Brehs,can you believe Monte Kiffin is the dude who put together them Tampa Defenses?

[2Quik4UHoes]

The funny part about that superbowl was all them damn failed 2 pt conversions the Raiders had. Werent the Raiders favored by like 20 pts or something in that game?

Yeah, Gannon was MVP that year and the offense was cookin nikkaz. I think the game woulda been much more competitive if the defense didn't already know our plays.

 

[CACtain Planet]

Yeah, Gannon was MVP that year and the offense was cookin nikkaz. I think the game woulda been much more competitive if the defense didn't already know our plays.

:belbetray:

you obviously didnt watch that Tampa defense throughout the season...That '02 Bucs defense is right behind the Ravens 2000 defense and the '99 Bucs defense in this era.

 

[mastermind]

Yeah, Gannon was MVP that year and the offense was cookin nikkaz. I think the game woulda been much more competitive if the defense didn't already know our plays.

the Bucs had the #1 defense in yards and points in 2002

that defense was cookin nikkaz. You just sound bitter and like you dont remember the 2002 season, lol.

 

[MikelArteta]

bleacherreport is a crappy site but read this article from two years ago

Monte Kiffin's History Suggests Continued Struggles for the USC Defense | Bleacher Report

Monte Kiffin’s resume leaves much uncertainty as to his ability to take on spread offenses with mobile quarterbacks. For one, Kiffin never faced these types of offenses in the NFL during all of his years with the Minnesota Vikings and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Even more troubling for Trojan fans is the defensive performance of Monte Kiffin’s unit at Tennessee last season against the spread. The Volunteer defense faced four teams that ran a variation of the spread attack: Florida, Auburn, Mississippi, and Virginia Tech.

The results of those four games are disturbing.

While Tennessee held Tim Tebow and Florida to 23 points, the Volunteers did not win a single one of those games, giving up 26 points to Auburn, a whopping 42 points to Ole Miss, and 37 points to Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl with weeks to prepare.

Something needs to change schematically for the Trojans to find success defensively. Having middle linebackers in pass coverage 40 yards down the deep middle of the field while allowing fleet-footed quarterbacks freedom to scamper is clearly not getting it done.

So what will?

The blueprint is out there for how to defeat the spread. Ohio State bottled up the vaunted Oregon offensive attack by dedicating a defender, or “spy”, to attack Masoli on nearly every play last year, whether he kept the ball or not.

A “spy” is something Carroll steadfastly refused to use and it appears Monte Kiffin will also refuse.

Boise State also demonstrated an ability to stop the spread, both in its win over the Ducks last year and in its season-opening win over Virginia Tech and its senior quarterback Tyrod Taylor. They used many of the same tactics Ohio St. would employ against the Ducks.

The adjustment Monte Kiffin needs to make is going with more of a 4-2-5 alignment instead of his preferred 4-3. This would allow him the ability to blitz from a variety of positions on the field as well as assign one of the five defensive backs the sole responsibility of the opposing quarterback.

nothing has changed

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Lane is a bytch ass nikka, so he's gonna have Haden fire his dad

Carroll took Norton with him to Seattle, and they're playing better than any seattle D has in years.