On a few early searches, it looks like Texas runs a 2-4-5 defense, similar to what Fangio has been using heavily in recent years. It just further builds my expectation that we will head in that direction.
Looks like it. This is going to be a really important hire since the matchup zone/pattern matching coverage with a 2 high shell is going to be a fairly new concept for our secondary. I'm sure we have used similar things from time to time with DA, but we played a lot of man to man and often with single high. This is going to be a big change that is going to need to be taught well by the DB coach. Also, IIRC, one of the biggest issues that Staley had with the Charges was with the coverage so hopefully Joseph is ready for the step up to the NFL.