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Worilds was moved to OLB and by the accounts of Steelers insiders, has struggled with the transition to a 3-4 look. I think the weakness that was exposed by Clemson is that if a team can set up play action by running the ball effectively, the whip and the safeties have to cover their gap fill responsibility before reacting to a pass route. I don't have the time to cover them all, but this is a pressure-based defense. Everyone, especially play side, must at least stalemate their blocker in their gap. Game situation includes things like score, wind / weather conditions and time remaining on the clock. getting after it down the LOS once it was clear the RB was not going for his gap. The defensive linemen get into the neutral zone, engage their blocker, secures their gap, and sheds the blocking using a "violent hand motion" (rip, swim, push-pull, or 45 technique). As the coaches like to say, it is important that their minds do not tie up their feet. How did you think TCU was able to defeat teams like Wisconsin with their 4-2-5? I love it anyway! What VT plays most against pro-style teams is Inverted Cover 2 Robber, but the deep cover guys are the Cornerbacks, not the safeties. See Tim Tebow (or Pat White at WVU.) Simple. '+,,-/4443.4444444444 In obvious passing situations, the Hokies would shift to a base 4-3-4 look by dropping the Whip as the second safety. 8 Ohio State with schemes used by Defensive Coordinator Bud Foster,. "That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! And based on the history of Bud Fosters defenses, its likely that the play is stuffed. A 46 is by definition a "Bear" front, but to use "Bear" does not necessarily mean a 46 defense. When he isn't rushing for 2000 yards next year, Martin Scales will be the Hokies 3rd down pass rusher and get 10 sacks. If our defense is designed to "funnel" the ball carrier to certain positions I could see some recruits not liking that. Bud Foster keeps Virginia Tech opponents guessing with ability to adjust on defense After Virginia Tech upset No. Rover adjusts to the better receivers or Field side. I want to focus on one, what has made teams successful against the Virginia Tech run defense? The WHIP LB is a weakside LB, analogous to a JACK LB in a 3-4, who often blitzes off the edge in pressure situations, but who has to be able to cover backs well. A "Bear" front covers both OGs and the Center, making it an Odd front. Tech makes that difficult because there is a hand off of responsibilities as the offense shifts or motions out from one passing strength to another. Bud, a divorcee, married Jessie in February on Super Bowl Sunday, about four months after the hospital scare and around the time discussion began about him retiring. Mr. Hokie Cody Grimm was moved to the secondary (which is funny given that pass coverage was his greatest weakness as a Hokie.) Because of the gap fit responsibility, a tremendous amount of pressure exists for the whip and the safeties to be sure tacklers anytime the ball carrier penetrates the line. Flowers, Hall, and Green have been starters. Jessie has three boys of her. Part 3 and the final installment of this series will be dedicated to pressure concepts and the more popular pass coverage sets used by Virginia Tech and many other teams around college and professional football. As mentioned earlier in this article, the coaches decided to make these adjustments because offenses had schemed some things to specifically attack Techs 8-man front base defense with more 3-4 wide receiver sets and more spread formations. While the 8 man front may be gone, the blitz pressures and coverages remain imbedded in today's Hokie D. The "Field Strong" basically is a 4 man defensive line, two middle linebackers, and the whip linebacker playing outside as a hybrid linebacker/safety almost exclusively to the boundary side of the field. Young guy like Ekanem and Farley, based on film, are perfect fits. . Ball position refers to the position of the ball relative to the hash marks. Because he lines up so close to the LOS, he has to be really good with his backpedal fundamentals to be successful, but in 2-Robber he has the flat zone strong. In the diagram, Whitley (who the coaches called "the rover" last year) is lined up to the twins side, and he motions back to the middle of the field while Exum (who was the "free safety" last year) rotates up towards the line with the motion. Prior to 2004, the Hokies were primarily an 8-man front defense and everything worked off of that. With those 3-4 wide formations, they could isolate a quick, speedy receiver in man coverage against Techs Backer and Rover to the strong side of the formation. However, if he goes Fieldside, he'd be matched on someone else. It is mostly combined with Man coverage and is pretty heavy on stunts and exchanges between the DL and LBs. A recipient of . Shop fresh Hokies gear at TKP sponsor Homefield. "-John Blutarsky. VT shifts their G front to the Field side as well into a 4-3, whether its weak or strong, which gives them 3 fronts in the base package. The Mike will likely be unblocked, but the running