And you can quote me on that shit!" Was a great move on moving the rover back in alignment based on the offenses being seen but thought the Rover always lined up on the strong side away from the Whip but your diagram indicates them lined on the same side. The strongside End, called a "Stud", aligns over the inside of the TE (7 technique) and the other DE aligns in a 5-technique. Really excited about the front seven this year. In th defense now, the free safety and the whip are essentially interchangable. When they face 21/22/12 personnel, theyll set up in the G front or Bear front most of the time. I think they are well coached. This often creates the illusion to the running back that there isn't backside pursuit, making the backside cutback to the 1 gap the logical place to go. In the above play, Jayron Hosley backpedals to his deep third at the snap. It's no secret that Tech uses a lot of "hybrid" type players. The Hopkins brothers, Maddy, and looking back at Barry Booker, Jonathan Lewis, and others all sort of fit that mold. A "Bear" front covers both OGs and the Center, making it an Odd front. He had to use less of the C2R and more Cover 4. Simple. Nuk Hopkins is usually a Boundary-side WR, so he gets the Boundary CB most of the time. 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. 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. The "G" front is the base front, but here I have not adjusted to the formation. 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. Hell Charley Wiles even stated that one thing he was challenging Antoine Hopkins on last August was making plays out of his alignment, i.e. The number of wide receivers is derived from the combination of those two numbers. This post gave me a good chuckle. Damn that's a turning point in both Clemson and VTs program recently. Five star get after it 100 percent Juice Key-Playing. Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in bad humor. VT couldn't stop the run against Stanford. 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. The DB's align based on secondary alignment rules. "That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! He can have a SS build and sometimes aligns deeper, like the FS. This is very important information that is communicated by the coaches in the booth to the coaches on the sideline. JWG goes to fill the gap, but the tight end takes him off his feet. I broke the 4th wall of telestration. The result of these adjustments is a scheme that has proven to be more effective against the current trend of spread formation, passing-oriented offenses. Also, against Ace and Doubles sets, the coverage basically changes into 1/4-1/4-1/2 Cover 3. 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 . Charley Wiles communicates the front call to the defensive line (stunt calls, etc). For more details about the site, including a list of TechSideline.com staff, see our About page. 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.). Bud Foster keeps Virginia Tech opponents guessing with ability to adjust on defense After Virginia Tech upset No. What VT wants to do to you is show the 8 man front, and force you to go into max-protect blocking, and then peel those extra 2 guys back into Cover 4. This book features Bud Foster, Defensive Coordinator at Virginia Tech; Chris Ash, Co-Defensive Coordinator, Ohio State; Mickey Matthews, former Head Coach at James . That left situations where Motu was one on one with a big athletic TE going down the seam. A recipient of . If they can get Brown and Hand, I think Foster will figure out a way to take their skills and make it work, but I can GUARENTEE you, every recruiter that visits Brown and Hand will tell them that there has not been a Hokie defensive lineman since Foster was hired that has been a productive multi-year NFL starter. The Whip responsibilities seem to change as much as the skillsets of the players in the position. His number was 46. An example are the Virginia Tech teams of Frank Beamer and Justin Fuente, with Bud Foster serving as defensive coordinator under both. Spoilers). Aaron Rodgers, Kellen Moore, Andrew Luck all have great skills under pressure. "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby, I wish I could give you more legs. 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). 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. *:JZjz ? 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? [=?_. 20102023, Orange and Maroon Media, LLC. Really great stuff. The offensive personnel or personnel group is the makeup of offensive skill positions for any given play. 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. Stanford also used formation to create matchup problems. . "-John Blutarsky. Ive said it before but Im super serious this timethis is a must win game for Clemsons NCAA tournament resume. The wide variety of stunts are designed to make backs read holes that are not there, causing them to run right into the mike or backer who have moved across the formation to meet the back in the hole. Winslow and the defensive end (JR. Collins) to an X stunt, with Collins going outside and JWG taking the inside (or #5) gap. The legendary defensive coordinator stepped away after the 2019 season, but his . Seems to me it would be a waste of time unless they are going to use him at DE. 