Patricia explains what he likes about Brandon Graham playing inside

Patricia explains what he likes about Brandon Graham playing inside originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Playing inside on the defensive line is nothing new for Brandon Graham.

Heck, the biggest play of Graham’s career came when he rushed from the inside and forced a fumble against Tom Brady and the Patriots in Super Bowl LII.

But after not playing a ton inside this season, we saw an uptick in those reps on Monday night against the Giants in a 33-25 win. And on Wednesday, de facto defensive coordinator Matt Patricia explained why.

“I think last week as we were trying to get ready to go and look at some certain packages and situationally where we thought we could utilize some of his ability and maybe, he’s a little bit — he’s really strong, he’s powerful, he’s explosive, he’s got great quickness,” Patricia said.

“And sometimes inside if you’re a guard or a center, big-guy matchups are different, and then all of a sudden, another guy comes in there and that’s a little bit of a different pass set for you. And you have, from an offensive line standpoint, if you’re a guard you’re trying to take, whether you call it the two technique set, three technique set, there’s a four-I wide set, there’s a two-I set down inside.

“So you take those different sets, you practice through the course of the week, you work on them versus certain bigger guys that you may see inside whether it’s Fletch (Cox) or Jalen (Carter) or Jordan (Davis), whoever it is, and then all of a sudden you get a little bit of a different skill set in there, and it gives you a little bit of a different problem against maybe something that we see that we could take advantage of or use to our benefit in those deals and those sets become a little bit different now for that guard in there. Short space, quickness, all that stuff inside, working with the centers. Especially when we are trying to affect the pocket in a certain way, we just thought that matchup would be a good change up.”

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Publish date : 2023-12-28 12:00:00

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