You say “cute”, to me it’s just aggressiveness. Manny’s mantra has always been aggression and attacking. And it can get him in trouble at times. But it’s how we play defense here now. You have to take the good with the bad. You can’t just shut down every single opponent you play in 2019 with the rules geared the way they are. The game is tailored for offensive football. So you gotta have a point of emphasis and go with it. Manny’s is attack, attack, attack. But I do think at times he can go a bit overboard within a game. And at times a good coordinator can exploit that.
I thought BC’s gameplan last year was the best I’ve seen in the 3 years Manny has been here. Sure, he’s given up more yards and points than that game. But rarely to teams that were that much less talented that his defense. But BC used motion, deception, misdirection, tempo, formation....all 100% designed to use Miami’s aggression against itself. And it worked. But I think we can all agree that it’s a **** of a lot more fun to watch the kids play defense now than when turkey **** was here. So you’ve gotta live with what he does. It’s successful. But it can be exploited if you have the right plan and some personnel to execute.
