have come from guys just not doing the basic fundamental elements of their job. I didn't watch this game (client stuff) but the common thread among the wins I've seen is rarely some exotic schematic switch - it's just that the individual players on the defense are doing what they're supposed to be doing. And when that happens, team defense becomes possible and things work a looooot better.
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Ragland needs to be the damn starter!! I dont care if he’s a liability in pass coverage. He is a damn good player vs the run
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And THIS is exactly what I've been talking about:
If Ragland had been slow to read that cutback or too aggressive laterally and taken himself out of the gap, this would've been blamed on "{X Coordinator}'s complicated scheme!!!!" This is textbook flow/fill. Hitchens flows with the blockers, as does Ragland. By flowing, Hitchens pulls the C up and out of the middle and also takes away the B gap. By flowing and filling when the gap opens, Ragland is EXACTLY where he should be when the RB sees the B gap close and he's there to blow the shit out of that play. This is how run defense works, not "see gap, hit gap" - and when it works, it looks awfully simple. Because it is. And this is exactly what the Chiefs have been trying to get guys to do for 2+ years. It was NEVER complicated - the damn players just wouldn't maintain gap responsibility. When they do it, it's really friggen hard to run the ball. When they don't, it's really easy. And there's nothing more complicated to it than that. Run defense is about maintaining your responsibility and your effort level. When we get that from the box players, we'll be just fine.
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This is why Shady gets more snaps. RB is all about vision. |
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Shady would've gotten at least 7-10 yards out of that. More if he could the first guy miss, and he is pretty good about that.
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It's too bad Ragland can't cover.
As soon as coordinators adjust he's going to need to play less snaps. Damn fine thumper, though.
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Ragland can’t be any worse than Hitchens in coverage
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Actually, he can. Ragland's lateral/top speed just isn't anything close to fast enough to cover 90% of the RBs in the league. Hitchens is faster, but he's not going to cover a guy like 33 downfield.
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