Quote:As for Flsportsgod, while Gruden won the Super Bowl with that Tampa team, most acknowledge Dungy was the architect of that team, as he had been the coach immediately before Gruden's arrival,and Gruden won the Super Bowl his first year with the Bucs. They kept the same defensive scheme-philosophy.  Was the scheme gimmicky?

 

Now perhaps that is an aberration because that defense was absolutely loaded.  Maybe it was gimmicky.

 

The cover 2 is not gimmicky because multiple teams have run it successfully for over 15 years, often without a loaded lineup. We've reached the point where it's been solved, but it's a staple not a gimmick. Right now the defense Gus wants to use basically works in 1 place, and only there because they have all-pro talent to run it. Dungy just couldn't put the offense together to get over the hump in Tampa, but he was a defensive coach, and having Manning in Indy really helped improve his glaring weakness. Bradley is a defensive coach who can't field a decent defense while trying to shoehorn in guys who aren't a scheme fit. Dungy coached Indy, he didn't copy Tampa Bay.  

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