Dick Jauron Talks Shop

by Bernie19Kosar on Jun 20, 2011 1:15 PM EDT

I'm starving for football. Anything will do. So when I read that our defensive coordinator talked with Nate Ulrich of Ohio.com, I was stoked.

He touched on numerous topics, from Defensive line to Defensive backs. See his quotes after the jump.

When asked if Rubin and Taylor are going to play LDT and RDT instead of 1 & 3 tech DT's:

"It's still to be determined," Jauron said. "But ideally, that's what we would like to do. Then you can just slide them. But if it doesn't work out that way, we don't have issues with moving a guy. You'll see teams do it at times with certain movements on offense. They'll just get up and they'll both move and assume the three and the one once the offense has set the formation. But it's a lot better if you can slide."

If you remember Rufio's piece on the Defensive Tackles in Jauron's past, this sounds like a good thing. Jauron had a lot of success in Chicago with two massive DT's in Keith Traylor and Ted Washington. I am excited about the damage that these two massive kids could do up front.

Pressure vs. Coverage?

"Ideally, we'd like to pressure more than we cover," Jauron said. "You've got to be able to make the quarterback uncomfortable. It doesn't mean you have to pressure a certain percentage all the time, but you've got to put doubt in their mind. You've got to have a high percentage of pressure or at least a very good mix that keeps people off balance."

Music to my ears. I am hoping that the two mountains in the middle are able to slow the run game down, allowing for some 3rd and long situations. With Joe Haden coming on last season, hopefully the coaching staff will feel a little more at ease bringing pressure and letting the DB's clamp down.

As much as people bitched about Eric Wright last season, his return would be a huge help in this area.

The entire interview is worth a read, but I thought that these two points were worth noting. I know many around here weren't happy with Rob Ryan leaving, myself included, but I am excited to see what plans Jauron has for the best young DT combo in the NFL and the rest of the Browns defense.

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by notthatnoise on Jun 20, 2011 1:31 PM EDT reply actions

“Ideally, we’d like to pressure more than we cover,”

This is extremely good news for our defense.

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by rufio on Jun 20, 2011 3:59 PM EDT reply actions

Is my impression that most of Jauron’s defenses have been more cover oriented and relatively bend not break types incorrect? I thought he was more of a Tampa 2 guy. I would think we will be blitzing about half the time that we did last year.

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Jun 21, 2011 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he was that way in Buffalo, but I don’t think he was that way in Chicago. I am not sure if he trusted his secondary in Buffalo, or if he just felt his front 7 was that good/versatile in Chicago.

I bet we’ll send LBs a lower % of the time, but that’s part of the switch between the 4-3 and 3-4.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Jun 22, 2011 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions

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Also what Jauron is talking about in terms of the DTs is that he wants both to be able to play the 3 tech and the 1 tech in our defense. That way one guy could always line up on the left and the other always on the right.

If the offense shifted their strength via motion or shifts, we wouldn’t have to worry about one guy jumping over the other and could just have each slide over a few feet. This is the upside to not having a Kevin Williams/Pat Williams duo that is more specialized (one is a pass rusher, the other a run stopper):

Jauron wants to use the second way of dealing with motion, only that our DTs wouldn’t be out of position really. They would be interchangeable.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Jun 20, 2011 4:27 PM EDT reply actions

Phillip Taylor: 6’4", 355 lbs.
Ahtyba Rubin: 6’2", 330 lbs.

Ted Washington: 6’5", 375 lbs.(+more?)
Keith Traylor: 6’2", 340 lbs.

Ndamukong Suh: 6’4", 307 lbs.
Nick Fairley: 6’3", 291 lbs.

If we don't resign Phil Dawson until he retires from the league I'm going to cry like a little sissy boy.

by Brownsbacker488 on Jun 20, 2011 6:17 PM EDT reply actions

Looks like we will match up fairly well sizewise. Minus Ted Washington, who if I remember right was a freakin special lineman. Of course pretty much all I remember of him was that year he barely played for the Browns, and even that is stretching the memory pretty far.

I like the look of our line. I’m excited to see what our D can do.

by shep615 on Jun 22, 2011 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions

i was surprised to see how “small” Suh and Fairley are compared to the rest of the guys listed. normally i wouldn’t say size is everything, but at the DT positions it almost certainly is. sure they have to be quick and have solid technique, but if they aren’t big enough to move a Center or Guard then what’s their worth? Suh is a sort of freak of nature, at least he was last year, but i don’t think Fairley will be as good as Suh. Taylor and Rubin certainly have the size, but do they have the technique and speed also?

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Jun 22, 2011 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Detroit will have those guys penetrating and being disruptive in the backfield as opposed to clogging things along the line. They will be two different styles of line and two different styles of defense.

Suh might also be as strong as anyone on that list not named Washington.

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by rufio on Jun 22, 2011 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Wasn’t Taylor also pretty good in college about getting his hands up to deflect passes? Or am I thinking of someone else? I suppose even I’m right that doesn’t mean he’d be able to do it at the pro level, but I like the idea of seeing out tackles bat down passes.

I am effing hurdling you and you can't stop me.

by JustBob on Jun 20, 2011 10:29 PM EDT reply actions

I feel like that’s a skill that probably translates directly to the pros.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Jun 21, 2011 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions

I´m still hoping we suddenly go back to a 3-4. They´ve been playing keep-away with DTs for years now, as far as I´m concerned we´re only one DT away from a real Dawgs D-line.

by mooncamping on Jun 21, 2011 10:51 AM EDT reply actions

"Ideally, we’d like to pressure more than we cover,"

Talk is cheap, I want to see this on the field. We have been lacking this for years.

"They kept throwing it at me. I don’t know why. They just kept trying, and I just kept knocking it down." -- Joe Haden

by Kimble_79 on Jun 22, 2011 9:00 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Under Ryan we sent a lot of pressure from everywhere. Romeo refused to blitz anyone.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Jun 22, 2011 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

pressure more than we cover

Hopefully we’ll see a healthy dose of both. Call it the “shock and awe” defense. Shock them with relentless pressure and leave their receivers shaking their heads in awe of our shut down secondary.

We're going to hold onto him by the nose and we're going to kick him in the ass. We're going to kick the hell out of him all the time and we're gonna go through him like crap through a goose. -- Patton (channeling his inner Joe Thomas)

by burntorangeandbrown on Jun 22, 2011 9:43 AM EDT reply actions