The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around.
My main improvement on defense has just been my coaches. They've been teaching me defensive schemes, how to guard guys, and how to use my length.
Plays are designed to attack certain coverages and schemes.
Defense can't guard two things in a row.
When you change defenses, it's the same thing a lot of times. But different terminology means different things in that new defense. So you have to get accustomed to that. You have to study. Get in your books and pay attention.
The game has changed since the '70s as more coaches have looked at ways to make it tougher on defenses. But I'm glad my career turned out the way it did - I would have never gotten a chance to learn the defensive side of the ball.
Adrian Peterson is redefining the way teams defend the running ability.
I knew Rick Pitino was going to make them play that outbreak, monkey defense. He's been doing it all his life.
