Quote:So Gus Bradley and Bob Babich decided to spend two years teaching guys how the Seahawks play defense. Why didn't they want to install everything at the same time?

 

They're were making due and scheming with the players they have to work with.   There wasn't this kind of  linebacker skillset  on the roster they inherited last year.  Allen and Geno are (were) both lateral persuit and chase linebackers, rather than guys who can lineup at the line of scrimmage and play upfield.   God bless Geno, but he's 225 lbs and is not effective stacking and shedding at the point and blitzing, and ideally he's a will.  That's why the Jags  went out and signed Dekoda Watson, who played this kind of SAM at FSU and his first few years at Tampa under Raheem.    

 

Also, this isn't an easy defense you just fully implement in one year (no NFL scheme is).  It took the Seahawks several years to fully implement.    Even using a basic vanilla version of it, Bradley had to scale it down during the bye week last year so they players could play faster.  

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