![]() Where does Schwartz fit in with Shane Bowen and Mike Vrabel? If they had wanted him to do that, he would have been hired as defensive coordinator and given the chance to hand pick some of the position coaches underneath him. Ultimately, I think we’ll likely see some looks on the field this fall that are easy to point to and say “ahh, that’s a Schwartz package”, but I don’t expect him to completely overhaul the Titans current scheme. We wanted the quarterback to hold the ball. But we didn’t have to blitz we had Jevon Kearse, we had Kyle Vanden Bosc h, we had Albert Haynesworth, **** blitz just got the ball out faster. We were one of the best defenses in the NFL. we probably blitzed less than anybody in the NFL… My last year in Tennessee I think we blitzed like 8% of the time. Though as Michael Kist of Bleeding Green Nation explored here, that approach has been adapted through the years based on personnel. Through most of his career, Schwartz has preferred to get pressure with his front four rather than blitzing frequently. His third-and-long “sticks” coverage drew the ire of Eagles fans at times, but was statistically quite successful at stopping conversions. On the back end of the defense Schwartz, like Vrabel, prefers to play man coverage at an above average rate relative to his peers around the league. I wouldn’t take this hire to mean that the Titans are suddenly going to become a wide-9 4-3 team again, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see some of that sprinkled in alongside the base fronts and subpackages that we’ve come to know over the last few years. His defenses feature multiple fronts, including some 4-3 looks that take advantage of the versatile skill sets of guys like Harold Landry. Similarly, the Titans have not exclusively been a 3-4 team under Vrabel. The first time Schwartz was exposed to a predominately 4-3 front was when he joined the Titans in 1999 under Gregg Williams. He got his first on-field coaching gig under Marvin Lewis with the 3-4 heavy Ravens in 1996 as well. Belichick and Saban are two of the biggest proponents of the 3-4 defense in football and arguably the two best defensive minds of our lifetime. However, it’s important to also note that Schwartz got his start in the NFL under Bill Belichick and Nick Saban as a personnel scout for the Browns in 1993. His wide-9 4-3 defense is something we haven’t seen much of around here under Vrabel, who runs a multiple front, but skews towards a 3-4 base defense. Schematically, Schwartz is a bit of a curveball relative to the defensive fronts that Mike Vrabel has preferred during his first three seasons in Nashville. How does Schwartz’s scheme mesh with the Titans defense? Those just happen to line up directly with areas the Titans defense struggled mightily with in 2020. ![]()
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