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. Oh well. On this play against UVA, the Hokies are playing a base front. It turns into a 1/4-1/4-1/2 scheme, C3, or you have to split the coverage so that the single receiver backside is getting man coverage. Also BF has talked about wanting to change the "DNA" of our DL referencing Ala. and LSU's D-lines. I am ready for some football. Body positioning, angle of alignment, depth of alignment, how to come off the snap (use of hands, proper footwork, etc), reading each individual key, reacting properly to those keys, proper pursuit angle, tackling technique.that is just a short list of things that the players must focus on correctly as a unit for the defense to be successful on any given play. Whip starts back and creeps up or vice versa. In certain situations, without changing the personnel, the Hokies will play an 8-man front, with four defensive linemen, four linebackers, and three defensive backs (4-4-3 alignment). While it's currently a knock that VT hasn't developed NFL linemen, it's more of an inability to recruit them onto campus than anything else. Game situation includes things like score, wind / weather conditions and time remaining on the clock. How did you think TCU was able to defeat teams like Wisconsin with their 4-2-5? Thoughts? The singular thing that can derail their run defense is getting chewed up physically against Georgia Tech. What's so radical about it? 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 What does that mean? The defense slides their individual alignments based on that personnel group and passing strength. Thanks. The scheme is also simpler to execute because the players are aligned based on ball position, rather than on the strength of the offensive formation. Maddy is going to have to really step it up to be the starter. H332U(W5RR-T56 )onl ${* If he went out, Rover has him. But I don't think we put enough pressure on them either due to match ups on the front line and some weaknesses in coverage, both due to injuries. The defensive front called "Bear" is part of the 46 defense, but they are separable things. When the WR's sets up to run block (the WR's total lack of effort is a complete "UVA move"), he immediately comes up in run support. From all of us at The Key Play, get off the bench and in the game. I had to go back and read about the defense given how I did not understand all the roles. Suddenly the gap is open, and the back has a nice hole. What may not be as obvious is that football is equally challenging mentally. Meanwhile, Dwayne Allen would come BEHIND the line against the grain of the play and pop out the weak side. I have no expectations that Antoine will start this year coming off that injury coupled with his history of not being as hard a worker. I hope they can return to dominance. a !1AQa"q2B#$Rb34rC%Scs5&DTdEt6UeuF'Vfv7GWgw(8HXhx )9IYiy The free safety is responsible for coverage adjustments and making sure that everyone is lined up properly. TechSideline.com (a.k.a. The consistent 3 stripes on white was a good look. Every defensive player in the front seven has a "gap" responsibility in every defense that is called. 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. How do those pieces fit together and how do they work collectively to form one of college footballs best defenses? It offers some terrific insight into the Hokie mindset at that time. Most of the time, there is a safety/LB hybrid that is dropped into the box to create a true 8 man front. It was difficult for offenses to determine how many were blitzing and how many were dropping into coverage. Everyone, especially play side, must at least stalemate their blocker in their gap. Shop fresh Hokies gear at TKP sponsor Homefield. Excellent Hokies like Xavier Adibi, Chris Ellis, and Jonathan Lewis have barely had a look. And finally, we will take a look at how all of the calls and adjustments for each play are communicated from the coaches to the players. )jlOkD0 Nzlk}nGr(eancz#pC)vg`gd>fX&qb' h3L88ihTy%B|1ebUX9T ";*KM Backers and Mikes must be adept at timing blitzes and taking on blocks. Using a series of hand signals, Bud Foster communicates the defensive call (set, blitz call, passing strength, coverage, etc) to the players on the field. What is a zone blitz? And you can quote me on that shit!" Likewise, the End, Backer, Boundary Corner, and Rover always align toward the short side of the field. It is actually a base 4-4 front. Thanks! Because its a 4-4 defense that has to be able to handle the spread offense at times, it needs some rather special players at some of the hybrid LB spots. I am not sure where Antoine fits, but I find it hard to believe he will beat out Maddy with Maddy's excellent spring. The diagram below uses numbers to identify each gap. If you have any questions, I will be sure to answer to answer them in the comments. In the 4-3-4 base set, the Rover aligns as a defensive back, specifically as one of the two safeties. 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. 20102023, Orange and Maroon Media, LLC. For that reason, some teams found success by running weak side out of those spread formations. The Whip blitzes hard from the 7 gap to fly through the 5 gap space. WHIP might align himself like a FS, but hell come down over the middle into a hook zone instead of dropping for deep half-field coverage. Cover 4 is technically a zone defense, but plays like M2M and often ends up looking just like the normal Cover 2 youre used to visualizing. The "nickel" linebackers have almost no pass defense responsibility, and instead are used in a variety of blitz packages designed to outman the offensive line and force the quarterback to make quick throws, where the designed hidden coverages in the secondary await to pick off the pass. A lot can still happen from that base pre-snap state, including shifts, motion, and checks/audibles by the offense. WHIP often creeps up because he usually gets a 1 on 1 matchup with the RB in coverage. 