mansquatch wrote:I think some folks need to realize that there is no perfect defense against all plays. Blitzing is a gamble that can be mitigated by the quality of your cover guys and/or the lack of quality of the QB. Also, sometimes the offense is going to call the right play to beat the defense we call and vice versa. There are no absolutes here, so to think that way is short sighted.
That's just it.
A coach can't just say, "To get more sacks, we need to blitz more." Blitzing at the right time can work, but blitzing every down will likely doom you against a good offense.
What I like about Zimmer's history is that when he blitzes, you don't know where it's coming from. So far, we haven't seen tons of that from the Vikings, but the Anthony Barr sack against Ryan last Sunday is a good example and hopefully a sign of things to come.
A coach can't just say, "To get more sacks, we need to blitz more." Blitzing at the right time can work, but blitzing every down will likely doom you against a good offense.
What I like about Zimmer's history is that when he blitzes, you don't know where it's coming from. So far, we haven't seen tons of that from the Vikings, but the Anthony Barr sack against Ryan last Sunday is a good example and hopefully a sign of things to come.
It's a good example of an unexpected blitz but it wasn't actually supposed to be a blitz so in that particular, case, even Zimmer didn't know it was coming!
I'm thinking we see the Vikes go a little deeper into the offensive and defensive playbooks tonight.
I'm thinking we see the Vikes go a little deeper into the offensive and defensive playbooks tonight.
Some guys run better in bad weather conditions than others. I remember Keith Byars always looked like he had on snow shoes and everyone else was walking on stilts during snowy games. Judging from the limited action we've seen from Patterson in bad weather games, especially that game against baltimore, I think he might be that kind of player. Everyone else was sliding all over while he was running as though the field were completely dry.
I'm hoping we see a lot of carries for #84 on jet sweeps and from the backfield. I think combining that with the draws up the middle will pose big problems for a green bay team that will likely need to sell out to stop the runs up the middle of the field given personnel limitations. Hit them with a couple sweeps to Patterson and it will freeze them up good and open the middle of the field for Asiata and McKinnon. Pull up a S and we should find the deep post pretty effective. In bad weather once you get a defender turned in 1 on 1 coverage, throw the post or dig or out and he'll have a much harder time getting to where the ball is going than the reciever who knows where its heading. Utilize the bad weather to our advantage with misdirection plays. All you have to do is freeze them for a second to get big openings on bad turf!
I expect more read option with a bigger emphasis on sweeps to WRs.
If we can stop the run with 7 and keep 2 deep safeties I like our odds to win this game.
I wonder what kind of passer rating the top slot corners in the league allow.
Not excusing Munnerlyn AT ALL. It just seems like a really hard position to play. On the outside, you have the sideline as an extra defender. Plus, they run so many pick plays in the middle of the field nowadays.
