So, it's not surprising that the man's personality matches his philosophy when it comes to dual reads in offensive football. Most teams go play side or bootleg with play action, but Clemson (in old 1930's single-wing style) would have the Tajh fake, then continue to waggle a step playside. I think we played less aggressive which led to Clemson eventually winning. While he misses the tackle, he allows enough time for the other players to secure their gap and then pursue to tackle the UVA tailback for a marginal gain. First of all, they had a GREAT offensive line that was able to block at angles which cut off the stunts from Virginia Tech linebackers. Whip starts back and creeps up or vice versa. So, what does it look like when a Hokie fails to control a gap? In the seasons that he had great talent, they didn't blitz and stunt as much (the 06 and 07 Hokie defensive highlight films feature much more base defense against the run.). In an obvious passing down. With two CBs outside you basically have 6 ways it can work without changing the call. Can we get this thread retitled - "A Look Back at a Look Back to . The Hokies play a base 4-3-4 defense, meaning that there are four defensive linemen, three linebackers and four defensive backs in the base set. Depending on the formation, Rover can pick up the #1 receiver short and the FS comes down on the slot, with the CB still in deep half-field coverage behind.Whip aligns himself several ways, so you need a good football player here. Such a menacing look. Also, in goal line and short yardage, the backer and blitz the gap to try to blow the play in the backfield playside. Hosley was excellent enough to execute the design up there with the very best ball hawk the Hokies have had. James Anderson is the only Hokie alumni who is a starter in the front 7 of an NFL team. The architect of Tech's famed Lunch Pail Defense, Foster was the longest continually tenured FBS assistant coach at the same school at the time of his retirement in 2019. That would have been tough duty for a guy like Rouse, who was much better suited for the current responsibilities assigned to the Rover (1) back as a deep safety to the boundary side or (2) up at the line of scrimmage as an outside linebacker playing boundary run containment or picking up a tight end in man coverage. Williams and Harris pretty much flamed out. He has held the job since 1996, and he came to . I still worry about the whip (watching film of the Stanford game will do that to a guy) and Maddy and Marshall have to take the next step. Adobe d C The Rover was a strong side outside linebacker in the 8-man front that would slide out as an additional corner / defensive back against 3-4 wide receiver formations. If you play C2R, and the opposition sends the outside WRs deep, the CB must go with him, which takes away the deep help for everyone on one side of the defense, so that it basically ends up M2M. They know where to be and they know how to adjust more quickly to formation shifts and motion. Access Exclusive Content and Financially Support The Key Play. At that point, the players on the field know the down/distance and the front, pressure, and coverage calls. There are a number of factors that the coaches consider when setting the defense from play to play. The middle backers have very little pass coverage responsibility, and spend significant time taking on blocks on the interior of a play. The Whip and Free Safety were more weak side players, so they would usually align to the weak side of the formation. WHIP often creeps up because he usually gets a 1 on 1 matchup with the RB in coverage. Finally, the ball is snapped and the play runs to completion, most likely in five seconds or less. When Fuller took over whip, it seemed like that balance flipped, with the Whip finishing on more blitzes and the Mike not filling up the pass-rush stat column as much. Period. Five star get after it 100 percent Juice Key-Playing. Either way we'll have 3 starting quality DT. . If the running back looks to go straight ahead, he will see the guard and tackle jammed up and look to cutback. From there, Tech held Miami to 10, Kent State to 0, #14 Wake Forest to 6, and Virginia to 0 to finish 10-2. At the snap, the nose has the daunting task of stunting two gaps, crossing the face of both the guard and the tackle to get outside shoulder gap fit on the 4 gap. Eventually, the kids who see the NFL in their future realize that going to such a school hurts their chances. Will having a healthy and complete team be enough? Stopping the run is one of the basic tenants of the defensive scheme. I have had some great question both here and on twitter about some of the nuances of the defense. Size, strength, and explosiveness were huge factors in that variance. In the Michigan game, almost every completion came against the safeties. -- French. Whether you've been running the 4-2-5 defense for years or you're looking to implement the scheme for the first