Looks like SD is screwed, Norv new coach

[Sluss]

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I'm not sure of Rivera's history but doesn't he run the 4-3 cover 2 in Chicago. Doesn't SD have the personnel to run the 3-4 D. I bet they look for a DC that has that type of experience. I don't think Norv has much experience with that type of D.

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If I'm not mistaken Merriman had something like 50 tackles last year. He is much much closer to a speed rushing defensive end than an outside linebacker. Phillips would be a monster as a WSLB in a cover two. The personel in a 3-4 and a cover two 4-3, while asked to do different things, are the same types of players. Not that AJ Smith would ever allow this in his dictatorship.

[MacGuyV]

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I'm not sure of Rivera's history but doesn't he run the 4-3 cover 2 in Chicago. Doesn't SD have the personnel to run the 3-4 D. I bet they look for a DC that has that type of experience. I don't think Norv has much experience with that type of D.

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If I'm not mistaken Merriman had something like 50 tackles last year. He is much much closer to a speed rushing defensive end than an outside linebacker. Phillips would be a monster as a WSLB in a cover two. The personel in a 3-4 and a cover two 4-3, while asked to do different things, are the same types of players. Not that AJ Smith would ever allow this in his dictatorship.

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Yeah, they're really only a 3-4 team because that's what Wade Phillips has always coached.

[bottomset]

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O-2
D-14

Someone should check and make sure I have the right years. I think Turner gets somewhat of a bum rap and Cottrell is garbage.

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What are the rankings based on? The Bills D was #6 and #1 in yardage in 98/99...
I agree though; the Jets & Vikings D got worse under TC with basically the same players.

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DVOA

edit: fair or not, I'm tempted to give most of Buffalo's decency as credit to Phillips.

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Pat Williams ftw

[TheRover]

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Pat Williams HOF?

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though he was still there in 2001-02 when they sucked. Phillips wasn't.

does anyone remember Buffalo's post-Phillips d-coordinators? I am too lazy to look it up.

[MacGuyV]

Jerry Gray

[Miss Pink]

I was pulling for Rivera to be head coach as I am somewhat connected to him.
He is my English teachers' husbands college roomate, so that would have been cool.

[Jeff W]

Not my favorite hiring, but w/e. You guys overestimate the effect a HC has on a teams expected wins.

[JoseGonzlez]

In the right situation the head coach can make a huge difference. In this case though i think san diego is alot better off with a safe choice that wont change their team much as opposed to bringing in someone that will change their systems.

[aditya]

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Not my favorite hiring, but w/e. You guys overestimate the effect a HC has on a teams expected wins.

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So true. With the talent on this team, they're not suddenly going to go 8-8 or be a losing team. I agree that they're not gonna repeat 14-2 (but a lot of you didn't either cause they caught a lot of breaks in the season.) However, gameplaning gets so important in the playoffs that even the most talented of teams can lose (as happenned this year.) If they hire a good D coordinator, they'll be fine.

[TheRover]

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If they hire a good D coordinator, they'll be fine.

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oops.