Why the Vic Fangio scheme is sweeping the NFL (5:52)

[ivotuk]

There’s a hot not-so-new scheme circulating on the defensive side of the ball in the NFL and it all stems from Vic Fangio.

Fangio had great success in his time with the Bears which led him to being hired as the head coach for the Denver Broncos. That eventually spawned Brandon Staley, who worked as a linebackers coach with Fangio in both Chicago and Denver. He then joined Sean McVay in Los Angeles as the Rams’ defensive coordinator and is now the Chargers’ head coach.

The Fangio and Staley influence doesn’t stop there. The Green Bay Packers hired Joe Barry who was the linebackers coach with the Rams under Staley and the Bears have promoted Sean Desai who spent four seasons with Fangio before he left for Denver.

 

[renofox]

Please note this video is a year old.

There's recent video, including on a thread here, that shows the scheme to have been a massive failure this year nearly everywhere it's been implemented.

Failure has been mostly due to DCs using it in the wrong situations and not having the correct personnel to run it.

Great idea, but odds of being successful with it are very low, unless Fangio is running it and he has all the right players.

 

[Scout]

The Fangio scheme is very complicated which I suspect why it failed across the NFL this season. It can succeed but it requires a lot of personnel and intelligent usage for the scheme to shine.

I think what will end up happening is a lot of teams will dump the scheme and go back to simpler concepts.

 

[Msfann]

Here is that newer video about it.