This Defense Has No Identity
November 16, 2009 at 03:32pm by Scott • 4 Comments »
Raheem Morris admitted that he second-guessed his defensive playcalling on Miami’s game-winning drive. Wait, HIS playcalling?
“I did that all night, thanks,” Morris said. “It’s one of those things where you say what would you do differently. The coverage I wouldn’t change. You want play two man, but maybe you do bring a guy in two man (coverage) or some kind of two man blitzing coverage. But realistically, it’s your guys versus their guys and you just want your guys to win in that situation. We’ve just got to believe in that.”
What the hell is Jim Bates around for if Raheem Morris is in there calling Tampa Two coverages? You practiced the Bates two-gap thing all summer long.
“It’s easy to do that. Ronde Barber called me last night and apologized because he second-guessed the first call (Tampa Two). He said, “I shouldn’t have done that. What am I doing? That’s what we do.’”
That’s what you do? REALLY? Because the bill of goods we’ve been sold all offseason and up until now is that you’re a press team now, not a Tampa Two. I guess it makes sense that Jim Bates has been reduced to a clipboard-holding statue if you’re going back to Tampa Two. I guess you’re just keeping him around because firing BOTH coordinators during the season would make it seem like you don’t know what you’re doing and we wouldn’t want that now would we.
Pick something, please. You drafted Roy Miller and Kyle Moore specifically for this defense. Have those picks been wasted because you’re switching defenses? Or are you jettisoning Bates and going back to Tampa Two, completely writing off whatever progress these players made this season?
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4 Comments to “This Defense Has No Identity”
Louie (November 16, 2009 at 04:09pm) :
They should never have changed defensive schemes to start with! They had players who were comfortable with the Tampa 2 and with the exception of the last four games of last season, it works. There was too much change for one off-season (HC, DC, scheme).
Mark S (November 16, 2009 at 04:47pm) :
Rod Marinelli for Defensive Coordinator. He will bring back the Tampa 2 and he will improve the DL.
JScott (November 16, 2009 at 08:30pm) :
Scott I don’t think Kyle Moore and Roy Miller’s play will suffer if the Tampa 2 is the prominent scheme on defense. Roy was considered a bit undersized anyway, not Hovan like undersized, but undersized none-the-less. And Kyle doesnt have a tackle or sack on the season, so who knows if it would hurt or help him. My guess is it would improve his play…
Regardless I’m happy to hear Raheem is coaching up the defense. I thought it was odd he would finally get full control only to then give up his coaching power.
wordy_sanchez (November 17, 2009 at 03:46pm) :
All I can say is that I’m actually kind of glad that Brooks was spared this indignity.
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