the Fangio-Staley-Morris defense?
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mtramfan
Smoke coming out of JY53's ears?
My overall takeaway from this informal research and random observation is that the Fangio-Staley-Morris defense is geared to play the percentages rather than gamble (albeit gambling is more exciting - or disastrous, depending) and to be effective is driven by a strong pass rush. Drops and passes defended stats didn't show in my quick lookups but I recall from being force-fed Bronco games during that era that they were tough to pass against. Somebody was always in the QB's grill - and over the course of a game the D got stronger and wore opponents down shile not giving up a lot of points.
All of this confirms my original opinion: You need the horses up front. The effectiveness of the D rests on that.
Is there such a thing as the Fangio-Staley-Morris defense? I think they are 3 different defenses with similar "concepts".
I'm not a Defensive Coordinator and I don't pretend to be one on an internet message board either, lol, but I think all 3 dudes ran their defenses differently than the other.
Fangio is the originator. The one that McVay wanted so bad but had to settle for option 2. lol
Staley ran the scheme his way and did it well enough to get a HC gig pretty quickly by doing so.
Morris tried to run the Fangio scheme his way too but didn't get any serious job offers even after winning a SB.
From what my eyes have seen from all three, Fangio obviously ran it the best. After all, it is HIS scheme. lol
Staley ran it pretty well and even tweaked it enough to get noticed by entire league.
The "Sultan of Soft" Raheem Morris also added his own "wrinkles" to the Fangio system and instantly made it the softest in the league. Those Morris "wrinkles" also made the league take notice resulting in no serious offers for a HC job from any teams at all.
I have never been a fan of "If I can't get the guy I want, I will get someone else to try and imitate him".
The imitator is NEVER as good as the original. IMO, Morris is a perfect example of that.
As for "needing horses" to make it work, I agree 100% but if you line up your CB's 8-10 yards off the ball, it won't matter if you have "horses" or not because the ball will be out of the QB's hands before those "horses" can get out of the gate.
That's just what has been happening too. AD, possibly the greatest "horse" in the NFL's history, had his talent negated due to those large cushions and playing it "safe".
Now, after McVay failed to get his boy Fangio again due to Morris not being hired away had to fire some of the defensive staff to try and make the defense "grow some b@lls".
I really hoping Lake and Pleasant will help bring some "creativity" and "toughness" to the Morris version of the Fangio system...it sure NEEDS it!
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2023 01:16PM by Ramsdude.
