Panthers Blitz/Stunt Rates

[Navy_football]

40 minutes ago, Tr3ach said:

I disagree strongly.  Blitzing and being aggressive puts you at risk of getting burned.  We are getting burned anyway.  We are giving up the most points in the NFL by far playing it safe and letting them run down our throats and the qb stand back all day and pick our secondary apart.  At least when you play aggressive and blitz you have the chance to cause confusion or make the qb make a mistake.  We don't have the coverage talent to play super soft and let the qb have all day to throw either.  We are a historically bad defense this season playing soft and safe.  What is there to lose?  

A lot of the big plays are coverage break downs and lack of communication. Man coverage is pretty simple (unless they're running a bunch of rub routes). Run blitzing is a thing too. It's not just to pressure the QB. The idea is to send more guys than they can block. 5 on 5 is not an effective blitz strategy for this team because no one is winning. 

[strato]

We don't have enough people to win with on defense. A pro offense can work with what we leave available to them, all day. 

This is just a grin and bear it scenario because there is only so much any kind of scheming will get you. We are always robbing Peter to pay Paul and neither one has any money.