You'd assume Minter and Macdonald defenses are complex, but almost every time I hear them describing it, they seem to make it a point to detail its simplicity.
They teach holistically instead of individually. Very focused on the philosophy and overall impact instead of each individual play call. Key is understanding what they're trying to accomplish and teaching that across the board. Everyone knows what everyone is supposed to be doing, which makes it easier to disguise. Don't need near as much pre-snap communication if everyone is on the same page.
Yea but everyone knows that, even madden players.. thats some common sense shit lol. Only thing i liked is when he say he sees somethings that lamar can get even better at
This is probably the most important offseason in a while. Normally I don't care about those voluntary things, but I think everyone should attend -- even Lamar.
Tbh, it doesnt look like oweh did anything different from when he was here except use a move he was very comfortable with or basically use the only move that works for him.. maybe while here, he was trying or told to do shit he couldnt or was able to do? I wonder if thats what minter meant
If Lamar isn’t HEAVILY present at all the offseason shit ima be getting fed up with his ass
This is so refreshing to hear. A lot of Lamar's troubles was him always looking for the big play. He never took what the defense gave him, this is the type of OC we needed that can settle Lamar down. The amount of times our defense got beat with this approach was way too many times. Take the 4-6 yards every play, eat up the clock and wear the defense out.
I mean we've heard it directly from Harbaugh - gotta be able to do everything to get on the field. In LA, they loosened the reigns and said just go get the QB.
He had better players around him, thinking that helped more than anything. And as always a change of scenery can help a struggling player.
I just hope for a healthy year and productive off season. We could look back in a couple years and say this was our best staff.
It's why Brady and Peyton Manning were so prolific. Both would take an easy 5 to 10 yard completion without hesitation every time. They always kept the chains moving.
You can’t force the big play, you need enough reps to let the big play come to you
I think the “whole package” player is definitely a Harbaugh thing, and it’s something I’m excited to see from Minter. Both Minter and Macdonald seem to focus on the “everyone know what each other are doing” mentality to teach the defense and simplify it. That’s has benefits but I also think they don’t expect the same that Harbaugh did. John wanted more complete players who could disguise things because of how complete they were. It was a staple of his for flexibility. I don’t think Minter or Macdonald care as much about that and instead are more focused on an outcome and having everyone know the outcome to compensate for weaknesses.
I mean obviously harbaugh had a long standing issue with not letting players do what they do best. Like there is zero doubts there, we know for a fact he would make players prove they could do anything he asked before they could get snaps, rather than just “this guy is a designated pass rusher and we will use him as such” and we know it’s been detrimental to both the team and many individual players development.
The latter covers it in my opinion, and nothing tells that story more than Aeneas Peebles last year. Couldn't get on the field because he wasn't good against the run, yet we put so-so run defenders out there that offered nothing in the pass rush department. Just a pure archaic way of thinking and shows that he never really adjusted with the league as it became so much more pass heavy. Not saying I want to get run all over but there are multiple facets to the game and we've spent too long focused too heavily on one vs. the other.