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NEW TWIST
Peter King
September 02, 2002
?The volume's lower and the playbook thinner since defensive coordinator John Fox left to become coach of the Panthers. Coach Jim Fassel believes that Fox's schemes had players reading too much and reacting late; new coordinator Johnnie Lynn, the former secondary coach, has simplified things so defenders can make plays more instinctively.
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September 02, 2002

New Twist

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?The volume's lower and the playbook thinner since defensive coordinator John Fox left to become coach of the Panthers. Coach Jim Fassel believes that Fox's schemes had players reading too much and reacting late; new coordinator Johnnie Lynn, the former secondary coach, has simplified things so defenders can make plays more instinctively.

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