time, . But the biggest thing is probably the QB ability to react quickly to the pressure (a key part of the Hokie D). %PDF-1.2 % 8 0 obj << /Length 9 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream It really is an outlier as far as defenses, as much as Paul Johnson's wishbone is on offense. It is fascinating stuff and beautiful to watch when it produces the type of results that we have seen over the years from Bud Fosters bunch. BLACKSBURG Bud Foster's defenses have grown accustomed to carrying Virginia Tech's offenses over the years, so an early conversation the longtime Hokies defensive coordinator had with new . They just dont have the special players they used to get at those hybrid spots and DE, which they always used to have. Stanford presents the most unique formula. He's as genuine as they come. Prior to 2004, the Hokies were primarily an 8-man front defense and everything worked off of that. Mr. Hokie Cody Grimm was moved to the secondary (which is funny given that pass coverage was his greatest weakness as a Hokie.) Attack Defense Bud Foster Defensive Coordinator Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg, Va. Jim Cavanaugh Outside Linebackers Lou West Secondary Charlie Wiles Defensive Line Diagram 2 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. To the uneducated eye, the defense features two ends, two tackles, three linebackers, two safeties, and two corners just like a traditional NFL style 4-3, but Foster turns the 4-3 concept on its ear. Antone Exum is moving forward at the snap, and both Exum and Hosley end up making the tackle along with Luther Maddy. a !1AQa"q2B#$Rb34rC%Scs5&DTdEt6UeuF'Vfv7GWgw(8HXhx )9IYiy Not every coach could do that. 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. The singular thing that can derail their run defense is getting chewed up physically against Georgia Tech. The nose tackle is a 1 technique, the tackle is a 3 technique. Bud Foster keeps Virginia Tech opponents guessing with ability to adjust on defense After Virginia Tech upset No. Bare minimum is the stalemate. 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. Billy Hite. The opinions of the author(s) on this site are independent and no way reflect the opinions of the Virginia Tech administrators, coaches, staff, or athletes. The doubles on the interior also give the ends more flexibility to get upfield and rush the passer. Have no idea how that played into Foster's defense, but he has played and started taller more slender DTs. I will touch on this more when I write my column on the secondary play, but I think because Hokies safeties have been victimized in man coverage so much, that Foster is looking at his safeties having less run support responsibility and being better at coverage, hence the change of putting converted corners at safety. Damn shame if you ask me. In obvious passing situations, the Hokies would shift to a base 4-3-4 look by dropping the Whip as the second safety. The idea is the front 6 align based on front alignment rules. The boundary, field, and rover all have pass coverage. If healthy, this year's defense is going to be quite different. As for tight ends, teams that play tight ends usually end up with the rover or free safety covering them. In th defense now, the free safety and the whip are essentially interchangable. The Tigers complete their season sweep of the Wolfpack. It is definitely not a finesse sport. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. Dog Inside Blitz, a common blitz you see from Tech. That sign board on the sideline is a tool that identifies the offensive personnel group. I remember seeing our defensive philosophy torched about ten years ago. Game situation includes things like score, wind / weather conditions and time remaining on the clock. Remember getting gashed repeatedly by just about everybody we played? If one DL gets blown out of the hole, it creates problems for every other defender. getting after it down the LOS once it was clear the RB was not going for his gap. I would go so far as to say Miami was the worst defense the Hokies played all year. I understand explaining that might as well be another post but it would be facinating stuff. Welcome to Bud Foster's Lunch Pail D. This site is dedicated to blue collar, hard nosed defense like those run by Bud Foster during his years as the Defensive Coordinator for the Virginia Tech Hokies. Also, against Ace and Doubles sets, the coverage basically changes into 1/4-1/4-1/2 Cover 3. Young guy like Ekanem and Farley, based on film, are perfect fits. This morning, I actually stumbled across a presentation that Bud Foster made to the AFCA back in 1999. So something else broke down that lead to Clemson being able to run the ball like they did in the second half. 3) Finally, as stated in #2 above, this seems to be a heavy run control D and if we don't have super talented CB's who can cover their man without help we could get burned in the passing game real quick. Every defensive player in the front seven has a "gap" responsibility in every defense that is called. Aaron Rodgers, Kellen Moore, Andrew Luck all have great skills under pressure. Bud Foster used the Bear defense to suffocate the Buckeyes' run game in 2014. '+,,-/4443.4444444444 Love the in-depth analysis. MAN. So opposing coaches will tell a kid he'll have a better shot of making it to the NFL if he plays in a "NFL-style" 4-3. I think they are well coached. 