The Indianapolis Colts will be ushering in new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley and with him will come along a relatively new scheme that hasn’t utilized the blitz in a long time.
While Bradley’s defense has constantly ranked among the lowest blitz rates in the NFL over the last few seasons, it doesn’t mean he’s opposed to using that method in order to get pressure on opposing quarterbacks.
“Well, I think – a big blitz guy, it depends, right? If you have to bring pressure to affect the quarterback or to stimulate the defense to make plays – last year we were in a position that we could affect it with a young secondary or inexperienced secondary,” Bradley said in his introductory presser. “Some of that was just getting a feel, can you we affect him, can we make him hitch, and put the pressure on your best players. So, each year it’s different. I’m not opposed to it now, if we need to.”
