Raiders Josh McDaniels: Multiplicity Key for Defense

With a new staff in the building means expected changes.

At the NFL Scouting Combine, Las Vegas Raiders Coach Josh McDaniels was asked whether the defensive scheme would change for the Silver and Black under defensive coordinator Patrick Graham.

“I don’t think so, I mean we’ve talked about this a lot,” McDaniels said. “In today’s NFL, 80 to 85 percent of your defense is in nickel or dime. You know the concept of being 4-3 or 3-4 is kind of almost out of the window now.”

While McDaniels does not believe his scheme will change, he did emphasize the key to a successful defense and team, in general, is to play to the players' strengths.

“What we want to do is we want to try to be able to play to the strengths of the players who are on our roster,” McDaniels said. “We have some really good players who played in a four-man line last year and we’re going to try to extenuate their strength.”

The key to a successful defense though is finding ways to multiply the players' effectiveness on the field through adjustments.

“At the same time, we want to be multiple enough to be able to change some things from week to week if need to, or feel like we have to try to give us the best chance to stop the opponent,” McDaniels said.

“They’ll be a level of multiplicity that hopefully we can grow and graduate to but the biggest thing for us is to try to make out players successful but putting them in great positions.”

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