Carroll or Schneider - What lessons should the Skins take from yesterday.

[Laxpunk2006]

Lesson learned is be a innovator and stop trying to duplicate what others do.  Seattle went against conventional NFL wisdom by going big in the secondary and smaller on the D line and now they have a Superbowl.

What is small about their DL?

 

Cliff Avril:  260

Michael Bennett: 274

Kenneth Boatright: 253

Red Bryant: 323

Chris Clemons: 254

Jordan Hill: 303

Benson Mayowa: 252

Tony McDaniel: 305

Clinton McDonal: 297

Brandon Mebane: 311

Greg Scuggs: 284

 

I guess you could say they go light at RE but more than make up for it with Red Bryant playing LE at 323.

 

 

Indicates did not play in 2013.

[darrelgreenie]

Another difference between the 2 regimes:

 

o  Redskins only used 14 of 34 draft picks on the defense

 

o  Seahawks used 24 of 39 picks on defensive players

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/5273/quick-takes-kyle-shanahan-and-more

[Skinsinparadise]

Another difference between the 2 regimes:

 

o  Redskins only used 14 of 34 draft picks on the defense

 

o  Seahawks used 24 of 39 picks on defensive players

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/5273/quick-takes-kyle-shanahan-and-more

 

Building a good defense wasn't Shanny's thing whether here or in Denver.  And he's been mediocre at best at finding defensive talent in the draft, he had some hits here and there but nothing like Seattle. Seattle's ability to find marquee players in the mid to late rounds clearly has made a big difference.

[TheLongshot]

All the more galling in that Shanny mandated a defensive scheme change, which requires getting more players to replace those who don't fit the scheme.

[WhoRUSupposed2Be]

That every team has their moment...

[Taylor 36]

We're doomed.

- C3PO.

Never tell me the odds.

 

- Han Solo

[ADF]

Pete Caroll's stint in college may have given him an advantage when it comes to the draft.  For example, he had to be very familiar with Richard Sherman.  USC and Stanford played all the time.  So, maybe he was a little more aware of what he was capable of than most GMs.  He's probably tried to recruit or gone up against most of the players in the last four drafts.  Jimmy Johnson was said to have the same advantage when he first got to Dallas.  It will be interesting to see if there is some tail off in the next few years.

[gibbsfan2018]

Hope this does not apply to Chip Kelly^^^

[S.T.real,lights,out]

Draft guys with very questionable character that can play football well?

[Tatankgough]

Where Carroll is concerned I guess we can learn that if you are able to manipulate the pre testing awareness of the league so you can alert your players than you can have your players dope like mad to give you the edge you need.

 

No one can tell me that half of that SB team wasn't doped to the max.