Greg Blache gets his revenge against Steve Spagnuolo; Skins-Rams Defensive Review

Last year, the story of the Redskins-Giants game at FedEx Field was, in my opinion, the complete embarrassment of the Redskins' defensive coaching staff to adjust their gameplan for the field conditions, while the Giants defense took away the Redskins' running game and the Redskins ran right into it.While certainly, revenge would have been more satisfying if it game against the Giants, the story of this game is the complete out-coaching of Steve Spagnuolo and Pat Shurmur by Greg Blache. In a game where both head coaches looked completely in over their heads, Blache brought some new tricks to the table that we had not yet seen from him as defensive coordinator of the Redskins. And trust me, no one was more surprised than yours truly when I reviewed the game tape.That's right: on the fourth defensive play of the game, Greg Blache called a zone blitz. Sure, it looked really awkward to watch, but Brian Orakpo dropped to the area where Marc Bulger was trying to throw the b...