The system does what it is supposed to do...

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mtramfan
If we get pressure off the edge, even one edge, that will change the flavor of the soup for the D backs and give the DC more latitude in calling coverages.

In their heyday, Pittsburgh played tight man defense when their maulers up-front were getting home. QB forced to get the ball out early and DB was waiting...

Until I got educated by reading JY43's posts, I expected, say, a three-step dropback from the line from our D backs in a typical zone coverage. Maybe further off the LOS on 3rd and 17, etc.

What I'm seeing now makes sense, thanks to JY43. With Gaines now playing with both arms (which frees up Donald) and Floyd coming back to full steam, we'll see if coverages on the back end change.

Sacks are nice - constant pressure forcing early, and sometimes errant throws that result in picks are nicer IMO.

Fyi, it's JY53 not JY43 who posts all the D stuff. ( With all that knowledge I think he might be the REAL Jim Youngblood lol )

The system does what it is supposed to do but against some teams it might not be the best way to attack them. IMO, you can roll out the same D against every team.

Some teams like the whiners prefer that. Other teams will shoot themselves in the foot having to go for longer drives but cannot sustain the drives.

The key IMO is knowing when to run Zone and when NOT to run it or at least "adjust" if it needed.

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“Well, the color is good, I like the metallic blue,” Youngblood recently said while laughing, via NFL Journal. “The horn is terrible. It looks like a ‘C.’ When I first saw it on the logo I honestly thought it was a Charger logo.

“Now when I see it on the helmet, it just isn’t a ram horn. There is no distinct curl like a mature ram horn. I don’t know how the Rams could get that wrong. That is your symbol and it has been for what? Seventy years or more? Longer than I have been alive? It’s just not us, it’s not the Rams.”---Mr. Ram Jack Youngblood