Cool Link OT: The League That Rex Built

[Sect140]

Buddy Ryan’s imprint… not Rex’s.

That’s what I was thinking as I was reading the article.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

It’s easy enough to be good for a few seasons, it’s a lot harder to be good for two centuries.

Let's hope that is not foreshadowing the 2025 and 2026 Patriots.

 

[PP2]

Vrabel and Flores were the only choices on my head coaching wish list last year… it took another season of incompetence, but glad we finally got one. It could have been years of horror. Kudos to Jonathan for quickly seeing the error.

Flores learned from BB, and Bill probably took as much from Buddy Ryan as anyone did… he studied all the best.

That being said Brian runs a 3/4 like Bill and Vrabel do now… not the 46 which is just an ultra-aggressive version of the 4-3 defense. You can simulate an 8 man front from any scheme, but let’s not credit Rex with his dad’s scheme. His brother Rob ran the same scheme but simply didn’t have the players Rex did. Credit for that should probably go to GM Mike Tannenbaum.

This article seems the result of a young reporter ignorant to history…. and probably a Jets fan. Rex probably could have given us more challenge in the East, but time and injury to Chad Pennigton’s throwing shoulder robbed him of that opportunity. It’s easy enough to be good for a few seasons, it’s a lot harder to be good for two centuries.

What I like most about Flores is not so much his competency and innovation but also how he gets his guys fired up, particularly on defense. They seemingly always want to run through a brick wall for him.

It's one thing to be highly competent, and another to get players to really buy into your program, but to have both traits.... that puts you in an exclusive DC club.

 

[Triumph]

That’s what I was thinking as I was reading the article.

Why?

Buddy's defense was nothing like Rexs defense. Partially because it was a different era of football. In Buddy's era the majority of teams had a stud RB who was a major contributor in the offense. Buddy blitzed to no end overwhelming QBs. Buddy stayed in the same defense all game.

Vs Brady, Rex dropped 8 into coverage and rushed only 3. Virtually every NE Receiver was bracketed. 5 OL vs 3 DL and the DL sacked Brady.

Rex was a 3 - 4 guy. If anything Rex copied from the 80's Steelers defense.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Why?

Buddy's defense was nothing like Rexs defense. Partially because it was a different era of football. In Buddy's era the majority of teams had a stud RB who was a major contributor in the offense. Buddy blitzed to no end overwhelming QBs. Buddy stayed in the same defense all game.

Vs Brady, Rex dropped 8 into coverage and rushed only 3. Virtually every NE Receiver was bracketed. 5 OL vs 3 DL and the DL sacked Brady.

Rex was a 3 - 4 guy. If anything Rex copied from the 80's Steelers defense.

Yep Buddy was influenced by Weeb Ewbank/Walt Michaels back when he was an ass coach w/ the NYJ in the 60s. 4 man fronts and rush the passer at all costs.

 

[Triumph]

Yep Buddy was influenced by Weeb Ewbank/Walt Michaels back when he was an ass coach w/ the NYJ in the 60s. 4 man fronts and rush the passer at all costs.

Along with Buddys defense came Buddy.

Him and Ditka got into it. He was always fighting with everyone. The media asked Tom Landry about Buddy and he just shook his head and laughed.

 

[Triumph]

Everyone borrows from everyone.

Like in music. Speed it up or slow it down, add this and take out that so it looks and sounds different.

The 3 - 4 originated from the U of Oklahoma 1946. Tom Landry is known as the Father of the 4 - 3 which he developed to stop RBs, but today it is widely known as a pass rushing defense.