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11-11-2017, 03:44 AM #63
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Re: Elite pass rusher is still needed
I actually think that with better coaching, they'll find that they have better pass rushing talent that's already on the roster.
"Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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Re: Elite pass rusher is still needed
I have always felt that coaching matters significantly more in the football than any other major U.S. sport. There are literally 22 moving parts on every single play, except when Jay Cutler is asked to play Wide Receiver. That is a lot to coordinate. 2011 was a year that really stood out to me on what good coaching could do to a team. The 2011 defense wasn't too different, statistically, from the 2010 defense. However, you could just see that they, unlike the 2010 defense, were closers. I believe that Chuck Pagano had a lot to do with that. The year prior, Cary Williams is kept on the bench, despite looking good in training camp and the pre-season, in favor of Josh Wilson. In 2011, Pagano pulls him off of the bench and he is a decent starter. In 2010, John Harbaugh gave Fabian Washington way too much rope, before going to Webb due to Washington's knee injury. In 2011, Chuck Pagano makes Webb a starter and he has one of the best individual seasons for a CB in team history. In 2010, Paul Kruger was asked to bulk up for the five technique. In 2011, he was told to drop back down by Chuck Pagano, because he was going to be put at his natural position and in his natural role as an edge rusher. In 2011, Chuck Pagano does a great job of recognizing that he only has one legitimate pass rusher, maneuvering him around the formation to expose weaknesses in offensive fronts and get him as many of the best chances to get to the QB as possible. Before and after Pagano, Suggs rarely moves and it's mostly on stunts inside. He pretty much stays on the right side.
"Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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Re: Elite pass rusher is still needed
God damnit. I agree with the whole post. Hell is freezing over
I will add that while we won the Super Bowl in 2012, I still think that 2011 team was a better team, it took two extraordinarily shitty fuckups in a row to keep us out of the Super Bowl which I’m fully confident they would have won.
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11-11-2017, 05:20 PM #69
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Re: Elite pass rusher is still needed
I would rank the 2011 Ravens team second among teams that I was most disappointed didn't win the Super bowl. The 2001 Ravens were impressive enough to even make it to the second round of the playoffs. The year prior, they at least had a rush offense to lean on. In 2001, the passing numbers looked better, but that's not saying much when compared to the 2000 offense and nobody was in fear of this passing offense. The 2003 Ravens were going to be stopped at some point, because all they could do was run the ball. Fans had been spoiled by the 2000 defense into thinking that such dominance could be duplicated just a year after a purge. The 2008 Ravens, in my opinion, over-achieved. The 2009 Ravens were a good team, but I never expected them to defeat Indianapolis. The 2010 Ravens were a team that you never seemed to be fully confident in. Do I think they would have defeated the Jets? Yes. However, I would not have been fully confident in them defeating the Packers. Although, they could have done it. The 2014 Ravens I would put third, because it was like Flacco was back at it again. To see one drive where Daniels drops a TD pass and then see Torrey so horribly misjudge a ball in the air was more disheartening than watching Brady shred our secondary.
"Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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