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. The 8-man front, aggressive blitzing style of defense often forced the Hokies to play man coverage across the board with little or no deep help. There is an extensive blitz package in VTs scheme. Behind the defense, the Hokies secondary plays a basic robber coverage on this play. 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. Virginia Tech football's defensive coordinator, Bud Foster, has been on the job for 18 years now, but he keeps revealing new layers of brilliance to show why he's the best defensive boss in. 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. Even if they win, guys like Hopkins and Collins were just not the same after the GT game last year. Several things are known at the end of the first play game situation, down and distance and ball position. 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. 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. 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. Some of the biggies are game situation, down and distance, ball position, and offensive personnel. As the coaches like to say, it is important that their minds do not tie up their feet. . A retired San Jose police officer was convicted Friday of committing more than $1 million in insurance fraud and $18 million in money laundering after exploiting workers at a private security . Through the first half, Andre Ellington was averaging like 1.3 yards a carry with 23 yards total. Bud Foster used the Bear defense to suffocate the Buckeyes' run game in 2014. This is especially true for the Whip LB, who no longer drops back as a deep safety in any situation. Instead, the coverage responsibility for that motioning receiver will be handed off to a defender already aligned on the other side of the field. Will having a healthy and complete team be enough? Next Up: All of those confusing pass coverages. 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. That sign board on the sideline is a tool that identifies the offensive personnel group. Presented by, Click here to access all three parts of the Hokie Defense series by Raleigh Hokie. Following Michael Cole's injury, Foster mostly used the old "46" alignment made famous by Buddy Ryan and the Chicago Bears. The entire defensive approach featured a bully mentality and a big play fervor. Our DL has way more play making responsibility in the run game than a traditional 4-3 where at least 2 of the linemen are expected to eat double blocks and free up the linebackers. It is a scheme that looks complicated, but yet is very simple. Foster has been at Virginia Tech for 30 years and has been the coordinator for 12 seasons. One breakdown or miscommunication and the other team could be in the end zone. I admit, I got chills when I read Charley Wiles bullet on defensive line play: "Feet in neutral zone by the time the ball disappears into centers crouch.". Access Exclusive Content and Financially Support The Key Play. 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). And, you are also correct about Taylor. Well, Bud had to change his defense a little to handle that. The middle backers have very little pass coverage responsibility, and spend significant time taking on blocks on the interior of a play. But after several seasons of getting pounded into the turf by the Tech defense, teams began to spread things out and use more 3-4 wide receiver formations to isolate certain match-ups. 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). 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. Does the defensive scheme lend itself to this or did we have weaknesses in key positions? Well, Hosley was disguising his true intention. What VT plays most against pro-style teams is Inverted Cover 2 Robber, but the deep cover guys are the Cornerbacks, not the safeties. And stopping the run was (and still is) the #1 goal of Bud Fosters defense. 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. Virginia Techs defense is a unique one in major college football in that it is very much an older style of defense descended from the Gap 8 and Wide Tackle 6. When things went well, a Hokie game featured numerous sacks, tackles for losses, interceptions, and the band wearing out the theme from Empire Strikes Back. They tie up the center and both guards, allowing the middle linebacker to go unblocked sideline to sideline. A terrific example (which of course I cannot find a good video of) is the 2010 interception of Stephen Morris by Jayron Hosley against Miami. Bud Foster's defense held the Tigers to 186 yards of total offense in a 24-7 route. 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.). Whip is to the passing strength, which is most often to the field but (against teams like Pitt) can be to the boundary. The "G" front is a 4-man Even front that covers both OGs with DTs, and is heavy on stunting. 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. This plays out when you examine the Hokies players in the NFL. 