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Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer has a clear vision of what type of defense he'd like to play this season.
"In my perfect scenario, we would have two corners that could go line up and play man-to-man, bump-and-run all over the field; a safety that could go cover the tight end, or another guy who could go cover the third wide receiver; and then it'd be, 'Let's go play ball,' " he said. "That's what I like to do."
He did it at each of his previous three head coaching stops, in Cleveland, Kansas City and Washington, where he had talented cornerbacks who won more individual battles than they lost. But he was unable to bring that vision to reality in his first season in San Diego because he didn't believe he had the personnel to play an aggressive scheme. ...
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Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer has a clear vision of what type of defense he'd like to play this season.
"In my perfect scenario, we would have two corners that could go line up and play man-to-man, bump-and-run all over the field; a safety that could go cover the tight end, or another guy who could go cover the third wide receiver; and then it'd be, 'Let's go play ball,' " he said. "That's what I like to do."
He did it at each of his previous three head coaching stops, in Cleveland, Kansas City and Washington, where he had talented cornerbacks who won more individual battles than they lost. But he was unable to bring that vision to reality in his first season in San Diego because he didn't believe he had the personnel to play an aggressive scheme. ...
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