back should flow directly to him, so the Mike essentially has responsibility for the 1 gap. Prior to 2004, the alignment of the linebackers and safeties was based more on the strong side / weak side of the offensive formation. Really excited about the front seven this year. Hokie defensive linemen are required to have a unique ability to sometimes cover gaps that are far from where they line up, while maintaining leverage in order to prevent being knocked backwards by an offensive lineman. The Backer disguises, looking like he is scraping play-side, but in reality, he is filling the interior of the 6 gap. I have told anyone who would listen that I didn't like having Collins moved inside, and that if they did move him inside, he needed to get upfield and disrupt the full back/QB mesh point. Playing more of the defense it ran under former coordinator Bud Foster, the unit turned in a markedly better performance against the high-powered Hurricanes in Saturday's 25-24 loss. TKP, where you get the analysis and the analysis of the analysis by the original analyst, "Why gobble gobble chumps asks such good questions, I will never know." This is a more traditional 4-3 defensive set that allows the Hokies to get to all of their fronts, pressures and coverages from the same single base set. -- French. We will review the scheme adjustments that were made following the 2003 season and the impact they have had. The Hokies used a base 8-man front the majority of the time. As covered in Part 1, the Tech defense aligns based on ball position relative to the hash marks. Gap fit means when the defensive player hits the assigned gap, he must hold that gap maintaining the proper leverage in order to get off a block and make a tackle. In basic terms, normal defenses feature corners playing man with safeties deep to help. For this example, here is a pre-snap diagram of a likely defensive set against a 12 personnel group (one RB, two TEs, two WRs). Former Federal Fugitive Pleads Guilty in California to Massive Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme in Connection with Nationwide Foreclosure Scam Defendant Collected More Than $1.2 Million from More Than 800 Distressed Homeowners . The same thing happens for Mike and Whip. The results of these adjustments speak for themselves. We will review the scheme adjustments that were made following the 2003 season and the impact they have had. d88$FQ &~g?Waj }4;{S=Gg``YoF2a2XCTH#?:]=e1sp=$3_ S??oB/r~u6n?o'tm{ iu e*g[3mcXX_ endstream endobj 7 0 obj 859 endobj 12 0 obj << /Length 13 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream Tyler is almost always coming forward at the snap except when a key has him pursuing playside. It will be a 4-3. http://www.orangeandwhite.com/news/2012/jan/21/swinney-hired-venables-br. One thing that the Hokies will have to do is be able to beat their press coverage on our receivers like what happened when D.J. When the 8th man entered the box, the passing game opened up. He's had only two top-10 defenses this decade, but the Hokies are never weak on his side of the ball . I find it interesting how you compare our defense to being as unique as GT's offense. I'm sure Nick Saban said the very same thing to him hence his "I don't believe I could achieve my goals at VT" comment. Justin Hamilton is in his first year as Virginia Tech's defensive coordinator after serving as safeties coach last year. Also when the offense sets into Trips, you're not able to play a true C4. Bud Foster's defense held the Tigers to 186 yards of total offense in a 24-7 route. Here's the INT described at the end of the article. Often, a zone play to the right (which on a Madden diagram looks like it would go to the 6 gap) will actually cut back almost over the center. Also, stud 6'6 265 DE's who want to play in the NFL, not tie up linemen so linebackers make plays. Check Fantastic furniture Catalogue and Freedom furniture Catalogue. There are a ton of details that are critical for the defense to execute properly. With a 2-high safety base set, the Hokies can play a lot of different zone coverages (while still playing man coverage when they want), preventing offenses from dictating match-ups with their personnel groups and formations. Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster, who announced Thursday he would be retiring at the end of this his 33rd season, is the longest continually tenured assistant at the same school in . Again, the tackle will rarely be in position to make the tackle, but must minimally plug up the gap, causing the back to look to cut back to the 1 gap. He has held the job since 1996, and he came to . What about that sign board with numbers like 21 or 11? HWC? -Bud Foster. I don't know recall the plays that Taylor and JWG got hurt, so I am not really sure. It is generally made with a 2i-technique on the weakside (Wide 6) and a 3-technique strongside (Split 6), so its quite close to the Over front (1 tech weak, 3-tech strong). in the long run, if the giants dline continues to dominant with "defensive ends", i think it can be used to pitch to good dlineman. I think we played less aggressive which led to Clemson