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). They have to get depth immediately to play deep-half coverage. What VT plays most against pro-style teams is Inverted Cover 2 Robber, but the deep cover guys are the Cornerbacks, not the safeties. The end result of this 1st quarter play against UVA features Tyrell Wilson preventing the back from getting to the edge, the nose and tackle slant and fill their gaps, and Jack Tyler flies in on the blitz to make the play. They've only had a few with an NFL frame, and none of them worked out. The offense makes the next move by setting their personnel group for this example, they have just removed one of their two running backs and sent in a second tight end. Free Safety: Free safety starts in a deep third lined up 12 yards off the ball directly behind the mike. A student manager then uses the sign board to communicate the personnel group to the players on the field. What may not be as obvious is that football is equally challenging mentally. The transition from James Anderson to Brenden Hill without skipping a beat showed two things (1) the coaches know how to put different type players in a position to succeed and (2) while better defined to defend against todays offensive systems, the Whip still is a hybrid position. He must maintain gap control on the 6 gap and not allow the running back to get outside his outside shoulder. I heard very little about McCray in the spring. 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. 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. If the safeties have to make a bunch of tackles (see Stanford, Miami, Boise, Clemson), then the corners are on an island and at some point, even the best corners will get beat in man coverage. Most would call that 6 years. The consistent 3 stripes on white was a good look. Bud Foster called this scheme his "attack defense" but the base alignments were 8 man front's following the model of the famed Buddy Ryan 46 defense used by the Bears and Eagles in the 80's. When they play 46 front, its mostly man/man, because its a pressure front like the Under we use. 46 does not stand for 4 DL and 6 LBs, the name is derived from the player Buddy Ryan used to play one of the attacking LB positions. I remember the first half of the Stanford OB and watching one of Stanford's 300 lb guards kick out and just flatten Eddie Whitley. Hopkins was hurt slanting if I remember correctly. 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. MAN. Hopefully he has a breakthrough year. Presented by, Click here to access all three parts of the Hokie Defense series by Raleigh Hokie. pretty cool to look back on it from time to time. If NFL type DT's wouldn't fit BF's scheme then what's the use of trying to recruit guys like an Andrew Brown? Once their keys indicate that the running back has the ball, each pursues the ball. k_~k=: .qNgR\T0A$wcfXoMe#:!v2W}\;Kfva%VSc~s{A?dtpq) g~u+c\8h{ ]KKCz/H-\XH/c&4]#T{*]k0:}M &i$kj? [=?_. 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 60-year-old Foster, who has been with the Hokies since 1987 and has served as defensive coordinator since 1995, is currently the longest-tenured assistant coach in the FBS. Part 1 covered some basic concepts, including a description for each defensive position. At the time, the Whip and Rover were described as hybrid players that had combination linebacker/defensive back responsibilities. The running back will see that the Stud has contain, and will not look to pull a "David Wilson" and make a break for the 8 gap. 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. However, in the Ravens 2 gap 4-3 that they ran in their Super Bowl season, Tony Siragusa and Sam Adams only job was to keep the interior line off Ray Lewis. He started 79 games over an 8 year career. Next week, we will examine some of the basic blitz packages that the Hokies use for passing down and distance situations. Lets go through the sequence that takes place in the 20-30 seconds between the end of one play and the next snap. Alas, so was Jonathan Allen, and it looks like he will be playing out of position in Alabama. Most of the comments were centered on the adjustments to the Whip and Rover positions, so I wanted to revisit that and clarify some points in those areas. And, you are also correct about Taylor. Even the best (Brown- moved to LB, Worilds- moved to LB, Tapp- non-descript backup, Engleberger-bust, Moore- bust, Price- nada) didn't make an impact. When Foster developed the concept for the Gap Defense, he looked to solve two problems. Tackle: The Tackle (Derrick Hopkins) lines up as a 3 technique, outside eye of the backside guard. Here's the INT described at the end of the article. 