Leslie Frazier

Leslie Antonio Frazier (born April 3, 1959) is an American professional football coach and former player. He is currently the assistant head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. Quotes When I came into the league, it was more when a coach says, 'This is how we do it,' this is how we do it, For today's player, it's not quite like that anymore. You have to give them an explanation sometimes because they're going to question you and ask why they have to do it that way. If you just say my way or the highway, you could be sitting in a room by yourself. I just try to be open with them and try to be honest, If there's a concern, I want them to know about it. When there's a chance to praise them, I want to praise them. But I want to be truthful to them. I think that's important. Micah said, 'I know you showed the picture of that foundation, But that's part of the consistency message that I think is so important for the players to hear. I played for Buddy Ryan, he was my defensive coordinator and Mike Ditka was my head coach,They had an aggressive mentality. But, in particular, being an attack-oriented defense. And I've kind of tried to carry that message over with our players. We really emphasize stopping the run here on defense, So we talk to them about that and how we do it here in Buffalo. And then we talk to them about affecting the quarterback because that's such a big part of winning games in our league. You got to be able to affect these really, really talented quarterbacks. We also talk about taking that ball away and trying to score on defense. Technology has really revolutionized the game in so many ways, Analytics has become a big part of our game today. The person in charge of our analytics, Dennis Lock, is always providing me with information about a team's tendencies. All I have to do is say, 'Hey, Dennis, can you tell me when number 10 is in the game on 1st & 10, what are the tendencies? What do they like to do with number 10? Or, 'Hey Dennis, when number 25 is in the game can you put together a tape showing me all of his clips when he lines up on the left and on the right?' So, information like that makes my job a lot easier. But for me, I still go back to the tape. When I came into the league, we were just okay on defense, And all of a sudden, we start drafting people like Dave Duerson, Ron Rivera, Refrigerator Perry, Wilber Marshall. Those were great players in my era on the defense that I played on. And all of a sudden people were saying, 'What's this new defense that the Chicago Bears are running?' I was like, it's same defense but the players have made the defense so popular and so much better. It's the same thing here. We have good players, and they make the scheme come alive. We are there to just guide them as coaches. We're fortunate in that way, you need good players to be sometimes a really, really good coach. There are times we look at ourselves and say, 'Okay, in order for us to win this game, we got to go against the grain. We got to do something that other people aren't doing, And then, you got to sell the players on that. You got to get them to believe that we can do it this way. One week we may not pressure very much, another week we may pressure more, And the players got to buy into that and not feel like, 'Why are we changing?' Well, we're changing because this is what that team does, and this is what it will take for us to be successful against that team. You have to have trust in your players to do that. A defensive mind | How Bills DC Leslie Frazier crafted a modern NFL defense while staying true to his roots. October 13 2022 External links Category:American football coaches Category:1959 births Category:American football players from the United States Category:African Americans Category:Living people Category:People from Mississippi