I looked for an article where Barry said he doesnt have the personnel to blitz but didnt find it. I did find this article from December last year talking about Barry's tendency to rush 4 and drop back in coverage. Baker wasnt happy with the up front scheme last year either.
“We’ve got to figure out something different scheme-wise to create more pressures,” Baker said. “That’s what’s happening in the games, but we did a good job defensively. They didn’t have any big plays. We’ve just got to keep them out of the end zone on sudden-change opportunities.”
“As a defensive lineman, when you blitz a lot, that means you have to move up out of your gap, and hopefully someone else comes free,” Baker said. “I’d rather just play man-on-man, let us get our man in front of us and play ball. We don’t have to blitz to get pressure.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...43c_story.html
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Joe Barry just doesnt blitz. Not his style. Does it seem like it is becoming a trend to not blitz so much? Our last 3 opponents didnt blitz and played soft and I thought that was product of playing us vs the steelers/boys/giants overall approach. But now ... im starting to think it is a trend league wide to not blitz as much. The league wide numbers at the end of the season should tell the story.