(07-14-2017 05:27 PM)mrbig Wrote:  

(07-14-2017 03:59 PM)talon owl Wrote:  

(07-14-2017 01:14 PM)McHargue Wrote:  Event was well attended, Jay Lamy did a great job putting this together.

Best part of last night for me was coach Stewart explaining the defensive shift away from a primarily man free defense that we have had for the last decade to a blend of 1/4's and cover 3. Benefit being that we should drastically cut down the big plays over the top and down the middle of the field because our corners will no longer be on an island for the majority of the game.

QB situation will be addressed throughout the course of camp so don't expect any news on that position until game week.

That's positive, but I can't understand why Bailiff / past D-coordinators ever thought man free was a viable coverage approach. Isn't the 4-2-5 typically base quarters?

I don't know the intricacies and strengths of the 4-2-5 compared to the 3-4, but it has been apparent for basically a decade that the 4-2-5, as implemented by Rice, only works when we had 2 NFL-quality CB's on the roster. Even with Gaines and Callahan, the safeties were still getting beat deep and Rice didn't do a good job making sure our elite CB's were matched up against the opponents' best WR.

Ain't that the truth! Most of the time, football comes down to the basics, things you even learn playing pick up, like match ups. Never figured how this staff over the years missed these things. And not due to deception by the opposing offense. Just bad assignment football....