02-04-2022, 01:14 PM
Quote: @StickyBun said:
@PurpleCrush said:
@JustinTime18™ said:
Not sure how I feel about this. He's had some good defenses, but all I can remember him for lately is making that dumb call for the Packers letting Miller loose 1 on 1 against the Bucs a couple years ago. IIRC, he got slammed by his own team for that.With Kevin O'Connell going to Vikings, I keep hearing Mike Pettine as the likely DC there
Well if you think Mike Zimmer is a good defensive coordinator, then you should be fine with Pettine. How many defensive breakdowns have the Vikings had with Z at the helm? Its more about the players these guys have on D than anything. Its funny how good players on O and D make or break the coordinators.
I'm not saying he'll be a bad DC or a good one, I just don't remember much from his last stint w/ GB to make me feel a certain way about him being a potential hire.
With that being said, it'll always be about the players but the coaches are the ones who put them in positions to succeed, or at least they should. Zim had a good run defensively up until the last couple of years, and ultimately it's what cost him his job. I believe a big part of that was having the talent this year (or it appeared they did) but bad coaching decisions over and over cost them dearly. It felt it was apparent that his time (and Rick's) was over this year.
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