Gregg Williams gave the Seahawks some bulletin board material for their Week 14 game against the Jets.
The Jets defense coordinator took a little sweep to the Seahawks’ defense system, suggesting that it is not as complicated as his system. It came in reference to safety Jamal Adams, who was traded to the Seahawks by the Jets last month. Williams was asked if Adams will not change how he uses his safetys.
‘It really does not. We are very much in control of how we do these things, ‘Williams said.
Then, he delivered a jab.
“Jamal can get annoying there because they don’t use their security stuff with all the complexities … maybe not show what they do as much as we do,” Williams said.
It is known that the Seahawks turn their Cover-3 defense without a lot of bells and whistles. They do not diminish what the pre-snap does, they choose instead to just make up and play. The system has worked well for them. Pete Carroll built one of the best defensive works of the decades with his ‘Legion of Boom’ secondary in the early 2010s. It resulted in two Super Bowl appearances and one title.
Williams praised Adams, but said his focus is on the players who are still with the Jets. He said he will match his defense to the skill sets of the players he has. Marcus Maye, Bradley McDougald and rookie Ashtyn Davis are the top safetys of the team right now.
“We’re still going to do the same patterns of things,” Williams said. “We will still do many of the same things. But we will highlight the people we have here. When you saw what we did, he was here perhaps his most productive year because of how we highlighted the skill set he has. I had a lot of really, really good guys in that position. Over the years I have had many good safetys to build things around. Well, it’s the next man up. ”
.
