A Guide to the Modern Run Defense 

100%. Mike Macdonald was my #1 option this HC cycle for the hawks and also the one I was the last excited about because his schemes are so interesting. I’m glad you enjoyed!

Thank you! I hope to make it more regular as we get closer to the season :)

I agree that the run defense got worse as the year went on. I don't really know if that was an actual downfall or just playing better opponents. Losing Nwosu was pretty massive and I think that getting him back will just raise the floor of this defense and provide so much more flexibility in personnel and formations.

Thank you! I plan to make videos about each hawks game this season (we'll see if I can keep to that schedule 😂). A mid-season comparison would be fascinating and I've added that to my list of ideas. Thanks!

Thank you! I couldn't agree more. The hawks had the worst EPA in run defense in the NFL by a pretty big margin so average sounds lovely right now. Thanks for watching!

I appreciate that!

Thank you! Much more of that to come as we get into the season so I can’t wait!

Thank you! I really appreciate it.

Thank you! They take like 10+ hours just to edit so I’m glad you like it!

Glad to hear it! Just remember don’t let it get dashed in week 1 if it doesn’t go great. I’m planning to make a video on expectations and I think that giving a year of “not overreacting” would be wise. Thanks for watching!

@@The_Legion_of_12s No looking for wins, but respect on defense, we lost that from the good teams.. I want that back

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This is a take I haven’t heard before so thank you for sharing. While I agree that he might have struggled a little bit for the 3 months, since then I think he has been one of if not the best defensive coordinators and he runs a scheme that is permeating through the league right now. I have faith in Mike Mac but I also get your concerns. Thanks for watching! It’s always great to hear what Ravens fans think.

Yeah I should’ve talked about that. On 3rd down he was creative in getting the extra guy but always got the extra guy. If you want an example of this in my Mike Mac vs 49ers video the corner blitz that he runs gets that extra guy in the box. He’s creative but yeah he will always get into 8 or 9 man spacing on third and shorts. Thanks for watching!

I get the sentiment but the hawks were so much worse at defending the run than they should’ve been. Per EPA, which measures how much value you gave up, the hawks were BY FAR the worst in the league. We had Bwags, who was still a top 10 run defending linebacker and Brooks who is also a bruising run defending linebacker a solid interior defensive line once big cat came and solid run defending edges. There was no reason why we should’ve been by far the worst in the league. Yes Riq, Diggs and Adams struggled with tackling and I think that will improve but they should’ve been average to below average not horrifically bad. And that has to fall on scheme.

@@The_Legion_of_12s so then how come the players constantly post their individual match ups? How come they constantly missed tackles?. How come they constantly over ran proper angles? None of that had to do with scheme. The amount of times they were in position to be effective (scheme worked out properly) and simply didn't make the play (reasons I listed above) forces me to believe it's individual failure and not scheme.

You’re a fan of another team? First of all I love that you’re watching. Who do you root for?

I think we both agree that he wasn't the right guy to try to pull off the new playcalling scheme but I brought it up because the foundation of the let russ cook movement is ran by pretty much all of the best NFL offenses right now.

Russes Recipe was 3 and out 3 and out 3 and out TOUCHDOWN Honestly a once magical offense fun to watch got really boring as Russ forgot what short and intermediate passes were forgotten.