Steve Wilks Is Dining With The Cardinals

[DaveThePanther2008]

6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'll say this to anyone who doesn't like that our defense prioritizes pass rush over coverage.

That's a Rivera core philosophy, so as long as he's in charge of the team, that ain't changing no matter who the DC is.

Absolutely agree.   We have a pretty decent front four, in fact I would say many teams would love to have our group.   Upgrade is ALWAYS a need.  But somewhere you have to give them the opportunity to get to the QB with just 4.   I think we have the ability to create a coverage sack but you have to let them do it.   If the offense gets a first down than at least they earned it.  

Constantly bring the blitz gives them the 1st almost every time especially when they know it is coming and your DBs are playing off the receiver.

[Mr. Scot]

One thing about that tweet...

Meeting with the team owner? Get that.

Meeting with the general manager? Makes perfect sense.

But if this is still just "getting to know you" type stuff, why exactly are you meeting with the communications director?

[Snake]

54 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'll say this to anyone who doesn't like that our defense prioritizes pass rush over coverage.

That's a Rivera core philosophy, so as long as he's in charge of the team, that ain't changing no matter who the DC is.

I think Wilks idea of pass rush was a bit much though and I love blitzing. Sometimes when you face great QB's you have to be playing chess not checkers. 

[CarolinaSamurai]

Wilks wasn't terrible I think he just over used something that made the D #1 early. Problem is Dline gets tired, blitzing wears out secondary. Plus doing it 2nd most was bound to start hurting us. He should of adjusted but he loved blitzing too much 

[Saca312]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'll say this to anyone who doesn't like that our defense prioritizes pass rush over coverage.

That's a Rivera core philosophy, so as long as he's in charge of the team, that ain't changing no matter who the DC is.

I mean I love how Wilks wanted this defense to be aggressive. I just think he did too much of a good thing.

When blitzing becomes predictable, good QBs will eat that up. Most likely, it’s due to Wilks not having experience to understand when and how much he should blitz since it’s essentially his first year.

I’m torn on this. I do think Wilks could get better, but I’m worried that he won’t. Who knows, maybe if he does stick around he’ll learn from his experience (he’s certainly intelligent on that front) and figure out the perfect formula on how to use his aggressive scheme with this team. 

Certainly not out of the ordinary either.

[Doc Holiday]

1 hour ago, theballboy said:

Bye Wilks. Thank God. 

Now, will you trade us Larry and Mathieu? Will give you Star and Norwell.

You know nothing about football

[Doc Holiday]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'll say this to anyone who doesn't like that our defense prioritizes pass rush over coverage.

That's a Rivera core philosophy, so as long as he's in charge of the team, that ain't changing no matter who the DC is.

I’m honestly shocked by the amount of people that want Wilks gone. Do they even know that the reason he has been getting so many looks is because he turned our defense into a respectable unit his year with pretty much no substituve player changes? We went from 21st, to 7th and were top 5 for 90% of the season. That’s an amazing job. 

Goes to show how little some fans know

[TheRed]

I don't get the hate for Wilks. He's been a good coach for us, I wish him well.

If you want the honest truth, homers here overrate our defense that we've poured so many resources into. People just ramble about DT's like that's all you need. We need real pass rush help.

[Mr. Scot]

10 minutes ago, Snake said:

I think Wilks idea of pass rush was a bit much though and I love blitzing. Sometimes when you face great QB's you have to be playing chess not checkers. 

Well to be fair, the defensive scheme we run is called a Zone Blitz for a reason.

McDermott looooved those double A gap blitzes (kust like Jim Johnson did). My sense with Steve Wilks is that he was more varied in his blitz selection. I won't claim to have stats to back that up though.

[Mr. Scot]

And I'm going to co-sign with Doc and Red here that I don't agree with people pissing on Wilks. He did a good job for us this season.

Is he getting head coach consideration a little too early? Perhaps, but that's not really something he can be blamed for. Neither is it unusual.

[TheSpecialJuan]

I wonder if Wilks went back to Bidwell's place afterward to "seal the deal" if you will. 

[Malt Liquor]

Good if Wilks is gone bring back John Fox or Jack Del Rio as the Defensive Coordinator.

[Snake]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Well to be fair, the defensive scheme we run is called a Zone Blitz for a reason.

McDermott looooved those double A gap blitzes (kust like Jim Johnson did). My sense with Steve Wilks is that he was more varied in his blitz selection. I won't claim to have stats to back that up though.

I really can't prove it but I'm fairly certain that we used zone blitz much less under Wilks and more man coverage. I think he blitzed so much it became easy to figure out his scheme. With the double A gap under McD we mixed in stunts and that caused confusion and turnovers. 

[Snake]

16 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

I wonder if Wilks went back to Bidwell's place afterward to "seal the deal" if you will. 

I know @Jase would for a couple million.