"A coach as well respected by players as Christian Parker should come in and completely change the culture of a defense that looked outmatched every game. Which led to a lack of confidence and that is never beneficial. The Eberflus-led defense was record-setting in a bad way and most of this record was caused by coverages the players did not fit or were not taught well enough to accomplish."
"Third and medium and the defense lines up. The quarterback takes one look, hits the top of his drop back and lets it rip. No hitch, panic, or second thought. That's not bad luck or execution issues. What it was, was a defense showing its hand before the ball was snapped. Dallas had some variety, but it was honest variety. Safeties lined up where they were going, corners showed leverage early. There was no mystery, hesitation, and no second guessing."
Christian Parker brings a fresh, disguised approach to the Dallas Cowboys defense, emphasizing late safety movement and hidden corner leverage to confuse quarterbacks. The previous Eberflus-led scheme presented honest coverages that exposed players and produced historically poor results. Honest alignments allowed quarterbacks immediate reads, eliminating hesitation and making opposing QBs efficient. Philadelphia's method uses the same coverage names but delays reveals, disguises Cover-3 until after the snap, and has safeties and corners obscure intentions, which creates quarterback hesitation and aids the pass rush. Parker plans to implement those concealment techniques to restore confidence and improve defensive effectiveness.
Read at Inside The Star
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