Les Grossman
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Good high level description of the different philosophies between the two. I think most knew this about what Pagano's defeense do, but the more interesting tidbit is how Fangio's defense is described and maybe not as "vanilla" as most people think.
"I think Fangio is the hardest coach in the NFL to play against, the hardest defensive play-caller. What he does that's so difficult, they play two-deep, zone looks. They matchup out of the zone so it's man-to-man principles in the zone. They have different match rules that we could get into, but we'll get caught in the weeds if we do," Benoit explained. "Suffice to say, it's hard to understand the match rules on the fly but it's two-deep zone looks. They're very blurry so you're not sure what kind of zone it is, because those safeties and linebackers move around just ever so much. And when you factor all that in and add in a Khalil Mack who's getting to the quarterback quickly, that's where you get the interceptions. The ball comes out off schedule for the offense against a blurry, unpredictable look.
"What Chuck Pagano does is try and overwhelm you with pressure. Instead of blurry zone coverage he plays man-to-man, because almost any blitz in the NFL or any blitz at any level has man-to-man principles behind it. It has to. And he's going to bring fast pressure to you. That's a very different style of approach. It's not going to create as many turnovers because man-to-man defenders don't get as many turnovers because their eyes are on the man and not the ball."
Problematic for this is the Bears corners being guys who thrive in zone perhaps more so than they do in man coverage.
"The other thing is, I think it's going to expose those Bears cornerbacks. Kyle Fuller is an excellent player and I think Prince Amukamara is a very good player in a matchup zone scheme where they have some help from the safety and they can keep their eyes on the quarterback more," Benoit continued. "I don't think they're pure man-to-man defenders downfield, though, and that system under Pagano is going to ask them to do that and they'll be good but not great at it."
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-regression-and-here-are-all-the-reasons-why/
"I think Fangio is the hardest coach in the NFL to play against, the hardest defensive play-caller. What he does that's so difficult, they play two-deep, zone looks. They matchup out of the zone so it's man-to-man principles in the zone. They have different match rules that we could get into, but we'll get caught in the weeds if we do," Benoit explained. "Suffice to say, it's hard to understand the match rules on the fly but it's two-deep zone looks. They're very blurry so you're not sure what kind of zone it is, because those safeties and linebackers move around just ever so much. And when you factor all that in and add in a Khalil Mack who's getting to the quarterback quickly, that's where you get the interceptions. The ball comes out off schedule for the offense against a blurry, unpredictable look.
"What Chuck Pagano does is try and overwhelm you with pressure. Instead of blurry zone coverage he plays man-to-man, because almost any blitz in the NFL or any blitz at any level has man-to-man principles behind it. It has to. And he's going to bring fast pressure to you. That's a very different style of approach. It's not going to create as many turnovers because man-to-man defenders don't get as many turnovers because their eyes are on the man and not the ball."
Problematic for this is the Bears corners being guys who thrive in zone perhaps more so than they do in man coverage.
"The other thing is, I think it's going to expose those Bears cornerbacks. Kyle Fuller is an excellent player and I think Prince Amukamara is a very good player in a matchup zone scheme where they have some help from the safety and they can keep their eyes on the quarterback more," Benoit continued. "I don't think they're pure man-to-man defenders downfield, though, and that system under Pagano is going to ask them to do that and they'll be good but not great at it."
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-regression-and-here-are-all-the-reasons-why/