Jeff McLane wrote an article about the defensive line. He wrote about the individual players, but also the change in philosophy. You may recall that Jim Washburn focused on getting to the QB. Things will be very different under Bill Davis.
“We’re not too worried about the pass rush,” Thornton said Wednesday, a day before minicamp ended. “I think that’s going to happen with blitzes that we’re going to call. Basically, we’re gaining more weight for the run game.”
The theory is that you shut down the run and force the offense into known passing situations, then you blitz. It will be interesting to see how well the defense plays the run this year. That was a major weakness in the Wide-9.
Ryans, Kendricks and safeties are celebrating somewhere in the novacare complex