re: Seriously....it’s time for CKS to get Smart

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The problem was that their DL didn't have any reason NOT to load the box.

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Not sure what this means... The DL is essentially always "loading the box"... it's kind of their job. I'd guess you mean load the box on D collectively, but the reality is they ran very few true blitzes and simply played base 4 man rush with LBs playing with the *assumption* of run until proven otherwise. About to post this link in a separate post, but worth checking out Ian Boyd's "film review" of the game: LINK

In short, he thinks that we wouldn't fare particularly well in a rematch due to fundamental differences on the LOS. I don't necessarily disagree with the premise that we would have a lot of adjustments to make, but I don't agree that the rematch goes particularly poorly for us. We made their lives easier on offense as well... I think we have the ability to prevent KJ from beating us, and I don't think we get beat on screen passes repeatedly in a rematch.

We would have to play a drastically different offensive approach though, at least early on... I agree with his comments that you're going to have to force their LBs to cover intermediate routes. The major problem was that their DL was making the run stops in a lot of cases while being blocked 1-1 still. That will be a tough thing to assess.