Seattle Seahawks Breakdown: Defense (2009 ed)

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Published: May 31, 2009

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... old saying, "defense wins championships" and considering the Pitsburgh Squeelers superbowl win last year its a hard statement to rebuff. I'm going to breakdown the Seahawks defense for the upcoming season and see if they have what it takes to get back into the top ten in the nfl and possibly the top five. Also what that might translate to in terms of wins and losses. With the change in coaching staff the effects could potentially thrust the defense upward or be one step forward and two steps back. The new defensive philosophy of Casey Bradley will incorporate a variation of the "tampa two" defense that has safeties each playing 1/2 of the field in deep zone, the inside linebacker Lofa Totupu playing midfield coverage, an increase in blitzing, an aggressive mindset, and a majority of pressure generated by the front four. This new approach at defense should create more turnovers with the increased pressure on quarterbacks and runningbacks whithout giving up big plays. This will ...

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