Chico23231
10-24-2010, 01:02 PM
The Redskins defense is giving up 420 yards per game thru 6 games in the 2010 season.
The NFL record for the most yards per game yielded over a season was in 1980 (or maybe 1981) by the Indianapolis Colts. They gave up 424 yards per game.
That means after 6 games, the Indy Colts record-setting defense had given up only 24 more yards for the year that the 2010 Skins.
The record is there for the taking...
If we are 4-3 after this weekend, I could give a sh*t
Lotus
10-24-2010, 06:18 PM
The Redskins defense is giving up 420 yards per game thru 6 games in the 2010 season.
The NFL record for the most yards per game yielded over a season was in 1980 (or maybe 1981) by the Indianapolis Colts. They gave up 424 yards per game.
That means after 6 games, the Indy Colts record-setting defense had given up only 24 more yards for the year that the 2010 Skins.
The record is there for the taking...
By "holding" the Bears to 322 yards we brought down the average.
Chico23231
10-24-2010, 06:20 PM
By "holding" the Bears to 322 yards we brought down the average.
And our defense won us ANOTHER game.
mlmpetert
10-27-2010, 05:27 PM
Bills scrap 3-4 defense amidst historic slump | ProFootballTalk.com (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/27/bills-scrap-3-4-defense-amidst-historic-slump/)
So i post this because i think it applies to us too. We dont have the 3-4 personal to be elite right now – or likely anytime soon, however we did/do have the personal to be elite in a 4-3 scheme. After Hall made 4 interceptions and won the game for us last week its bound to shut all the nay sayers up but for how long? But hes just one player and looked pretty good in the 4-3 scheme we had last year. Not saying anything, just saying....
SirClintonPortis
10-27-2010, 05:29 PM
Bills scrap 3-4 defense amidst historic slump | ProFootballTalk.com (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/27/bills-scrap-3-4-defense-amidst-historic-slump/)
So i post this because i think it applies to us too. We dont have the 3-4 personal to be elite right now – or likely anytime soon, however we did/do have the personal to be elite in a 4-3 scheme. After Hall made 4 interceptions and won the game for us last week its bound to shut all the nay sayers up but for how long? But hes just one player and looked pretty good in the 4-3 scheme we had last year. Not saying anything, just saying....
Haslett has already half-admitted defeat when he started showing the 4-man fronts with two down linemen and two OLBs standing up on the line of scrimmage.
SmootSmack
10-27-2010, 05:32 PM
Haslett has already half-admitted defeat when he started showing the 4-man fronts with two down linemen and two OLBs standing up on the line of scrimmage.
Except for the fact that since last spring the Skins have been saying they'd be showing various 4 fronts, including 4-man fronts
SirClintonPortis
10-27-2010, 06:36 PM
Except for the fact that since last spring the Skins have been saying they'd be showing various 4 fronts, including 4-man fronts
That's what they said, but that's not what they did initially.
SmootSmack
10-27-2010, 07:05 PM
That's what they said, but that's not what they did initially.
They've been showing 4 man fronts since the season opener
GTripp0012
10-27-2010, 07:15 PM
Nickel and Dime packages has been almost entirely a four man front. Well, an "even" front with no nose, at least.
Where we've been a 3-4 defense is in base sets. If the opponent has 2 WRs or fewer on the field, we usually have 3 linemen in the game.
A couple of changes just recently: our short yardage defense has moved to a four man concept on the line ((Haynesworth/Carriker) with (Golston/Kemo)), where before it was either a standard 3-4 or that ninja/amoeba type look. This, not surprisingly, has coincided with an improvement in short yardage defense.
The reason for this "multiple" defense: it allows us to have 3-4 LBs in the game at all times. The 4-3 would force us to take a LB off the field for every additional DB we wanted on. If we wanted to play dime with Buchanon/Doughty at DBs, it'd be just Fletcher at LB. This way, we can get Fletcher, McIntosh, and Alexander all on the field (plus Carter in the nickel), and have our best pass rushers to get after the quarterback.
We have good nickel personnel this year, mostly because Buchanon has been a pleasant surprise at corner.
GusFrerotte
10-27-2010, 07:24 PM
That's what they said, but that's not what they did initially.
Nope, Smooty is right. The first couple games I was able to see on TV early in the season they did have 4 man fronts often.