Great article and video re Hicks' play yesterday

That was such an awesome play
Hicks and Jordan are killing it in this defens

and that is why spags is an idiot.

I really want to know what is so difficult about his defense. Not saying it isnt difficult but what aspect of it is so hard to grasp

I think that I read an article about it a little over a year ago. I think it has something to do with stunts that the d lineman do to disguise where exactly the rush is coming from. I'm not entirely sure though.

Ive seen a guy named Reggie White toss guys aside like that a few times.

Hicks

Jesus, if one guy sees one thing and another something different (quite easy when you're looking from a different perspective), its easy to see why we allowed so many big plays last year

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Supposedly I heard that players had too many checks per play. Think of it as a majority of the defense having something equivalent to option routes based on what they see. They didn't have definitive assignments basically.

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Right if you give everyone checks not everyone will be on the same page. I'm sure it was mostly the secondary with checks, as well as some for the LBs, but you're talking about maybe half the defense possibly not being on the same page and it definitely looked that way at times and you could see guys discussing it between plays.

Whereas when you do it on offense it's between the QB and WR. Even if more than one WR has an option, it's still one read at a time between 2 players.

Where it does get messy on offense is the checks on the line for blitzes and stunts because that's 5-7 guys trying to make that work but those are pre-snap adjustments and not real time like option routes or what Spags does on D.

thank god he wasn't able to enroll at LSU

You have to let players play. Not think about what they are doing.

So glad
no more
Spags.