1 Bammer's take: CMK & the Tampa 2...

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#26
majic73 said:
The guy that penned this piece has some knowledge of the Tampa 2 , but it is very limited . The Tampa 2 is a philosophy of the 4-3 that is designed to 'bend but not break' One of the primary things that Monte does with it is to show the 'Tampa 2' look ...but then morph to something else pre-snap or even after the snap . The problems the author pointed out would only be problems if CMK stayed in the vanilla base T2 . He will not ...nor have I ever seen one of his defenses do this . IE : from the T2 base , post snap , both safeties drop to middle coverage short , the middle LB blitzes up the middle , outside backers spread to contain the edges . Corners in man . This works because the QB is reading off of Cover 2.

Another big issue with this article is that the author consistantly refers to the MIKE backer as the guy that makes it all happen . He is important , but the nose tackle is the most important . If he is not dominant the MIKE will fail , as will the DE's . I have a feeling CMK will know if he has a Nose or a Mike that can do the job ...he will know before anyone else knows .

Another central piece of the Tampa 2 ...it is designed to give up ( or fail ) giving teams the underneath stuff and give the safeties and the MIKE backer the ability to punish the receiver or back that makes the catch with gang tackling and hard hitting safeties . It causes turnovers and wears offenses out. As long as the Mike and safeties can run and hit ...they will do their job . It all comes back to the nose tackle . I believe ol' coach MLK is smart enough to play around his weaknesses.
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great post.
 
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#27
Thanks guys ...the homers that write that junk just really bug me in that they think that CMK is just gonna plug in his system regardless of the lack of talent he may or may not encounter.

The reason the Tampa 2 has been successful is that it shows a QB something , but then takes it away with a disguise coverage or freaky blitz . The Tampa 2 gives up 3-5 yard gains !! But by design . They want to put a hat on the guy that gets the ball . You look at a healthy Bob Sanders and all the sticks he has put on people . His defenses blitz inside the 20 and play different ...but between the 20's it is designed to make receivers and RBs sore. It is designed to take away the deep stuff and long runs , to make offenses run more plays to score and to be forced to execute more , while having punishment inflicted on them . It is a game management , body attack defense .

CMK is tricky , he disguises everything in the Tampa 2 shell ...but he does not run the base D every play . If he does not have a dominant nose tackle ( he won't unless Dan Williams turns into one ! ) he will know how to work around it . There is enough talent there for weaknesses to be protected .
 
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#28
I kinda skimmed it - but - did the Bammer actually believe Kiffin attempted a 70-yard field goal with the intentions of actually making it rather than trying to shove it in Al Davis' face? If so - this article is written by a moron.

He also fails to recognize/state in his article that Kiffin runs more than the Tampa 2.
 
#29
#29
Bassmanbruno said:
I kinda skimmed it - but - did the Bammer actually believe Kiffin attempted a 70-yard field goal with the intentions of actually making it rather than trying to shove it in Al Davis' face? If so - this article is written by a moron.

He also fails to recognize/state in his article that Kiffin runs more than the Tampa 2.
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funny .... if CMK lines up in cover 2 against 4 wide outs , or against the I bone ...we'll I guess we will owe the Homers an apology . I don't think stupidity is one of the traits that make CMK one of the most successful DC's at the highest level in the history of the game . mmmmm...and if it is so easy to emulate a 70's steelers defense and just plug in purchased players , then every team in the NFL should be this successful . But they haven't been ....
 
#31
#31
I am getting friggin tired of seeing blogs posted about some stupid a@@ Bammers/gator/dawg opinion of our staff...they are going to have unintelligant biased opions based of exaggerated situations. ENOUGH ALREADY!
 
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