hawkfan68":23o542z0 said:
I like it. Bring that Hawk swagger back. I like especially reading this -
“I’m a D-line guy by nature,” Hurtt said. “I don’t want to see big guys walking backwards. So that should be a really quick answer so everybody understands that. The last thing I want to be doing, I’m not going backwards. I want to be going forward.
“Now, with that being said, are there going to be certain packages and certain situations where you could see a guy dropped on occasion? Yes. But you have to understand where schematically that plays in with trying to create issues for the QB. But the biggest thing is those guys going forward. So I want to make sure everybody understands. … Guys will be attacking a lot more going upfield and not working on backpedaling, I can promise you that.”
I'm glad that he included that second part.
Linemen dropping back into coverage from time to time is necessary, especially if you want a multiple front to combat modern NFL offenses. It comes with the territory when you run 3-4 adjacent looks as often as Seattle is going to. Exactly as Clint said - it can make a quarterbacks life harder than a simple rush, often times.
I tend to agree that it was overdone last year - but it's not always a negative like people have been led to believe.