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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5504109, member: 405"]
Let me just say about the blitzing - I like bringing it up the middle vs. doing it front the flanks.

The reason why is that it helps support the run defense.  You are blocking the rushing gaps by filling them with extra defenders.  For a team that has been soft defending the run, I think this is the right approach.

On the other hand, bringing pressure from the edges, while effective, is higher risk.  For instance, I recall a couple times that David Reese (#8) brought pressure from the right edge, and lost the edge to the run,   either by over-penetrating, as the QB slipped outside his rush lane for a big gain, or he over-penetrated on a run call where the RB simply went around him, when he was responsible for contain on his side against the run.

Fadil Diggs used to do this all the time.  Frustrated the hell out of me, that an "elite" DL so consistently gave up the outside, whether to the rush, to a swing pass out of the backfield, or to a QB scramble.  It's just as important as special teams, to stay in your lane and keep your assignments.

Too much hero ball leads to blown assignments, just like the guard in basketball who is over-playing for the steal, and keeps letting his man get past him.
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