Quote:And really it is Bradley's defense. It makes sense to have a Babich/Wash under you who buy into the same scheme. It's why Mike Smith worked with Del Rio but Gregg Williams did not.

 

Del Rio didn't even have a "scheme". His defense was about as vanilla as it got. 

 

You could put a pair of headsets on 2 rocks and get the same kind of input for what that defense was doing under Del Rio/ Smith. Its why once the defensive talent declined Del Rio had zero answers. WHen you don't have the "personnel" its up to the defensive staff/ Coordinator to try and scheme to try and create pressure through blitzes and disguising coverages and stuff. Del Rio / Smith rarely changed anything out of the base, vanilla, Tampa 2 scheme, and were consistently getting zero pressure on opposing QB who would nickel and dime us to death. You don't just sit there with a headset and essentially say "aw shucks" and continue using the same base crap thats not working because the personnel ain't there. 

 


 

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