When the Panthers Attack (article from cbssports.com)

[csx]

I have seen several articles detailing the creative things that the defense did last week and has been doing. Then there is the Darin Gannt interview on PFT where they are adamant that the defense is not complex or creative. The term they use is that it's not in any way exotic. Gann't has never had a clue what he's talking about. 

 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/13/pft-live-talking-panthers-with-darin-gantt/

[panthers55]

pressure brady and we win...end of story

Right but the way to do that is with pressure up the middle and with 4 linemen not by blitzing.  With as many hot reads and dumpoffs as they use, it is hard to all blitz especially when you show it early. He doesn't like pressure in his face and if you make him keep dumping it off and not letting his players get YAC, he can complete 3 short passes and you can still stop them short of a first down.

[Mr. Scot]

Excellent write-up by Pete Prisco...

There's a phrase you don't see here often.

[hepcat]

There's a phrase you don't see here often.

 

Well I gotta say...it was a well-researched piece of sports reporting.  

[fieryprophet]

I have seen several articles detailing the creative things that the defense did last week and has been doing. Then there is the Darin Gannt interview on PFT where they are adamant that the defense is not complex or creative. The term they use is that it's not in any way exotic. Gann't has never had a clue what he's talking about. 

 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/13/pft-live-talking-panthers-with-darin-gantt/

 

It's really not complex, but it's definitely creative. We don't specialize in the exotic zone blitzes the Steelers are known for, but we generally pick and choose where to apply pressure and let the players beat their man directly. And it works; complexity doesn't mean better, it just means it gives more for offenses to account for, whereas timely blitzes come down to execution more than schemes.

[csx]

It's really not complex, but it's definitely creative. We don't specialize in the exotic zone blitzes the Steelers are known for, but we generally pick and choose where to apply pressure and let the players beat their man directly. And it works; complexity doesn't mean better, it just means it gives more for offenses to account for, whereas timely blitzes come down to execution more than schemes.

 

Everything you read from reputable sources mentions how are defense is confusing the opposing QB and OL. We are playing 5 defensive lineman at times. That is not standard defensive play. I guess I don't see a ton of difference between saying a defense is creative and confusing and it being exotic or complex. 

[fieryprophet]

Everything you read from reputable sources mentions how are defense is confusing the opposing QB and OL. We are playing 5 defensive lineman at times. That is not standard defensive play. I guess I don't see a ton of difference between saying a defense is creative and confusing and it being exotic or complex. 

 

Complexity would be a huge variety of coverages and defensive looks, when we really play tons of zone and nickel and depend on playing fundamentally sound and letting our front four getting pressure straight up. That's why I say it's creative instead of complex, because we utilize a pretty standard scheme but put lots of interesting wrinkles into it, basically allowing our young players to know one system well rather than adapting to multiple looks. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, because we have talent at enough key positions that we should be making offenses try to beat us straight up rather than trying to bait them into mistakes.

[rayzor]

so is the prico curse over?

 

was it even a curse?

 

[raleigh-panther]

May have been part of the gameplan.  There are open receivers on almost every play.  You can't cover them all.  Panthers might have just seen that Kaepernick focuses in on his first read so the Panthers took it away and made him beat them with his arm.  It worked.

Good point Cat.

[pantherclaw]

Our defense isn't overly creative.

It does do it's share of looking one way pre snap, and doing different.

Confusing the qb doesn't = complexity.

[The Golden Child]

Excellent article.