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Not intentionally, but good grief their zone play was worth squat last year.

Author: DiscoRick (1715 Posts - Joined: Sep 15, 2021)
Posted at 9:17 am on Sep 18, 2025
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And we make it our primary defense? That's just stupidity. If anything work it in against teams you can afford to "practice" against.

Sure you need to be able to run it. But until you can, don't live or die by it. And the biggest problem with running it is they are nowhere near the WR letting them run loose. Who taught that garbage? You hit then as they get the ball, like Tony Dungy's teams did.


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Replies to: "Not intentionally, but good grief their zone play was worth squat last year."

  • Did anybody even remotely think this D would be this bad? Or even close to this bad? - DiscoRick - 4:45pm 9/17/25 (17) [View All]
    • No, I think we were all hopeful. - sweetbobbyg - 12:32am 9/18/25
      • Totally agree. [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:54am 9/18/25
    • I expected a slight drop off given the players we lost and scheme change - NDWisconsin - 6:59pm 9/17/25
      • Right, the fundamentals are even piss poor. Never mind the scheme and play calling. [NT] - DiscoRick - 7:53pm 9/17/25
    • I thought there would be some backsliding and slippage due to transition, but this is unprecedented. - LanceManion - 6:58pm 9/17/25
      • Yeah, a transition period maybe then get better. - DiscoRick - 7:50pm 9/17/25
    • Not by the reports we were getting out of Fall camp. [NT] - ELP - 6:43pm 9/17/25
      • Outside of injury, does anything negative ever come out of Fall came? That's the downside of eternal - oldirish - 8:03pm 9/17/25
      • Right? You wonder if they accidentally strolled into another teams practice. [NT] - DiscoRick - 7:49pm 9/17/25
    • I was surprised by the Ash hiring simply because he wasn’t working as a DC anywhere. That said, I - jray - 6:01pm 9/17/25
      • Yep, I hear ya [NT] - DiscoRick - 7:51pm 9/17/25
    • No way in hell Ash could f$%^ it up in one offseason. - Clem - 5:43pm 9/17/25
      • It's like he had a plan to destroy it. [NT] - DiscoRick - 7:52pm 9/17/25
        • Not a plan, judging by the things he's doing/not doing that worked last year, - Clem - 5:50am 9/18/25
          • Not intentionally, but good grief their zone play was worth squat last year. - DiscoRick - 9:17am 9/18/25
    • hell no. capital HELL NO [NT] - KWIRISH - 5:38pm 9/17/25
      • It seemed impossible. [NT] - DiscoRick - 7:53pm 9/17/25
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