“My opinion is always going to surround a bunch of space and vertical seams. If you look at the Cowboys tape from last year, they got a ton of penetration, but it’s tough when you create a bunch of seams because the running back has a lot of options. Versus condensing space and being able to rally guys to the football. It’s tough when you have a lot of space, because you might have won your gap, one-gap, one-man type of stuff, you might have done your job, but those type of defenses really, really drag on that particular player who want to make that play.
But a lot of teams would scheme themselves to not run towards Kenny (Clark), their not running towards Quinnen (Williams), it’s all access to another vertical scheme that was created by someone else. It’s a high-risk-high-reward type of defense that Dallas used to play, but the defense we’re going to play is a lot more condensed space. We’re eating up blocks, we’re eating up space. We’re getting penetration of course – that’s how the Fangio defense has actually evolved, there’s a lot more penetration that’s happening. It’s getting penetration but reducing space.
Whether it be my body, someone else’s body, or an offensive lineman’s body, somebody’s going to take up those gaps, to where the ball has to bounce and our secondary run support will come in and be able to finish those plays.“