Interesting.
Say no more.
Def would like to hear what you have to say in regards to your film study.
I will post it around noon like my usual film study post, hopefully. Rewatching the all-22 on Saints-Dallas and Packers-Eagles right now and digging up stats.
Dallas-Green Bay is probably gonna be my big game for the week. The match-up is pretty glaring.
Dallas offense biggest inefficiency was missing Gallup and Sheldon Rankin's return to the Saints D-line. Dallas rush on 1st down a ridiculous amount of times to very little success. From my impression... They took what the analytics gave them and game plan around it. They refused to adjust with the gaming being so close in case rush defense gas out. It never did.
Saints before Dallas game and without Rankins on the Dline...
134 yards Rushing per game(3 games).
A lot of that was actually from week one (Vs. Texans)180 yards allowed, but they where missing two huge interior pieces in Rankins and David Onyemata.
Once David came back... It from 180 yards to 115,108 allowed to Rams, Seahawks The Saint's rush Dline was missing depth.
So, I think Dallas got lulled into a bad gameplan and not a lot of people expected much from Rankins coming from an achilles injury. He record over 60% of the snaps at 30ish and was pretty stout. It keep the interior D-line fresh throughout the game.
Green Bay won't have that player coming back from injury. In fact, from what I've watched from
Minn
Chi
Denver
Philly
Too be honest... Am I the only one that feels that this motion heavy gimmick offense by Green Bay with mediocre weapons is a bunch of smoke and mirrors? It's too slow and methodical. It's bad for large chunks of games and I don't like it. The offense couldn't create running lanes except on Minnesota.
The defense is weird. NO Dline depth. One of the worst Inside linebackers that I've ever witness in Martinez. Kind of undersized, but plays fast and able to apply pressure. Rush defense in a 3-4 will always be it's Achilles heel. If you can get an elite 3-4 defense that can clampdown on the run. It's pretty much gonna be an historic defense. It's what you trade for pass rush, but you need 3 really good linebackers with elite IQ and elite interior line man and your hybrid stand up Dlineman .
The most important dirty work pass rush position for a 3-4 is NT getting interior pressure to push the QB into the outside rushing lanes for sack or being able to create holes for delayed stunts and blitzes. If a QB can step up into the pocket on a 3-4. It's not gonna be a good day for that defense.
NT Kenny Clark vs. Jason Kelce
So, I'm gonna get up in the morning do more film study on Dallas's interior line. Saints D line has some big bodies, crazy athleticism, and where able to beat Smith and Collins with bull rushes on occasion. I don't think Green Bay will be able to do what they did.
I know Pettine is a great secondary coach and it hasn't stopped there. Secondary is play is stellar, but that front 7 needs about 3 more top 100 picks into it.