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Finally some intelligent discussion.
 
Bingo. The operative word in BB's philsophy is versatility. He has always put out various iterations of the confusion based versatility game. When they had the personnel to execute, players would go into three points out of two points and vice versa. DB's would switch positions at the snap, the Mike would always be disguised, and when pressure came, it would be extremely hard to read. There were zone blitzes, standard dog blitzes, standing stunts, and many mixed coverages. Diverse, versatile defense.

The reason the "Organized Chaos" concept is effective is because it exploits the design of the blocking. Typical offense is predicated upon finding the Mike and making a check for a slide. From there it is something along the lines of "RG: Peek at NT, read head-up backer, seal". If it is more evolved, the protection or blocking scheme is still reliant upon the vision of the offensive line. A lineman will sit in his stance (typically having better vision from a pass stance than a run stance) and read the defense. He will evaluate the potential moves the defense could make based upon alignment and blocking scheme. For example, a tackle will have to be aware of an end crashing across his face, pulling him inside to open the outside for a rushing backer. If the linemen cannot identify the alignment of the front, it significantly inhibits their ability to be alert to confusion. It takes the main advantage of the offense and puts it in the hands of the defense.

It's nice to see that the coaching again has the confidence in their personnel to play this style of defense. It's been a while since we saw BB get after it defensively, and this is an indicator of how good a defense they have. Fun stuff.

Can I please hear more? Much much more?
 
I have often wondered why defenses don't try to screw up the reads and such and create confusion. It's the one thing they can do on defense.
 
I have often wondered why defenses don't try to screw up the reads and such and create confusion. It's the one thing they can do on defense.

True. It seems to be a way to impose the defense's will upon the Offense.
I think that the danger of trying to do the "Organized Chaos" defense more is that the offense has the opportunity to catch the defense out of position or with poor personnel on the field to defend against a given play. The Pats started playing the 0-5-6 to great effect during the Bills game, but one, the Bills just aren't very good to adjust to what the Pats were doing and their lack of good communication on their O-line was exploited by doing this, and second, the Bills abandoned their running game (I have little idea why, as they fell behind, but it was early in the game when they went away from the run).
With the Bills trying to pass so much more, they were spreading confusion amongst the Bills while still knowing that the Pats D were likely to defend against a passing play. Thus the "Organized Chaos" still hid specific assignments for the Pats D. I worry that such a D would be exploited by someone like Peyton Manning if it were run with any sort of consistency throughout a game. It seems perfect for a 3rd and 15 or for a couple of plays here or there or, well, perfect for a 4th quarter when you're up by 17 points. I'm guessing that a better O-line like the colts and a better QB like Peyton would be happy to audible at the line and take 6yd running plays down after down unless they were in a 3rd and long or at the end of the game.
More subtle ways to create confusion, like the switch of Rodney and Law, I applaud and I really hope that this past Bills game is the start or a return of those type of situational defensive looks by the Pats.
 
I don't necessarily think it's to intentionally deceive, but I think it's the way he prefers to develop his defense. Especially this year with so many new faces, I think he'd rather err on the side of conservatism early and then add wrinkles later, much like an individual will try to master his technique before adding in more exotic moves.

definitely a fair point
 
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