re: Awesome read on the new defense.

The thing I think that's different from Gibbs and GW is that Spags isn't ultra conservative like Gibbs, but not hyper aggressive like GW. I also think we have better over all talent level, especially at the linebacker position.

So what I'm expecting this year is a d-line that is tasked with getting after the QB (and not just occupying blockers for blitzers) and a back 7 that's facing the ball ready to make a play.

Spags scheme is still aggressive, but it's creates real confusion. GW seemed to think that you could create confusion by formation, while Spags wants to create confusion ambiguous player assignments.

I've said this before: I don't think GW was a bad coordinator. I simply think that he descended into madness. He saw the effectiveness of the offense and it gave him this unfounded hubris.

I'm with you to a certain point. I think most of our D-line is slow getting off the ball. Besides Juneyah, I haven't seen a guy with a good burst off the line the last few years. I like that Tez is moving to DE but that adjustment will take some time for him to get used to, I'm not expecting him to be a gang buster come Week 1 vs. Washington.

I love the move though. We need more speed off the edge.

I think most people got spoiled off of Sharper's season in '09 and just thought that Jenkins would just pick up right were he left off.

But I felt bad for Jenkins this past year. He was left out to dry to many times in that retarded scheme by GW. Greg Williams never really seemed to try anything new. He just got too cocky last year even though it was the offense who carried the team. Just my opinion. I believe this defense will improve and that is enough for me. We have the best offense in the game. The special teams were pretty solid for the most part last year also.