bigskydoc
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:greetingsearthling: Quality post.
If you go with that game plan, you will get burned. NFC (especially NFCW) teams have pretty much learned their lesson and don't try this anymore.
Wilson is not contained by asymmetric pressure. If you hold the edges and overload the middle, he will squirt outside the pocket and burn you downfield with his legs or his arm. Your edge rushers won't be able to contain him. You may have better success if you give him a reasonable pocket and bring pressure from the edges, but his pocket game has really picked up of late.
Your best bet is symmetric pressure collapsing the pocket with four and dropping into coverage. That is how teams have had the most success.
You are generally right, your D-line should be significantly better than our O-line, but we really don't know what we have in our line, and we won't until the season starts.
Jimmy Graham and Marshawn Lynch did not figure into any of the success that we had last season. In no way will their loss be an excuse if we are less of a team than we were down the stretch last year.
I'm not worried with how our defense matches up with your offense.
I suspect we come out with a totally vanilla game plan and try to bash and slash our way through the first half with our new stable of running backs. I expect a fairly close game until the second half when Wilson lights up your worn out secondary.
Djphinfan":2moejh9x said:Now I know you have a freakin magician back there but I believe we can break your protection down and chase all day..The problem is thats when wilson is at his best..outside rushers need to contain while Suh and Phillips get interior pressure on a inexperienced interior line of yours..
If you go with that game plan, you will get burned. NFC (especially NFCW) teams have pretty much learned their lesson and don't try this anymore.
Wilson is not contained by asymmetric pressure. If you hold the edges and overload the middle, he will squirt outside the pocket and burn you downfield with his legs or his arm. Your edge rushers won't be able to contain him. You may have better success if you give him a reasonable pocket and bring pressure from the edges, but his pocket game has really picked up of late.
Your best bet is symmetric pressure collapsing the pocket with four and dropping into coverage. That is how teams have had the most success.
You are generally right, your D-line should be significantly better than our O-line, but we really don't know what we have in our line, and we won't until the season starts.
Jimmy Graham and Marshawn Lynch did not figure into any of the success that we had last season. In no way will their loss be an excuse if we are less of a team than we were down the stretch last year.
I'm not worried with how our defense matches up with your offense.
I suspect we come out with a totally vanilla game plan and try to bash and slash our way through the first half with our new stable of running backs. I expect a fairly close game until the second half when Wilson lights up your worn out secondary.