Ok so Ive seen the issue of allowing a team to run on you brought up as a huge concern of us fans. Pundits offer this as a reason why we are in trouble. Frankly its been a weakness with Gus’s D at the Chargers that cost us games for sure. However, Gus never made a real CHOICE of this to create a top pass defense…he struggled to really commit to stopping either Pass or Run.
To me this is a CHOICE by Staley. Its incredibly hard to shut down both the run game and the passing game. Rather than try to do both he puts the Dome up with 2 safeties high for a reason…and it has a good outcome.
Shutting diwn the run game by bringing more men up near the line leaves you exposed to the quicker scoring pass plays. If you have a lead this is BAD right? Teams can catch up quickly and am I wrong in saying this NFL is a pass happy league that covets quick score ability that requires fewer plays AND time. Teams are better now and more committed to wanting a higher octane passing game. They are never out of a game…ala KC snd Tampa for instance.
Shutting down the pass game yes means you may give up more rushing yards but you also force the opposing offenses to chew up clock time and take a lot more plays to score. Between the 20s the opposing offense has to execute many times to get down the field but when you get to the red zone the field is compacted so naturally we can play both run/pass a bit easier which I believe is why Staleys D may allow yards but less points. Many offensive plays statistically means our D has more chances to cause a turnover or get a sack to disrupt a drive to force a punt or nust get the ball.
You combine a D strategy like this choice of STOP THE PASS with a very good aggressive Offense that will consistently put up 24-30 points and we get to pressure teams into having them run the ball easier and but also the clock out and difficulty in the red zone OR pass into a stacked deck with tighter windows of opportunity to succeed. Teams choose the Run and chew up clock and limit ability to keep up with our scoring.
To me this is SMART analysis by Staley. Yes in the NFL we’ve all heard the mantra STOP THE RUN first but I believe Staley for the 2nd year in a row is showing STOP THE PASS is a better fit when you have a good offense like we do as he has shown stopping yhe pass actually led the league in less scoring…the REAL measure of success for a Defense. Plus his disguise the D alignment still keeps offenses guessing until after the snap to decrease the offenses ability to call the best play.
So what say yall to this? To me it just makes brilliant sense for Staley to build it this way.
To me this is a CHOICE by Staley. Its incredibly hard to shut down both the run game and the passing game. Rather than try to do both he puts the Dome up with 2 safeties high for a reason…and it has a good outcome.
Shutting diwn the run game by bringing more men up near the line leaves you exposed to the quicker scoring pass plays. If you have a lead this is BAD right? Teams can catch up quickly and am I wrong in saying this NFL is a pass happy league that covets quick score ability that requires fewer plays AND time. Teams are better now and more committed to wanting a higher octane passing game. They are never out of a game…ala KC snd Tampa for instance.
Shutting down the pass game yes means you may give up more rushing yards but you also force the opposing offenses to chew up clock time and take a lot more plays to score. Between the 20s the opposing offense has to execute many times to get down the field but when you get to the red zone the field is compacted so naturally we can play both run/pass a bit easier which I believe is why Staleys D may allow yards but less points. Many offensive plays statistically means our D has more chances to cause a turnover or get a sack to disrupt a drive to force a punt or nust get the ball.
You combine a D strategy like this choice of STOP THE PASS with a very good aggressive Offense that will consistently put up 24-30 points and we get to pressure teams into having them run the ball easier and but also the clock out and difficulty in the red zone OR pass into a stacked deck with tighter windows of opportunity to succeed. Teams choose the Run and chew up clock and limit ability to keep up with our scoring.
To me this is SMART analysis by Staley. Yes in the NFL we’ve all heard the mantra STOP THE RUN first but I believe Staley for the 2nd year in a row is showing STOP THE PASS is a better fit when you have a good offense like we do as he has shown stopping yhe pass actually led the league in less scoring…the REAL measure of success for a Defense. Plus his disguise the D alignment still keeps offenses guessing until after the snap to decrease the offenses ability to call the best play.
So what say yall to this? To me it just makes brilliant sense for Staley to build it this way.
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