...he was when he ran his 3-3-5 scheme but he also gave up a lot of big plays and points. His first 3 yrs (2 as DC and 1 as HC) running the 3-3-5 he gave up an avg 27.3 pts per game. He gambled with aggression and gave up a lot of big plays and points.

Eventually he became more conservative and started to play the percentages and tried to win the battle of field position, keep receivers in front, force teams to put together long sustained drives to score, etc. I think that was his bread and butter but he would from time to time get creative with his aggressiveness depending on the opponent