Eagles’ Defensive Coordinator Is Ready to Attack

If you were hoping that the Eagles would hire a bad ass defensive coordinator, well your dreams officially came true on Tuesday. An agreement was reached with Jim Schwartz to replace Billy Davis as the next defensive coordinator for the team. Schwartz comes to Philadelphia with 19 years of NFL coaching experience.

He spent five seasons as head coach of the Detroit Lions and also served as the Tennessee Titans’ defensive coordinator from 2001-08. His 2014 season was spent as the defensive coordinator in Buffalo.

Do you want fire from a coach? Who remembers this?

I don’t know about you guys but I want that passion from my coaches.

Do you want to know more about what Schwartz is about? Here’s what he had to say about his style courtesy of Les Bowen and Philly.com.

“If you can generate rush without blitzing, it really gives you an advantage as a playcaller,” said Schwartz, who turns 50 in June. “There’s nothing worse, as a defensive playcaller, than knowing you have to blitz to get pressure on the quarterback . . . I’ve never labeled myself a Wide 9 guy . . . There’s 32 teams in the league that line up in a Wide 9 at some time or another.

“I’d say if you want to label a defensive style or front there, it would be ‘attack.’ It’s not a read-and-react system. It’s not a lateral, line of scrimmage – we want to attack, we want to knock back, we want to put pressure on the quarterback, we want to create negative plays.

“I like this group (for that). Again, that’s very attractive. Fletcher Cox. (And) I know he’s a free agent, but Cedric Thornton. Vinny Curry, (also a) free agent. Connor Barwin. Those are guys that can do that. Brandon Graham, I had him at the Senior Bowl, man; he was my MVP. I think we helped him get drafted (13th overall) in the first round. He might owe me a little bit of that signing bonus. I think he had three or four sacks in that game.

“Those guys all fit that style. They’re ‘attack’ players. If we can get after the quarterback without having to blitz, we’ll be in a great position.”

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