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Tapp in the Nickel PackageYesN

In Danny O'Neil's Seahawks Blog , he finishes his observations of Training Camp practices with an interesting note.


"Changes on Tapp: Seattle showed one of the first signs of new wrinkles on defense, using a nickel package with three down lineman -- including Cory Redding who moved inside to tackle -- and defensive end Darryl Tapp lining up without his hand down, faking a blitz, and dropping back to cover the tight end."

What do you guys think of this? I would like to know who was on the other side but I think it is interesting using Tapp as a decoy and in coverage. He does have more INTs than Leroy Hill. I hope this means this is the end of the undisguised  3rd and long 6 or 7 man blitz that John Marshall rewarded to opposing offenses.

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Hmm, i'm not a huge fan of the 3-3-5 Nickel

Even more so when we only rush two of the three down linemen

by rex92 on Aug 7, 2009 3:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If Tapp was standing up

he wouldn’t be one of the 3 down linemen. He’d be the 4th lineman, so 4-2-5.

I haven’t been a big fan of the 3-3-5, either, including this offseason, but the more I think about it, with LB a strength including in coverage — less so with Hill but he’s got a good package — on a number of occasions it might actually be stronger than a 4-2-5 nickel.

by jacobstevens on Aug 7, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would love to see more zone blitzes, if we can pull it off.

Tapp has shown he can drop back, if Nick Reed made the team he could be another, and of course if Leroy Hill and/or Aaron Curry plays some nickle end they could give us those similar abilities to be flexible.

Of course that just depends on whether they utilize the team’s flexibility on defense. Theoretically with Kearney, and Tapp on a passing situation, they would have the ability to pass rush Hill, Curry, Tapp, or Kearney, with two of them dropping back, or even shift formations having Hill or Curry assuming a DE and having Tapp stand up to mess up the pre-snap blocking assignments. There is plenty of interesting stuff that can be done when you have versatility, but we have to hope the coaching staff can actually turn that into valuable production.

This is the stuff I dream about when I believe this defense could turn into an elite defense.

by cashless on Aug 7, 2009 10:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Let's hope Gus Bradley

takes a leaf out of the late Jim Johnson’s playbook

by rex92 on Aug 8, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hugh Millen was talking about this the other day

and he made it sound like all the DEs are practicing at dropping back. Definitely could make for some interesting rush combinations.

I doubt we will see anything more than vanilla defenses in preseason, though.

by Stevo's on Aug 13, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And DE Nick Reed

comes down with the interception.

Glenn Beck likes argument, but has a deap-seated hatred for logic.

by Cheddar28 on Aug 16, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Of course

I just hope we can throw in some interesting blitzes with the talent we have on defense now

by rex92 on Aug 9, 2009 1:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hill has An INT

Didnt he pick off Grossman…preseason and all… but someone already mentioned nick reed

by CarSia on Aug 17, 2009 8:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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