eventually winning. Because of how it is designed, it is still strong with Safeties as run-gap fillers off the edges, but because of that they are susceptible to play-action moreso than a true C2 squad. Nose Tackle: The Nose (Luther Maddy): The nose will line up as a 1 technique, on the inside eye of the play-side guard. However, what VT does is very different from TCU and here well showcase the fronts and coverages VT likes the most. The S must loop hard play-side, crossing the face of the tight end without allowing himself to get his outside shoulder blocked by the tight end. Hosley was excellent enough to execute the design up there with the very best ball hawk the Hokies have had. Actually Clemson's D is not going to be all that different than what it was last year except that Venable is simplifying it without all the checks and stuff. Its a bit like a Tampa 2 defense, where the MLB drops back deeper in zone over the middle with 2 safeties behind, except that here youre dropping the FS down instead of backing up the MLB. h_k@vJbR Based on the film that I have watched, either Bud Foster calls more middle linebacker run blitzes than any coach in the country, or the mike backer has almost zero pass responsibility. '+,,-/4443.4444444444 A student manager signals the personnel group (12 in this example) via the sign board. An 11 personnel group is one running back, one tight end, and three wide receivers. So now the first question to come to mind is "How do they even handle spread teams when they can have 8 or 9 men in the box?". If those guys don't need much safety help, then the corners can take chances, bait QB's and mix in robber coverages to get turnovers. During a career that spanned over 3 decades Bud orchestrated some of the most physical and staunches defenses in the country. .". It wasn't a great "instinctual play" by Hosley, but a calculated play call and design by Foster. (Please note, the Hokies may use letters or other terminology to identify each gap.). Never forget Aaron Rodgers literally laughing at our defense. Finally, the ball is snapped and the play runs to completion, most likely in five seconds or less. While the Hokies were able to win, Collins was a shell of himself until the bowl game after Georgia Tech, and I am convinced that was because he was so beat up. The strongside End, called a "Stud", aligns over the inside of the TE (7 technique) and the other DE aligns in a 5-technique. Keeping the Whip closer to the line of scrimmage allows him to play more like a true linebacker, which helped an athlete like James Anderson flourish at the position. There are a number of factors that the coaches consider when setting the defense from play to play. Rover always goes to the side of the passing strength (not necessarily the TE side) or the Field side, and WHIP always aligns opposite the Rover. In the nineties, many teams tried to emulate Frank Beamer and defensive coordinator Bud Foster's scheme, with its premium on defenders stacking the line to either stop the run or scare the offense into abandoning it and apologizing for having considered such a silly idea. This site utilizes responsive web design, which renders the site properly on all platforms (PC, tablet, mobile). In a robber coverage, the safeties actually come forward at the snap while the corners bail out to a deep third. The running back is supposed to take two strides playside, plant his playside leg (in this case the right leg) and select a weak spot where the defender has overrun the play. Oh well. I had to go back and read about the defense given how I did not understand all the roles. MAN. Most of the time, there is a safety/LB hybrid that is dropped into the box to create a true 8 man front. As mentioned earlier, that led to man-to-man match-ups of a linebacker or Rover against that third and fourth wide receiver. We will look at the Hokies pass defense in more detail in a later post. So, I don't think having our DL being smallish gives us a good advantage to counter the GT offense (a la moving our DE in as a DT and then replacing the DE with T. Wilson), since Miami has prototypical NFL DT's and absolutely mauled them at the LOS. By keeping the tight ends and running backs in to block, offenses could buy additional time to go to their wide receivers running down the field against single, man-to-man coverage. Back to our play example. The Hopkins brothers, Maddy, and looking back at Barry Booker, Jonathan Lewis, and others all sort of fit that mold. The dominant defenses in Tampa Bay of the late 90's early 2000's allowed Warren Sapp and Simeon Rice to get up field as the method for controlling their gaps. 5yltM;6#D"A.+|F'g"##PBG Wi+5~ljx3!_YJ8a7p;[Bx$60FF8x\f@-. The defensive call in combination with the personnel group establishes the specific pass coverage responsibilities for the defense. In that case, both Rover and WHIP will show blitzes naturally. Next week will take film from the Clemson game and demonstrate exactly how the Hokies have to maintain a delicate balance between aggressive pursuit and gap responsibility in order to be effective. 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