Can any Secondary slow the skins down? NO.

[GTripp0012]

If I'm a defensive coodinator, I don't approach the '06 Skins any differently than the '05. The threats are still the exact same players. I sit back in whatever I play, blitzing every once in awhile, making sure to jam Santana at the line, and not giving him, Cooley or Portis anything easy. I'd make the newcomers beat me.

Brunell will find them. It's up to them to make plays.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

If I'm a defensive coodinator, I don't approach the '06 Skins any differently than the '05. The threats are still the exact same players. I sit back in whatever I play, blitzing every once in awhile, making sure to jam Santana at the line, and not giving him, Cooley or Portis anything easy. I'd make the newcomers beat me.

Brunell will find them. It's up to them to make plays.

I'm really hoping you're a real NFC East Defensive coach lurking on our site looking for secrets.

That approach will get a team blown out of a game. It's easier to cover one midget receiver and a TE than it is to cover 3 or 4 WRs and a TE without letting the best RB in the NFL have wide open holes to run through.

I'm not sure there is a way to stop us, we have too many weapons.

If you want to let the new guys beat you...they WILL.

I hope the Cowboys and Giants take this approach. The Eagles aren't going to have a chance so I'm not worried about them. They could sign the Incredible Hulk and they'd still lose to us.

[12thMan]

double post.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

If I'm a defensive coodinator, I don't approach the '06 Skins any differently than the '05. The threats are still the exact same players. I sit back in whatever I play, blitzing every once in awhile, making sure to jam Santana at the line, and not giving him, Cooley or Portis anything easy. I'd make the newcomers beat me.

Brunell will find them. It's up to them to make plays.

I think you nailed it! Coordinators will adjust to what the Skins have proven they can do, not what they have on paper or who Portis dresses up like next week. The threats are indeed there, that's undeniable. But Brunell is the lynchpin to this entire offense.
We live and die with his performance in '06.

I forsee the defense winning, perhaps, two or three games tops, but I don't expect us to throw our cleats onto the field and defensive coordinators start running for cover. Just aint gonna happen.
After Brunell, I think Portis is the other major player. It's possible he will need an even bigger season in '06.