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[SPC Hephner]

Just a heads up if anyone want to check it out. Giving the blueprint to beat the pack

[AssKickingBoots]

The blueprint? Sign Kyle Orton. Duh!

[The_Jonas]

How to beat the pack= Unleash Tamba Hali and Justin Houston on their back up tackles and watch the havoc.

[nathanKent]

The_Jonas, on 12 January 2012 - 09:54 PM, said:

How to beat the pack= Unleash Tamba Hali and Justin Houston on their back up tackles and watch the havoc.

In a sense, that's the key to beating any team.

1. Identify weakest player.
2. Beat the hell out of weakest player.
3. Profit.

[The_Jonas]

nathanKent, on 12 January 2012 - 11:34 PM, said:

In a sense, that's the key to beating any team.

1. Identify weakest player.
2. Beat the hell out of weakest player.
3. Profit.

Yeah, in theory.

The other team doesn't always happen to have weakness in a position to be exploited by your best players. I was being a smart ass, but I was pointing out that 'match-ups' often matter more than a scheme or game-plan.

Houston was on fire and Hali is just great. They're going to match up against the offensive tackles in pass protection in most schemes. Romeo didn't gameplan that... it's just how it was. They ran into us at the wrong time.

[nathanKent]

The_Jonas, on 13 January 2012 - 12:14 AM, said:

Yeah, in theory.

The other team doesn't always happen to have weakness in a position to be exploited by your best players.

That's why it's best to just get good players at every position.

[The_Jonas]

nathanKent, on 13 January 2012 - 01:41 AM, said:

That's why it's best to just get good players at every position.

Yeah, again. Nice theory.

Except Hali isn't "good". He's a bit above the "good' rating I'd say. If you can fill a defense with guys that good at their position all over, you're not building an NFL team. You're playing Madden.

Besides, offense and defense are so different.. If an opposing offense's weakest spot is tight end it's not like you can exploit that to a huge advantage.

You have to shut down strengths on their offense, and exploit weaknesses on their defense.

[AssKickingBoots]

The_Jonas, on 13 January 2012 - 02:39 AM, said:

Yeah, again. Nice theory.

Except Hali isn't "good". He's a bit above the "good' rating I'd say. If you can fill a defense with guys that good at their position all over, you're not building an NFL team. You're playing Madden.

Besides, offense and defense are so different.. If an opposing offense's weakest spot is tight end it's not like you can exploit that to a huge advantage.

You have to shut down strengths on their offense, and exploit weaknesses on their defense.

Yep. For example, if you're facing the Chiefs last year you double cover Bowe so the only other passing game threat is a rookie tight end. You also play with 8 guys in the box to slow down the run.

For the Ravens in the playoffs, they did an okay job at slowing down Charles, but completely eliminated Bowe's presence. That wasn't the first time someone tried to double cover Bowe, it's just previously either they didn't have the front 7 talent to slow down Charles or the DB talent to actually stop Bowe. Talent is what allowed the scheme to work.

[The_Jonas]

AssKickingBoots, on 13 January 2012 - 07:45 AM, said:

Yep. For example, if you're facing the Chiefs last year you double cover Bowe so the only other passing game threat is a rookie tight end. You also play with 8 guys in the box to slow down the run.

For the Ravens in the playoffs, they did an okay job at slowing down Charles, but completely eliminated Bowe's presence. That wasn't the first time someone tried to double cover Bowe, it's just previously either they didn't have the front 7 talent to slow down Charles or the DB talent to actually stop Bowe. Talent is what allowed the scheme to work.

Charles had over 100 yards on 11 carries in the first half. Charles was killing them.

What slowed Charles was a mystery injury (allegedly, even though he was still on the field in pass protection) or a coaching decision.

When Charles went out we had to rely on the arm of Cassel and he tossed a bunch of interceptions, turning a tightly contested first half into a complete blow-out.

We were in that game until Charles was taken out.. regardless of the reason. .