Greg Blache admits he’s not a stat guy. But even he knows this: the defensive scheme used by the Redskins in the past four years produced three top-10 defenses.
So why would he mess up a good thing?
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“There will be no changes,” said Blache, speaking publicly for the first time since being named the defensive coordinator on Jan. 26. “The main reason I accepted the position was for continuity, the staff, the players, the scheme.”
Blache, who was Chicago’s defensive coordinator from 1999-2003, had a big role in planning Gregg Williams’ defense.
“It was almost 60-40 Greg Blache to Gregg Williams,” Redskins end Phillip Daniels said. “Greg Blache doesn’t believe in all the packages; he believes in coming up and beating the guy.”
Blache is considered less aggressive than Williams was, opting for fewer blitzes. But Blache said he’ll use that tactic when necessary.
“When you get in a fight, sometimes you’ve gotta bob, sometimes you’ve gotta weave and sometimes you’ve gotta knock the sucker out,” he said. “More blitz, less blitz; I can’t answer that now. Whatever I have to do I do it to win that series or to win that game.”
Said Daniels, who played for Blache in Chicago, “He’s aggressive when he has to be.”
