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19th Jan 2016 from TwitLonger

Jim Schwartz on what he aims to do, and on Eagles' personnel:


"If you can generate rush without blitzing, it really gives you an advantage as a playcaller. There’s nothing worse, as a defensive playcaller, than knowing you have to blitz to get pressure on the quarterback … I’ve never labeled myself a Wide 9 guy … There’s 32 teams in the league that line up in a Wide 9 at some time or another. I’d say if you want to label a defensive style or front there, it would be ‘attack.’ It’s not a read-and-react system. It’s not a lateral, line of scrimmage – we want to attack, we want to knock back, we want to put pressure on the quarterback, we want to create negative plays.
"I like this group (for that). Again, that’s very attractive. Fletcher Cox. I know he’s a free agent, but Cedric Thornton. Vinny Curry, (also a) free agent. Connor Barwin. Those are guys that can do that. Brandon Graham, I had him at the Senior Bowl, man; he was my MVP. I think we helped him get drafted (13th overall) in the first round. He might owe me a little bit of that signing bonus. I think he had three or four sacks in that game."

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