Why hasn't Kitchens been formally announced yet?
Why hasn't Kitchens been formally announced yet?
Probably working on offset language. That’s usually the holdup on most deals.
Not excited about zone defense...at all.
Sure. I also like Wilks, for the record. Both great defensive coaches. But just not a fan of playing so much zone. Felt like we got fucking gashed this year when playing zone.Curiously, were you excited about the possibility of Matt Eberflus?
Sure, but we are likely to add another good young corner in the draft, and we have a rookie Pro Bowler in Ward, who excels in man coverage.We get one good corner in 20 years and suddenly we have a bunch of zone defense experts who vehemently oppose it.
Why don’t we just let this play out? We have the personnel to blitz too...
I'd also add that this Panthers team did not lead the league in any specific type of zone, per PFF. He runs a ton of different looks.Two years ago Carolina led the NFL in zone coverage under Wilks.
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He also blitzed a huge amount in Carolina, about 44% of the time in 2017 which was second only to Gregg Williams ironically enough.
So that’s what you can expect from Wilks as a defensive playcaller. A lot of blitzing and a lot of zone.