Tape Don’t Lie: The Sam Linebacker question

Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty ImagesWhen Gus Bradley was announced as the Las Vegas Raiders new defensive coordinator, the first question that came to mind was how would he create his under-front package out of the Raiders personnel.

Bradley’s most famous stint as a defensive coordinator came in Seattle during the “Legion of Boom” days. Famous for their secondary using incredibly high volumes of Cover 3, the scheme on the back end was relatively simply. What made the defense unique however was meshing together the “odd front” defense using 4-3 personnel.

At the time in the NFL, the majority of odd-front teams were out of 3-4 personnel. The 4-3 Under front however was not new, it was an age old…