Field Gulls · Sep 8, 2018
Seahawks Conversation: What will Seattle’s blitz package look like in 2018?
Throughout the season, Oliver Connolly and Matty F. Brown will be chatting about interesting schematic ideas, trends and other X’s & O’s things of note. This is the first in the series.
Oliver Connolly: Matty, a few weeks back, I took a look at Seattle’s pass-rush. The truth is: the thing has dipped the last couple of years.
Back in 2015, the team finished 2nd in the league in pressure percentage, per Football Outsiders. That was Seattle’s defense at its best: creating organic pressure by rushing just four, with pattern-matching principles in-behind tying everything together – along with a nice stunt/twist package to keep folks on their toes. And speed. That unit had fabulous speed.
