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Even with his opponents holding him and double teaming him, Julius Peppers is the only Bears defensive lineman that can even get close to causing pressure on opposing quarterbacks. Sack total doesn't tell the whole story.
Peppers has assignments, he doesn't rush the quarterback every play like Jared Allen or some of those 3-4 linebackers like Clay Matthews.
Very well said ol' chap...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6492434
“Playing defensive end, I have a few more responsibilities,” Williams told the Chronicle. “Being an outside linebacker, I’m always on the edge. When the ball’s snapped, it’s full go after the quarterback.”
Phillips compared Williams to Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware, whom he coached for more than three years before Phillips was fired during the 2010 season.
“He’s got the talent,” Phillips said of Williams. “With him standing up, he lines up a little wider, and he’s coming every time on a different angle. This gives him the chance to be the premier rusher, just like DeMarcus.”
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000...iams-move-to-olb-wont-be-all-that-complicated
“I said, ‘You rush,’” Phillips recalls. “He said, ‘OK.’”
And it’s pretty much going to be that simple. In Phillips’ version of the 3-4 defense, there is an outside linebacker whose job is almost exclusively limited to getting after the quarterback from the open side of the formation.
Think the current dominance of DeMarcus Ware in Dallas, where Phillips was head coach until the middle of last season.
Think Shawne Merriman, who flourished and came up with 27 sacks in his first two seasons with the San Diego Chargers while Phillips was defensive coordinator there.
Think Bryce Paup after he left the Green Bay Packers — for whom he was an end in a 4-3 scheme — and then compiled 17.5 sacks as linebacker for the Bills in 1995, when Phillips was defensive coordinator.
http://www.bolthype.com/2007/11/demarcus-ware-vs-shawne-merriman.html
Demarcus Ware:
“I talked to Shawne at the Pro Bowl, and he said, ’You’re going to love this system. You’re going to move all around, from left to right and into the middle. It will open up the gate for you and other players. We have a lot of great players on our defense, just like San Diego does, and we have been watching a lot of film of those guys. We’re excited about the sack totals and big plays we can put up in this system. … Sacks are how we eat. Everybody is really excited that a new coach has come in and has a new philosophy different from our old coach. The philosophy Wade has is a little more aggressive than the one Bill Parcells had. It’s what guys on this team like. They like the movement, the aggressiveness of this scheme. They don’t have as many responsibilities.”
http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.co...ocking-for-first-time-since-rookie-year-.html
One of the examples of how Rob Ryan’s schemes have impacted the Cowboys defense is Pro Bowl linebacker DeMarcus Ware getting fewer double team blocks than anytime since his rookie year.
As instead of just lining up on the right side and rushing the quarterback, Ryan has Ware attacking the quarterback from the left side, the middle and the right side. Teams have been unable to locate him and slide the protection to his side on a regular basis,resulting in him getting singled blocked a great majority of time.
“I have faced a lot of one on ones,” Ware said. “I will be on the left and the cornerback would be on the right, the running back would have to pick him up. It creates a lot of one-on-ones which I like.”
Ware has five sacks in four games so far, tying him for fourth in the league.
http://www.scoresreport.com/2009/01...for-another-team-next-season-as-a-linebacker/
At one point Peppers did want to play OLB in a 34 defense… he is definitely athletic enough.
Carey said ideally Peppers wants to play in a 3-4 defensive system where he can stand up and roam the field as a hybrid defensive end/outside linebacker, similar to how the Dallas Cowboys use DeMarcus Ware and how the San Diego Chargers have used Shawne Merriman in the past before his injury.
So basically he doesn’t want to have a lot of run responsibility, he just wants to rush the quarterback and compile as many sacks as he possibly can. At 6’7", 283 pounds, Peppers would easily be the biggest linebacker in the NFL.
If Julius Peppers played in an aggressive defense like that as a jack linebacker like Ware does, Peppers would break the single season sack record. Instead Peppers lines up in a conservative bend but don’t break, only rush 4 down lineman, make the quarter back dump the ball off quick so the linebackers can make the play type defense. Making it easier to chip and double team Peppers, as well as quarter backs hitting quick slants and getting rid of the ball quicker not giving Peppers the amount of time needed to rack up huge sack numbers.
Regardless of sack totals though, Peppers has more impact for his team than Ware.