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02-12-2018, 08:10 PM #49Legendary RSR Poster
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I T T, here's the definition :
verb (used with object), caught, catching.
1.
to seize or capture, especially after pursuit:
to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
2.
to trap or ensnare:
to catch a fish.
3.
to intercept and seize; take and hold (something thrown, falling, etc.):
to catch a ball; a barrel to catch rain.
4.
something Baltimore Ravens receivers find difficult to accomplish... Bc
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02-12-2018, 08:50 PM #50Regular 1st Stringer
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Do you guys think Jim Johnson aggressive 43 defense would be a fit in todays NFL? I don't see it that often but it was something else back in the day.
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There is a big reason why that won't work like it used to. Johnson was able to use guys like Troy Vincent, Lito Sheppard and Sheldon Brown in man to man without a lot of nickel or extra DBs. Given todays rules it would be constant PI calls. Teams would just line up in the spread and kill them underneath.
The rule changes have made it so much easier to combat the blitz. It's why teams can't just run man or zone exclusively. They need to disguise and change things up which is something that Jim Johnson never did. He'd show you the same look but there would be Dawkins blitzing up the middle. The only guarantee was that the outside guys in the front 7 were coming to get you on every down. Blitzers could be anyone. That works when you can defend the pass with single man to man coverage. Now days it would be the RB running a hitch and TE on a slant and your safety getting taken out from a pick. Once the rules made it tougher for the secondary the offensive coaches really figured out how to exploit everything.
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Good question. It really depends on the team and the situation on the field. From a strategic perspective, the defense could be keying off the wide side of the field leaving the short side more vulnerable.
The main reason, or so I’ve always been taught, is that the QB is pitching the ball to an in-motion RB. If the QB misses to the short side of the field, the ball has a higher chance of going out of bounds than if they pitch to the wide side of the field.
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02-13-2018, 10:16 AM #55
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Yep. Teams, Players tend to get into a habit of using the same cadence as the game goes on.... Defenders pick this up quite easily and start to anticipate the snap...its why you see the plays where the DE/OLB is already on the outside shoulder of the Tackle by the time he gets done his first kickstep..... Good OC's or QBs will notice when the defense has keyed in on their snap count and purposefully change when the snap, adding additional audible noises or calls to get the defenders to jump.
it also works well on 4th an short because the defense literally has to stonewall and get under the entire offensive line or they wont get a stopBurn it down
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02-13-2018, 10:25 AM #56
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the rules of today's game have made defenses like 43, 4-6 and tampa 2, obsolete.
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02-13-2018, 10:34 AM #57Legendary RSR Poster
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Originally Posted by Derf
Ok here's one I've always wondered about that likely 95% of you know. What is a "nickle defense"? How does it differ from other defensive formations (or stragedy)? Feel free to touch on when best used and such.
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04-09-2018, 09:31 AM #59Four-eyed Raven
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Continuing the "stupid questions" thread. As we head into the draft, I was wondering:
Is the list of draftable players finite, and set? Like, the NFL has a master list of all draft-eligible players, and teams have it too? Or is it more like the MLB draft, where teams can pick players from all over the country / the world?
Is it possible for a team to announce on draft day that they've picked, I dunno, some kid in France that no other team's ever heard of, or a Canadian college player, or whatever? Or is there a "list" that teams have to stick to?
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