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. It defintely helps to have depth regardless of the scheme, but depth and ability in the scheme only make it better. By handing off in this way, the defenders do not tip the coverage. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). His number was 46. Clemson Basketball: 2014 Scholarship Roster. Nose Tackle: The Nose (Luther Maddy): The nose will line up as a 1 technique, on the inside eye of the play-side guard. What about that sign board with numbers like 21 or 11? The wide tackle six and the gap defense were used by Foster specifically because they didn't have the athletes to play SEC style, line up our best athletes against yours, and beat you football. Oh, and lets not forget the secret weapon. The coaches helped by putting him in positions where he could be successful. Were tallish and relatively lean. Really great stuff. We wore it again that season in our ACC Championship win against FSU. They do not run blitz as much with him in the lineup, however he is used just as much on mike dog pass blitzes (at points he was their most dangerous pass rusher as a blitzer last year.). That is really the key to the front. A "gap" is an area of space on the field that the defensive player is responsible to "control." Its heavy on blitzes from those two hybrid players. NIL and the future of the 'student athlete', Liz Kitley is back to back ACC Player Of The Year, 2023 ACC Wrestling Tournament Seedings announced, OT: TKP Winter/Spring 2023 Gamer's Lounge, OT: 700 miles from the Rock through Spain and Portugal, HOKIES HOOPS CENTRAL: VIRGINIA TECH (16-13, 6-12 ACC) AT LOUISVILLE (4-25, 2-16 ACC) 9PM ACCN, FSU AD floats uneven revenue share for acc & leaving acc. The FS himself will play Robber over the very middle of the field and watches the eyes of the QB to take away intermediate routes, yet against the run hes a 9th man in the area to fill a gap. '+,,-/4443.4444444444 However, if he goes Fieldside, he'd be matched on someone else. Several things are known at the end of the first play game situation, down and distance and ball position. Mike: The Mike backer (Jack Tyler) lines up directly over the center, and blitzes against the flow of the play to fly through the 1-3 gap. Also, stud 6'6 265 DE's who want to play in the NFL, not tie up linemen so linebackers make plays. 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. I think they use the same DE rotation as last year, with Wilson and McCray playing every 4th series and Marshall getting some snaps at tackle and end. The "Nose" and "Tackle" are the two defensive tackles in Bud Foster's defense and are generally interchangeable, meaning that on any given play, either defensive tackle can be the "Nose" or the "Tackle". His initial alignment is quite often in the box, but he doesnt get up on the LOS as much as the WHIP. Never forget Aaron Rodgers literally laughing at our defense. The 6 comes from the switches called between the LBs and the backfield. That gives up some of the flat zone coverage, so watch for more WR screens this week if they show us C4. He doesn't believe in double-talking players, or as he continually referred to as "fork tonguing" them. Instead, the coverage responsibility for that motioning receiver will be handed off to a defender already aligned on the other side of the field. Many defenses set the alignment of their players based on sides of the ball (ie, left and right) or formation strength (ie, which side the TE is on). 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 . All original material and images are copyrighted by TechSideline.com and may not be reused or reprinted without permission. Oh well. 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. Also, because of the rather shorter depth of the Safeties, you can attack their run reads directly with a vertical route directly at them, like a Post or Go route up the seam. This site utilizes responsive web design, which renders the site properly on all platforms (PC, tablet, mobile). I'd have to double check but I'm fairly certain Wiles even said he is the starter going into August camp because his players don't lose their starting jobs due to injury. To make that work, you still need to get pressure from the DL, and I think this has been one of VTs biggest issues on defense over the last few years. Without the post-2003 adjustments, there would have been many plays where Rouse would have been isolated in man coverage against the slot receiver. Sadly, the wide tackle six approach saw it's end as the Hokies were decimated by sophisticated passing attacks from the 2002 Gator Bowl through Aaron Rodgers legalized murder of the secondary in the 2004 Insight Bowl. 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