With the Seahawks’ defense playing its best football of the season, teams are switching to a hurry-up offense when lining up against the No. 1-ranked defense in the NFL. The key to the Seahawks’ success on defense has been playing fast. That is to put players in a favorable match-up before opposing offenses can counter. Keep in mind that this is all happening in a millisecond.
BYRON MURPHY NOTICING HURRY UP OFFENSES
Opposing offenses are quickly lining up in pre-snap to give themselves a jump on the Seahawks defense after each play in hopes of catching the Seahawks defense before they set
” I’ve been noticing for a little minute now, like, when teams line up on the ball, they try to hurry up and snap it,’ said Byron Murphy .” Because, like, when our cleats on the ground, we ready to go, we’re a dangerous defense. But, like, when our cleats are not in the ground and are not ready to go, like, they can catch us slipping, you know, with something, like a quick run, or past, or anything.
So that’s why we know, we just gotta always be ahead of this now, just try to play ahead of this now. Make sure you know, we get the call and everything So as soon as the ball’s dead, you’re already thinking about, Hey, let’s get over here.”
PRESNAP CHESS GAME
According to defensive coordinator Aden Durde, there is a real presnap chess game between the offense and defense on each and every play.
“I think as you go through the season and you play different teams, they try to gather as much information as they possibly can before the ball snaps. Some teams might go quickly because they might want to shock you and keep you out of position or some teams might take it all the way down as the play clock goes down to two or one,’ said Durde. “ They might be gathering or trying to hard count to get you to move to show what you want to do. When you talk about the game of chess, that’s the game of chess of pre-snap fireworks.”
SECOND HALF ADJUSTMENTS
What has placed the Seahawks’ defense among the best in the NFL is the ability to make quick second-half adjustments after getting a feel of what opposing offenses are running.
The Seahawks are 11th in points conceded in the second half, with 11.3 points. In the last three games, the Seahawks have allowed just 7.3 points in the second half. The ability to make second-half adjustments has become a trademark of the Seahawks’ defense. To fully execute the second half adjustments on the field, coaches have to create a counter strategy that players are familiar with, according to Mike Macdonald.
“What I love about our group is that we can move and change. It’s not a point of panic. It’s just trying to do what’s best for us in that moment. It’s not like we reinvented some defense out of left field that the guys have never done. It was not really a major part of the plan, we got all the way down to plan C as we skipped B, and the guys were great, “ said Macdonald .” “ They handled it well. It’s fun to try to solve those problems in real time with the guys. It’s not fun to give up yards and points, but when you’re finding solutions, and you’re working together around it, that’s a cool process.”
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