(11-23-2024, 01:21 PM)cland Wrote:

(11-23-2024, 12:13 PM)Jag88 Wrote: Well, it’s easier to find four good linebackers than it is to find four good d line. Anyways the next coach needs to attack with blitzes. That’s so important.

Hmm, I'm not sure I agree with this.  Essentially you have to have 2 great edge players, regardless of the "base" defense, and I consider that to be the hardest (and most impactful) player(s) to find.  In the classic 3-4, the DLmen (LE, NT, RE) are space/block-eaters and are somewhat easier to find.  In the classic 4-3, you're looking for a solid NT and a penetrating 3-tech (another hard position to find.)

But at the end of the day, the best defenses are building a 4-2-5 defense--the actual base defense--and that's regardless of the 4-3/3-4 choice.  I would say that having the option to go big-nickel (S/WLB) in the 3rd CB position, and small-nickel (quick CB) is what fills up the most often used D.

The issues are that the Jags don't have a speed edge and they don't have a penetrating 3-tech. Because of that, it just takes a hair too long for the Jags pressure to actually get to the QB. 

If they cannot find/shore up those in FA/draft, they will need a DC who can use simulated pressures to create better match ups for JHA & TW and some OL protection confusion for other teams. 

The other side of the coin is that they need a secondary coach that can actually set up a coverage scheme that are not immediately decipherable to every QB pre-snap and some safeties who can actually run it. 

Even if they have perfectly executed front 7, it won't matter if the QB/WR know exactly where the dead spots in coverage are going to be and don't have to take a tick in real time to adjust.

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(11-23-2024, 05:57 PM)JagFanatic24 Wrote: That secondary ain’t scaring nobody. It’s the weakest unit on defense, even with Campbell.

I agree, but I think it is mostly safety play and Darby.

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