The Del Rio, Pagano & Norton Thread

Problem is that he believes in that same shitty philosophy that JDR does. Someone who likes to be more aggressive would have been welcome. This is the DC who blew all of those 4th quarter leads every week....you know, if they hadn't done that, they would have been in the Super Bowl in 2 weeks and not the Patriots.
 
Pagano became the DC in Sandy Eggo in 2012. Overall defensive ranks vs Oakland's in that same span are as follows:

SD
2012-9th
2013-23th
2014-9th
2015-20th
2016-16th

OAK
2012-18th Jason Tarver
2013-22nd Jason Tarver
2014-21st Jason Tarver
2015-22nd KNJ
2016-26th KNJ

Based on research and facts of regular season records o_O
 
From 2015...

Chargers run a 3-4 defense in name only

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego Chargers general manager Tom Telesco offered clarification a few months ago when a reporter referred to his team’s defense as a conventional, two-gapping 3-4 defensive front NFL observers have grown accustomed to watching on game days.

Telesco said San Diego’s defense is not your father’s version of the 3-4.

“I know we’re 3-4 on paper,” Telesco said during a season-ending press conference last December. “But it’s as close to a 4-3 as you’re ever going to see. We’re an under and over defense. Guys are in the gaps moving, and very rarely do we line up with a nose tackle head up on the center two-gapping with the two ends two-gapping. We don’t play that type of defense. Its’ a 3-4 by name only.”

Seattle Seahawks use some principles of an odd front in their defensive schemes. Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll traces his roots in the 4-3 defense to working with the originator of the Tampa 2 defense, Monte Kiffin, as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Arkansas in 1977.

“We’ve been a 4-3 system with 3-4 personnel for a long, long time,” Carroll said. “And as I look at it, it doesn’t matter. 3-4 teams kick their ends down on the guards and all of a sudden it looks like a 4-3 look. It’s just personnel to me, and it always has been.”

Like Pagano, Carroll said he looks to get the best out his players’ unique abilities. Carroll offered an example of fitting defensive linemen with much different skill sets up front in his 4-3 scheme like penetrating nose tackle Brandon Mebane, elite pass-rusher Michael Bennett and a two-gapping, 3-4 defensive end like Tony McDaniel.

“Those guys are a million miles apart in how they play the game, but they all fit into our defense,” Carroll said. “And we can find a way to utilize them. And that’s what I always tried to champion, because I don’t want to miss the uniqueness that guys bring us.”

Carroll’s former defensive coordinator, current Atlanta head coach Dan Quinn, agrees. A former defensive line coach, Quinn said he looks for players with versatility, putting them in positions to succeed.


“Any time a guy can play more than one position, think of all the versatility he has,” Quinn said. “He’s a defensive end that can play tackle, or he’s a linebacker who can play defensive end. We’ve always coveted those guys who have great versatility. The more they can do for a team, the better.

“So those are things, whether you’re in a 3-4 or a 4-3, as long as you have the versatility, we’ll find a spot for you.”

Whether a team uses a 3-4 or a 4-3 defensive front, the NFL is a results-oriented business. The most important thing for a defensive coordinator like Pagano is getting off the field on third down and keeping opposing offenses out of the end zone.

“You’re trying to make the offense one-dimensional,” Pagano said. “Whether that one dimension is they’re going to throw it or run it, they’re going to be one-dimensional. And that’s why in your sub packages you have to be able to play the run and do those things better.”
 
Crow said:
His defense's rankings from 2012 to 2016:

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Guessing he's just a glorified quality control coach. He's hardly a DC candidate worth getting excited about.
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well he had a top 10 defense twice (yards). I don't think we've had that since the 70s.
 
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Scott Bair

✔ @BairCSN


I know John Pagano from my days covering the Chargers. Sharp defensive mind. Adept at creating pressure. #Raiders made a good hire.

5:24 PM - 23 Jan 2017



While the Chargers finished last in the AFC West with a 5-11 record, Pagano's defense largely wasn't to blame for the team's struggles.

San Diego ranked 16th in total defense (347.1 yards per game) and 29th in scoring defense (26.4 points per game). However, Football Outsiders listed the Chargers eighth in defensive DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average), and they tied for fourth in turnovers (28).
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Curly Howard said:
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Scott Bair

✔ @BairCSN


I know John Pagano from my days covering the Chargers. Sharp defensive mind. Adept at creating pressure. #Raiders made a good hire.

5:24 PM - 23 Jan 2017
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Reggie checks BR.net like he always does after personal moves. :coffee:
Sees pure hate. :tantrum:

Reggie then looks over at Del Rio brimming with confidence, winks and says in the voice of a 1980s Smooth Jaz DJ "Sooooo we good.":D
 
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