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The 8-3 defense.

TSchekler said:
There's a huge difference between who is able to recruit the best athletes/players projecting out of high school and who is able to develop the ones they get and how they end up doing in the NFL.

Doug Baldwin was a 2* recruit coming into Stanford and Richard Sherman was a 3*, FYI. I think Allbuffs would have thrown a fit had CU signed them.
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Funny thing you mention the development because a couple years ago Stanford supposedly got the "dream team" of offensive lineman recruits but I read a couple articles last year criticizing the o-line play compared to prior years with those big time recruits. Probably just an blimp on the radar but we will see if it keeps up the next couple years or it they turn back to the team that went to the rose bowl two years in a row.
 
onealcd said:
Funny thing you mention the development because a couple years ago Stanford supposedly got the "dream team" of offensive lineman recruits but I read a couple articles last year criticizing the o-line play compared to prior years with those big time recruits. Probably just an blimp on the radar but we will see if it keeps up the next couple years or it they turn back to the team that went to the rose bowl two years in a row.
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It's gotta be just an blimp on the radar
 
TDbuff said:
To the OP's article, it's accurate but not that interesting. CU's been running something similar at times on passing downs. The NFL was calling it the "amoeba defense", where guys in the front 7 or 6 kind of wander around, then get set in running stances just before the snap.

I get the idea behind it, but it still comes down to your personnel. A good OL isn't changing their alignment, and if they know what they're doing, dudes wandering around in front of them before the snap isn't going to change what they do much. You still need good D-linemen, you still need good LB's that can rush the passer. It's not really a game changing defensive philosophy, just another wrinkle DC's have come up with recently.
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Recall what the Atlanta defense did to Peyton Manning's mindset in the first half of that Falcons/Broncos game two seasons ago: essentially 11 guys wandering around. Yeah the OL blocked it well, but it took Peyton over a half to figure it out and he did it because when their guys got tired, the Falcons went back to some basic "D" formations, including "prevent".

Not sure a college QB would have the same luck.
 
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