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We should go after Rivera


PhunkE1

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I know this is wishful thinking, but I sure would love to see us make a play for Rivera. If we were to get Rivera maybe Briggs would consider coming with him, at the right price of course. I just think our D needs an identity. There's talent there, but we seem to take one step forward and two steps back. Going into last year it looked like the secondary would be the strength of this team with O'neal coming of a probowl season and Meudui coming back from injury. By late season it was obvious to all that our Run D was the strength of our D. Come on Mikey, open up the pocket book to get this guy. He should be a head coach somewhere.

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He runs a different scheme and his scheme relies heavily on the defensive tackles getting pressure. Doesn't look like a good fit to me.

I don't know, I think Peko has shown the ability to get a good push up the middle. If we hire him he's going to want to bring in a FA DT that would fit the bill, or draft one. We have to start somewhere. Rivera is an FA, but is expected to resign with Chi. Like i said it's just wishful thinking.

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Rivera's Cover 2/Tampa 2 scheme would drive you absolutely nuts. It's totally passive, doesn't attack, and players hate it. Urlacher's frustration in the Super Bowl wasn't execution, he hates the scheme because he's constantly in coverage instead of attacking.

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Rivera's gameplan in the Superbowl didn't work because he couldn't get pressure with the front four. I'd fault execution for that, and not the scheme (and the same goes for the Cincy/Indy game, despite my differing opinions after that game).

That said, bringing Rivera in would do us no good, and it would certainly do him no good.

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