Analysis: The Fangio Defense

[texaspackerbacker]

Fangio had Urlacher and Briggs playing for the Bears, those guys could and did cover. They also made a lot of tackles. Can you name the DL from those teams without Googling?

Urlacher left 3 years before Fangio got to the Bears and Briggs left 1 year before. I'm pretty sure Akeem Hicks was one of those DL.

[texaspackerbacker]

You're running a pressure defense with a blitz rate higher than anything done in the NFL currently. Very risky, especially if your job depends on it. Still, I kind of like it.
There's some talk that the pendulum will swing away from zone coverage that forces long drives down the field back to pressure defenses.

I agree playing 2 ILBs in nickel on a 3rd and 12 is iffy -- I'd think you'd want speed and coverage ability on the field.

The danger of taking your backers off the field is something like a screen where they can get 250-300 pound blockers on your 200 pound CBs. That's a mismatch. Still, I'd think you'd play more dime than nickel in those situations. Barry likes nickel.

Good analysis of APB's Madden D. I never played Madden, but since it's just regular people playing mostly, I suspect they pass at a higher rate than the real NFL - hence the reason for APB's Madden success. I suspect he also benefits from having Jaire, Stokes, and Savage healthy and playing the way they are supposed to play in the Madden game.

In the real world, though, it's even more iffy having ILBs who can't cover guarding the short middle zone or worse yet, manning up with a WR or even a quality TE.

Assuming you're correct about LaFleur demanding Barry play that semi-Fangio scheme, it appears we're sort of stuck with the same thing even if we get a new guy. The even bigger problem with Barry, though, is his apparent inability to adjust. Hopefully we get somebody better that way.

[bobblehead]

Someone posted stats on twitter this past week stats on how DC's running the Fangio defense are doing this year. The only one doing really well is Fangio.

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And this is what I said somewhere else. Some guys see things and understand them, others mimic success while not understanding why it was successful. If I told you that the key to a roulette payout was the bet minus 10%, that's easy to memorize. If you looked at the odds and understood the algebra behind it you would have an understanding.

Fangio understands defense. Barry memorizes concepts.