Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Apr 13, 2015 15:04:35 GMT -5
While the Jets Dline has done well it does seem to me this move makes the player unnecessarily vulnerable. Will be interesting to see what happens with what is essentially a radical restructuring from top to bottom with only the players remaining the same.
Video of the swim move is in the article.
www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2015/04/new_coaches_means_new_technique_for_sheldon_richar.html
Jets defensive end Sheldon Richardson said new defensive line coach Pepper Johnson is not a fan of the swim move, a technique favored by Johnson's predecessor, Karl Dunbar.
on April 07, 2015 at 11:08 AM, updated April 07, 2015 at 10:58 PM
Another interesting note from that Sheldon Richardson interview in which he said the Jets could be the "top team in the league": Richardson mentioned that new defensive line coach Pepper Johnson is not a fan of the swim move, a technique D-linemen use to evade potential blockers.
"He hates that," Richardson said of Johnson, the ex-Giants and Jets linebacker who spent 14 seasons as an assistant with the Patriots before coaching the Bills' D-line last year.
"[Johnson] feels like you should never be able to give your body up to the opposing offensive linemen."
The swim move involves engaging with a blocker and then swinging one arm up and over him to get by. It was very much en vogue for the Jets' D-linemen under Karl Dunbar, the defensive line coach who was part of ex-Jets head coach Rex Ryan's exodus to the Bills.
Richardson, who graded out as Pro Football Focus' second-best 3-4 defensive end last season, wasn't asked to elaborate on what else would be different under Johnson other than the terminology, though he did describe Johnson as a "straight shooter."
Richardson also didn't seem too concerned with having to unlearn and learn new things under a new staff that includes head coach Todd Bowles and defensive coordinator Kacy Rodgers.
"It's just a little bit," he said. "So I've got to break that habit I had gotten comfortable with. It's just adding more stuff to the repertoire."
