terra99pin
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It's very difficult to run Seattle's defense in College. You know who'd agree with me? Pete Carroll, who moved away from some of the things they do in Seattle while he was at USC (with pretty darn good talent available). Maybe we'll adjust, too.
This will turn into a ridiculous thread now. So, proceed.
THIS! THIS! THIS! We might run what Seattle is running and thats the problem, because PETE HIMSELF wouldnt run what he is running in the pros as-is in college. EVEN when he could **** near scour any end of the country and lure them to southern Cal, and he won a TON of recruiting battles to show for it. He could get any dlineman and he said it himself he couldn't, so he didnt try and he adjusted his scheme at the college level! The Dlineman bodies, no matter how talented werent mature enough to hold the point of attack. So instead he set those dogs loose, with great results, even when he had rivers, maulaluga, and matthews and they put up a defense for the ages.
When Pete got back to the NFL he went back to his original defense with some added wrinkles
Thing is, who on the d-line should we have "set loose" last year? It's not like Robinson, Renfrow and Porter were capable of terrorizing backfields. I think the coaching staff was trying to make due with what they had. If they could get a guy like Renfrow to occupy two blockers and free up a linebacker, that was a win. Of course, that didn't work out well either. But I don't think the alternative last year was any more enticing.