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The Run D Problem: Scheme, Personnel, or Both??


Jay Roosevelt
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I think the biggest fault for our poor run defense is not necessarily the D-line, but our lack of a playmaker at linebacker. We have been blessed with great linebackers through Panther history all the way from Dan Morgan to Luke. The D-linemen take up the blocks, but it's the linebackers job to make the tackle. It's no coincidence that our run defense has fallen off with the retirement of Luke. 

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With our personnel, our base defense should be a 3-4. It's been this way for years now. I don't know why we show so many 4 man fronts when it's pretty clear Burns isn't an every down 4-3 lineman.

Before the season even started everyone with eyes knew our defensive line was our weakest unit on paper. We needed a legitimate nose tackle and defensive end yet sat on our hands all offseason. Ioannidis isn't a nose tackle and isn't great against the run. There were plenty of quality nose tackles on the market in free agency. We had the opportunity to sign Dunlap and Clowney who are both proven 4-3 ends and chose not to.

What we saw defensively today was pretty much expected by everyone except our coaches/front office.

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5 minutes ago, Eazy-E said:

With our personnel, our base defense should be a 3-4. It's been this way for years now. I don't know why we show so many 4 man fronts when it's pretty clear Burns isn't an every down 4-3 lineman.

Before the season even started everyone with eyes knew our defensive line was our weakest unit on paper. We needed a legitimate nose tackle and defensive end yet sat on our hands all offseason. Ioannidis isn't a nose tackle and isn't great against the run. There were plenty of quality nose tackles on the market in free agency. We had the opportunity to sign Dunlap and Clowney who are both proven 4-3 ends and chose not to.

What we saw defensively today was pretty much expected by everyone except our coaches/front office.

Yup we got like 6 DT's on the roster and 10 guys than can play OLB but we ran a 4-3 zone all game. Or 4-7 or some dumb college poo. Just run a 3-4 and stop being cute

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2 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Yup we got like 6 DT's on the roster and 10 guys than can play OLB but we ran a 4-3 zone all game. Or 4-7 or some dumb college poo. Just run a 3-4 and stop being cute

Lets not forget our DT depth consists of a 6th, 7th, and undrafted free agent. All with 2 or fewer years of experience.

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