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Originally Posted by BleedingRed
Great point! He took 4-3 personal and tried to make them work in a 3-4 scheme! It didn’t work out great, YET he still did considerable better than Bob Sutton ever did.
So you made two crucial points by pointing this out!
Switches from 3-4 to 4-3 with current personal will hurt! But with the right coach you can still be better than one of the worst in the NFL!
Thank you
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Is he built for the new NFL?
The new NFL is built on fast offenses. Ryan's front 3 is built on space eaters instead of DTs that collapse the pocket. He doesn't use his edge rushers well. Quick DT and edge rush pressure is crucial in today's league. He uses tons of exotic blitzes which might not be realistic in a quick offense (and has it ever worked without Revis)? He's dime-heavy which as we saw through Sutton really struggled with the new emphasis on PI & def holding. And 3-4 defenses are adding a ton of speed to their ILBs to account for the spread which isn't a signature of his defense either. And arguably defenses these days need to attack vs. the complicated read and react Ryan's been criticized for these days.
Can he adapt his scheme to the new NFL? Didn't seem that way in Buffalo. But yeah, he's a good enough coach and mind that if he can, I'm all for it. But those things worry the hell out of me.