Blue Bombers re-sign defensive back Michael Griffin II

[Blueforlife]

Well I'm hoping O'Shea puts more restrictions on Younger this season as the DB heavy schemes he's come to rely on have been unable to contain the league's smartest QB's, Alexander and Harris figured it out quickly  and Rourke, Kelly, BLM and VA will eventually catch on watching game film. Time to get back to basics and stop trying to re-invent the wheel, a new scheme can only take a team so far, but it eventually comes up short.
 
Improving DE personnel won't change anything as long as they're constantly outnumbered, no D-line is going to perform well when they're outnumbered by 2-3 extra bodies.  Willie and Vaughters are not the problem, they just require more assistance, that help can come from a 4th LB if need be but it has to be a consistent feature that disrupts the QB's sense of safety.

I hope MOS lets Younger cook on his own and allows him to continue to implement a pretty good defensive game plan.

[Tecno]

Well I'm hoping O'Shea puts more restrictions on Younger this season as the DB heavy schemes he's come to rely on have been unable to contain the league's smartest QB's, Alexander and Harris figured it out quickly

Keep in mind Younger clearly has the blessing of Hall to continue with the max-coverage schemes.  Heck, they probably all originated in the brain of Hall.

As for the good slingers defeating the scheme, like in the ESF, how exactly DID they destroy it in the ESF?  Are we playing a dense zone and then 1-2 guys go deep on the same final-defense deep DB or pick a seam and use that to get a step on that last guy?  Aren't we combining zone & man to cover those deep routes??  Was it just mistakes by our DBs, not scheme?

And what will be our counter to that, assuming we stick with max cover.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Keep in mind Younger clearly has the blessing of Hall to continue with the max-coverage schemes.  Heck, they probably all originated in the brain of Hall.

As for the good slingers defeating the scheme, like in the ESF, how exactly DID they destroy it in the ESF?  Are we playing a dense zone and then 1-2 guys go deep on the same final-defense deep DB or pick a seam and use that to get a step on that last guy?  Aren't we combining zone & man to cover those deep routes??  Was it just mistakes by our DBs, not scheme?

And what will be our counter to that, assuming we stick with max cover.

Re-watched the ESF for the first time last night and it was ugly, neither the offence or the defence looked like they should be on the same field with the Als, it was a horrendous wake up call. Parker, Houston and Allen all gave up easy completions on too loose coverage and Younger's D looked impotent, especially with the 3 man rush. Didn't do much better against the run, giving up 133 yds. with a 7.4 yd average to Scott,  Bombers abundant LB talent did not excel.  That game alone should warrant a massive shake up in defensive game plannning, it's hard to push all the blame on the personnel.

[Blue In BC]

Re-watched the ESF for the first time last night and it was ugly, neither the offence or the defence looked like they should be on the same field with the Als, it was a horrendous wake up call. Parker, Houston and Allen all gave up easy completions on too loose coverage and Younger's D looked impotent, especially with the 3 man rush. Didn't do much better against the run, giving up 133 yds. with a 7.4 yd average to Scott,  Bombers abundant LB talent did not excel.  That game alone should warrant a massive shake up in defensive game plannning, it's hard to push all the blame on the personnel.

Chicken or egg question. The lack of pressure from the front 7 hung the secondary out to dry. Coaching strategy, talent on the field all played a part in what we saw all year. I can't dispute that the talent was good enough. Parker has been released and Houston has not been re-signed. However if we don't upgrade the DL it's moot to a large degree. Neither Vaughters or Wood have been re-signed either, so it's a double edged sword.