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. Now, he will get a jump start at Ohio State, where he will always have a talent advantage over the best Big Ten schools. Think DeAndre McDaniel. Since the scheme was tweaked, the Tech defense has finished ranked #4, #1, and #1 in the nation in total defense. What about that sign board with numbers like 21 or 11? Damn shame if you ask me. Oh, and lets not forget the secret weapon. Last year's defense was an incredible patchwork of adjustments, alignments, schemes and calls designed to hide our defense's weaknesses and it worked in 11/13 games. Wiley, Brown, Russell, Drakeford, Gray, Banks, Prioleau, Charleton, Midget, Bird, McCadam, Pile, Hall, Green, Fuller, Williams, Hamilton, Rouse, Flowers, Harris, Chancellor, Carmichael, Hosley, Fuller, Exum, Jarrett. The Backer disguises, looking like he is scraping play-side, but in reality, he is filling the interior of the 6 gap. pretty heavy on stunts and exchanges between the DL and LBs, Clemson Basketball Travels to NC State with Last Hope of NCAA Berth on the Line, Clemson Softball roars to fast start and high rankings. 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. Prior to 2004, the alignment of the linebackers and safeties was based more on the strong side / weak side of the offensive formation. The 46 defensive front. Id call both of them pseudo-Cover 3. He doesn't believe in double-talking players, or as he continually referred to as "fork tonguing" them. 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. Today, a look at some of the pass rush and blitz packages utilized in Bud Foster's Gap Defense As discussed in "A Look Back at the Hokie Wide Tackle Six Defense" , Virginia Tech rose to defensive dominance running an 8-man front which allowed the Hokies to blitz from multiple angles. 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. Next week, we will examine some of the basic blitz packages that the Hokies use for passing down and distance situations. Whip: The Whip (Kyle Fuller) lines up wide, but well to the inside of the slot. http://www.playbookexchange.net/playbooks/Defense/02060201-VirginiaTechAttack.pdf. Worilds was moved to OLB and by the accounts of Steelers insiders, has struggled with the transition to a 3-4 look. Instead he will look to plant and dive straight ahead for the inside of the 6 gap or the 4 gap, or he will plant and cut back to the center gap. Stopping the run is one of the basic tenants of the defensive scheme. At the time, there was a lot of discussion about the changes, both from the coaches directly and from others close to the program. pretty cool to look back on it from time to time. "-John Blutarsky, Small, and generally stout defensive tackles certainly seem to be the Bud Foster model. Other teams began to use a lot of quick passes and/or maximum protection blocking schemes to counter Techs blitz tendencies. I want to focus on one, what has made teams successful against the Virginia Tech run defense? Its a different approach from VKs 4-2-5, which dropped one SS into the box, but essentially a 4-2-5 plays like a 4-4 front against any pro-style 2-TE/1-2 back offense. Urban Meyer fell behind LSU and Alabama in recruiting, and magically his health is at risk and he gets out. 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. Also, stud 6'6 265 DE's who want to play in the NFL, not tie up linemen so linebackers make plays. 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. Maybe an example would work here. Such a menacing look. Period. View All Discussions French on the Bench , "Does it get any better than Thursday Night in Blacksburg?" The nose tackle is a 1 technique, the tackle is a 3 technique. 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. Registering for an account is free and easy. Playing in a college system that emphasizes skillset diversity is actually a good thing. There are two inside linebackers in the 4-4 scheme sometimes known as the Mike and Buck linebackers. The defense was predicated on putting 8 men in the box, and bringing a wide variety of unique blitzes to confuse and outman the offensive line, while in the secondary attempting to hide coverages and trick the defense into throwing into their quick blitz read, where a Hokie defensive back sat waiting to take the ball the other way. And that is a key aspect of playing great defense, especially when the system relies heavily on speed, quickness and pursuit. Finally, the ball is snapped and the play runs to completion, most likely in five seconds or less. All of those adjustments are made in real time by the players on the field. Not every coach could do that. The wide side is called the field and the short side is called the boundary. Engleberger wasn't a bust. Here's the INT described at the end of the article. At that point, the players on the field know the down/distance and the front, pressure, and coverage calls. Because the line is flowing play-side, the Whip should be unblocked and should go directly to the ball-carrier. In obvious passing situations, the Hokies would shift to a base 4-3-4 look by dropping the Whip as the second safety. 3) I think it does hurt recruiting elite out of state prospects. 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. So, they would use multiple tight ends to the strong side, then motion one of those tight ends back to the whip side. I think we see the Hokies playing a ton of 4-4G man this year, with next to no pass coverage responsibility by the mike and backer. 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. The Hokie Gap defense rose from the ashes of the famed "Hokie Attack" 8 man front of the 1990's. 8 Ohio State with schemes used by Defensive Coordinator Bud Foster,. Ultimately, we will see Maddy and Derek Hopkins starting, with Marshall coming in for Maddy on most passing downs. The scheme will give about 3,000 families in poverty $1,000 a month for a year, and there are no . Clear as mud right? 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. 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. 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. 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