How Mike Macdonald has NFL offenses guessing and defenses following his lead

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How Mike Macdonald has NFL offenses guessing and defenses following his lead
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The new Seahawks head coach's defensive system is the latest trend to slow down scoring throughout the league.

A defensive philosophical shift is happening in the NFL , and new Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald is at the heart of it. The league transitioned a few years ago from the Seattle Cover 3 era into the , focused on stopping explosive plays. Like those from Pete Carroll’s coaching tree, most who branched out from Fangio’s tree mostly struggled to replicate his system.

How do you play this call?’ He’s kind of saying, grouping these calls all together, like, ‘What is the whole idea of this call?’ So I think he’s done a really good job of kind of really helping us all be smarter, to where I know what the D-line’s doing. I also know what the linebacker is doing. I also know what the safety’s doing — because ‘The reason why I call this defense is because of this.

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