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dabears253313 said:
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.
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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.
 
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ys-peppersbears011411

Peppers makes plays in spite of double teams and he empowers Smith’s Tampa 2-based defense to stick to its roots, relying on a four-man rush instead of counting on linebackers and defensive backs to blitz. According to Football Outsiders, the Bears rushed six or more defenders on 16.7 percent of passes in 2009, the third-highest rate in the league. They also sent only four players on 56.4 percent of pass plays (22nd). This season, though, the Bears have sent six or more defenders just 1.4 percent of plays (25th), and they relied on a four-man rush 72.2 percent of pass plays, the third-highest total in the league.

In Marinelli’s scheme, Peppers can’t, as defensive linemen like to say, pin his ears back and get after the quarterback.

“A lot of guys in this league just rush,” Peppers said. “They put their hand down and they rush, and they have no idea where the slot is going, where the center is going, or where the help is going. They don’t have any idea about any of it.”

Marinelli has helped him elevate his understanding of protection schemes. Still, the veteran coach also has empowered Peppers to trust his own instincts.

“He gives me freedom to the do the things I do best,” Peppers said. “He doesn’t want me to play like a statue or a robot. If I see an opportunity to make a play, I can break the play sometimes, and go for it.”

The Bears’ run defense was ranked second – its highest since the 2001 season – and it also allowed the third-fewest points (16.0).

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...22_1_famer-reggie-white-sacks-worst-nightmare

Peppers paused when asked to compare himself as a pass rusher with Matthews.

"I don't consider myself a pass rusher at all,'' he said. "I consider myself a defensive end. Pass rushing is part of the job, but playing the run and doing some other things are part of the job too.

"The game is evolving. Pass rushers now are those little guys: the outside linebackers in the 3-4. We're talking Clay Matthews, DeMarcus Ware and James Harrison. Those are the real pass rushers.''
 
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PredatorPeppers said:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ys-peppersbears011411

Peppers makes plays in spite of double teams and he empowers Smith’s Tampa 2-based defense to stick to its roots, relying on a four-man rush instead of counting on linebackers and defensive backs to blitz. According to Football Outsiders, the Bears rushed six or more defenders on 16.7 percent of passes in 2009, the third-highest rate in the league. They also sent only four players on 56.4 percent of pass plays (22nd). This season, though, the Bears have sent six or more defenders just 1.4 percent of plays (25th), and they relied on a four-man rush 72.2 percent of pass plays, the third-highest total in the league.

In Marinelli’s scheme, Peppers can’t, as defensive linemen like to say, pin his ears back and get after the quarterback.

“A lot of guys in this league just rush,” Peppers said. “They put their hand down and they rush, and they have no idea where the slot is going, where the center is going, or where the help is going. They don’t have any idea about any of it.”

Marinelli has helped him elevate his understanding of protection schemes. Still, the veteran coach also has empowered Peppers to trust his own instincts.

“He gives me freedom to the do the things I do best,” Peppers said. “He doesn’t want me to play like a statue or a robot. If I see an opportunity to make a play, I can break the play sometimes, and go for it.”

The Bears’ run defense was ranked second – its highest since the 2001 season – and it also allowed the third-fewest points (16.0).

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...22_1_famer-reggie-white-sacks-worst-nightmare

Peppers paused when asked to compare himself as a pass rusher with Matthews.

"I don't consider myself a pass rusher at all,'' he said. "I consider myself a defensive end. Pass rushing is part of the job, but playing the run and doing some other things are part of the job too.

"The game is evolving. Pass rushers now are those little guys: the outside linebackers in the 3-4. We're talking Clay Matthews, DeMarcus Ware and James Harrison. Those are the real pass rushers.''
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Will you shut the fuck up?
 
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PredatorPeppers said:
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.
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Chicago's 386 yards allowed per game are the most by a Bears team since 1933.

Disgusting

Expect to see something on the lines of 34-24 Cowboys

Really hope I'm wrong...
 
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2Pac said:
I grew up on Blink, my all time favorite band.
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Were like the same age, but Blink favorite??????

Gonna get you into the good shit with a guy who has paid his dues. This is amazing music brotha

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