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Patrick O Rly 
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| What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 11:09 am)
I know he likes to get pressure from his front four.
I know he likes bigger, stouter linebackers.
But what type of coverages does he like to run? I've seen conflicting things on this board. I read somewhere that he likes to play a Tampa-2 coverage. If that's true, our CB's aren't really suited for that.
Anybody more familiar with his scheme?
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lighter345 
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 11:14 am to Patrick O Rly)
Here read this, will help a bit.
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 11:21 am to lighter345)
Good read.
Man, we can free up 6 mil by cutting Smith?
If he gets suspended, that might be the best course of action.
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 11:23 am to lighter345)
We'll need a playmaker at safety to replace Harper.
A cornerback to help Greer and Robinson.
And a true pass rusher in the front four, it seems.
I hope Cam Jordan steps up big time.
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Patrick O Rly
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 11:24 am to lighter345)
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Spagnuolo prefers tall/angular cornerbacks that can play man-to-man coverage and also likes playmakers at safety.
Uh oh. 
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 11:28 am to Hoodoo Man)
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And a true pass rusher in the front four, it seems.
I hope Cam Jordan steps up big time.
Hopefully Romeus can live up to his "1st round talent" hype.
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 11:31 am to TigerinATL)
I always forget about Romeus.
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 11:33 am to Patrick O Rly)
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I know he likes to get pressure from his front four.
I hope he can maximize what we have.
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 11:34 am to Hoodoo Man)
What I love about all this, is we were one of the strongest teams last year coming into the playoffs.
And we got there with a bottom 5 defense that was as predictable as it was inneffective.
If Spags is half as good as people say and half as predictable as GW, watching the Defense this year should be a lot of fun.
This post was edited on 4/12 at 11:35 am
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 12:00 pm to Hoodoo Man)
Will Smith renegotiated to veteran minimum... for a $6mil bonus Saved $4.78mil towards cap
Still looks like cap pain to deal with next year.
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 12:04 pm to blueslover)
Ah ok.
I'm serious...this cap better be raised.
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 12:05 pm to Hoodoo Man)
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What I love about all this, is we were one of the strongest teams last year coming into the playoffs.
And we got there with a bottom 5 defense that was as predictable as it was inneffective.
If Spags is half as good as people say and half as predictable as GW, watching the Defense this year should be a lot of fun.
I am so excited for next season it scares me.
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 12:57 pm to Patrick O Rly)
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What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense?
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Patrick O Rly
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 1:12 pm to CocoLoco)
I'm making my way through watching last season again. Watching the defense is painful, but at the same time it gives me hope. Players like Galette, Wilson and P-Rob have got me pumped.
Even in some of our better defensive performances last year (Minnesota for instance), their were still these fricks up. I don't if running a hyper aggressive defense led to them being undisciplined or if the players were just unfocused.
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 1:25 pm to TigerinATL)
Romeus, that's Spartacus-esque! He needs to break words with Spag! 
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 1:49 pm to Big Sway)
what has been mentioned before about the D last year was how predictable it became. When common folk fans like us can see it, ya know it is bad. That's a big part of what my hopes for improvement this year are based on anyway.
Similarly, that is the genius of Payton as a playcaller. Six years later ya still never know what is coming. Occasionally he might get a little too cute but on a whole ya gotta love how many times it still gets a wow. As in, I didn't see that coming.
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lighter345
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 2:20 pm to blueslover)
Like the reverse with reggie in the bucs game a few years ago in the fourth.
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 2:29 pm to lighter345)
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Like the reverse with reggie in the bucs game a few years ago in the fourth.
That falls more on execution of the play. Reggie pitches with his right hand heading to the left sideline (meaning he would have to pitch across his body). There is no reason he couldn't have handed it off with his left hand or pitch it with two hands. Devery could have run for at least twenty yards! But at the end of the day we should have made a more conventional attempt at that fourth down. 
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 5:27 pm to Big Sway)
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Romeus, that's Spartacus-esque! He needs to break words with Spag!
actually Romeus was a guy who found Rome with his brother Remeus, who was killed by Romeus, and Romeus named the city after himself. 6th grade history
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| re: What is the best description of a Steve Spagnuolo defense? (Posted on 4/12/12 at 5:34 pm to Patrick O Rly)
One that's too late to stop Vernon Davis  
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