Yasinskas talks down Edwards

[Kevin Greene]

Fox = muzzle

[panthers55]

I don't think Herm's vocal nature would be a problem. Those were as HC - you never heard from him under Dungy.

and make no mistake, there's nothing wrong with playing fundamental defense with a strong front four and cover 3. It took us to the playoffs three times. This ideal that we must become a blitz team, or that we'll play man, bump and run, is no different than what people were saying in 2001. That's not what got us to where we got. It's also not why the defense was starting to decline.

THe key is good front four that gets pressure. We don't have that and our zone defense gets routinely exposed. So yeah the defense did decline when we constantly played off receivers, sat back and let them march down the field all day. Our zone coverage was terrible with frequent breakdowns and missed assignments. Our blitzing was generally pathetic with huge holes in the zone protection and little additional pressure. You could tell the secondary hated it as well and often wanted more man pressure with when they employed it was decent.

Any defense when executed properly can be effective. But we have been far from effective since 2006.