No need to dispair...our earlier defenses were for a different era of football. We kept our defenses simple with our opponent often saying...Oh look! The Seahawks are in Cover 3...AGAIN! We didn't need to "fool" our opponents...we had athletic "killers on the loose" operating at a high level putting pure dread into many TE's saying...look at me I'm a receiver! *BAM* Now looking up from the ground...*What hit me??* Kam without even needing a grin. Michael Bennett was asked by a reporter what made the Seahawks so good at that time...he responded defenses who love to tackle were becoming a dying breed...but we have many players who LOVE to tackle! I've always remembered his response as a favorite memory.
The NFL has really changed from then...with many rule Tweaks/enforcements all designed to "tip the scales" strongly to the offense...particularly to the passing game...making the middle of the field "open Season".
The middle of the field used to be an area of the field with a "posted" sign: WARNING This field patrolled by safeties and Linebackers...enter at your own peril !
Do you think College Football players with an eye to playing in the NFL don't realize there's "money" in the WR position? Many of your best college athletes have flocked to the WR position flooding the NFL with deep WR drafts. Some of these athletes might have been RB or cornerbacks in a different era. John Schneider knew this early enough to take advantage moving up in two different drafts to nab Rocket (Lockett) and DK and now with our own 1rst rd pick...took Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Pete can be blamed for being in denial of what the NFL offenses were getting away with...he witnessed our own "non-traditional" QB flourish as the rules quickly transformed the passing landscape...and it speaks volumes of RW's skillset to not even take advantage of the middle of the field...perhaps his stature hindered exploiting the middle. RW did quite well when forced to wear a leg brace and stay in the pocket...but it must have seemed like torture to such a famed escape artist.
KNJ bore the brunt of our fan bases ire as he tried to make fuller use of a Bear Front with mixed results...we needed a different skill set of athletic players and "dropping" Carlos Dunlap or Kerry Hyder into "coverage" looked extreme and ridiculous to many *I'm raising my hand as well*
Pete has lately been welcoming change outside of his normal "comfort zone" making full use of a coaching "change" teaming a promoted Clint Hurtt with an old "3-4" pal Sean Desai adding an injection of a young tactician Karl Scott while welcoming back a WR Guru Sanjay Lal to continue "polishing" DK Metcalf.
Times are changing...Pete might be labeled a dinosaur...but perhaps a DNA enhanced Jurassic Park version "about to be unleashed" in 2023
The NFL has really changed from then...with many rule Tweaks/enforcements all designed to "tip the scales" strongly to the offense...particularly to the passing game...making the middle of the field "open Season".
The middle of the field used to be an area of the field with a "posted" sign: WARNING This field patrolled by safeties and Linebackers...enter at your own peril !
Do you think College Football players with an eye to playing in the NFL don't realize there's "money" in the WR position? Many of your best college athletes have flocked to the WR position flooding the NFL with deep WR drafts. Some of these athletes might have been RB or cornerbacks in a different era. John Schneider knew this early enough to take advantage moving up in two different drafts to nab Rocket (Lockett) and DK and now with our own 1rst rd pick...took Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Pete can be blamed for being in denial of what the NFL offenses were getting away with...he witnessed our own "non-traditional" QB flourish as the rules quickly transformed the passing landscape...and it speaks volumes of RW's skillset to not even take advantage of the middle of the field...perhaps his stature hindered exploiting the middle. RW did quite well when forced to wear a leg brace and stay in the pocket...but it must have seemed like torture to such a famed escape artist.
KNJ bore the brunt of our fan bases ire as he tried to make fuller use of a Bear Front with mixed results...we needed a different skill set of athletic players and "dropping" Carlos Dunlap or Kerry Hyder into "coverage" looked extreme and ridiculous to many *I'm raising my hand as well*
Pete has lately been welcoming change outside of his normal "comfort zone" making full use of a coaching "change" teaming a promoted Clint Hurtt with an old "3-4" pal Sean Desai adding an injection of a young tactician Karl Scott while welcoming back a WR Guru Sanjay Lal to continue "polishing" DK Metcalf.
Times are changing...Pete might be labeled a dinosaur...but perhaps a DNA enhanced Jurassic Park version "about to be unleashed" in 2023
