Broncos bring pressure, movement on defense
If you take a good look at Denver's defense, the Broncos bring a lot of pressure and move around quite a bit. Broncos defensive coordinator Mike Nolan learned that style from Marvin Lewis when both were here as assistants under head coach Brian Billick. Before then, Nolan preferred the old style of 4-3, read and react defense, which is basically what the Ravens run now under coordinator Greg Mattison.
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whoever wrote this has a short memory, or has not been on the staff very long. Marvin used a 4-3, rarely blitzed, and did not move players around much.
Posted by: mike n | October 29, 2009 6:41 PM
I think that's just it, Mattison is either unwilling or incapable of change. He knows what system worked for him when his atheletes were better than those of the other team, but we're not in college anymore...
Posted by: CRZA | October 29, 2009 7:32 PM
Agree with Mike N. Marvin lewis did use the 4 - 3, did not blitz, and rarely moved any players around. The scheme was to have the big players clog up the middle (Adams and the Goose), stop the run, and force teams into passing. They could get away with this because that team had one of the finest defenses ever assembled. Any scheme would have worked.
Posted by: Phil | October 30, 2009 11:50 AM