The Hokies switch between man and cover 3. 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. Against an 8-man front, it was difficult for offenses to establish the run because there was generally one defender unaccounted for in the blocking scheme. As mentioned earlier, that led to man-to-man match-ups of a linebacker or Rover against that third and fourth wide receiver. '+,,-/4443.4444444444 James Anderson is the only Hokie alumni who is a starter in the front 7 of an NFL team. The free safety fills play-side to clean up if the running back breaks through the play-side gaps. I heard very little about McCray in the spring. It is actually not a 4-3 base, as its introduced on your TV sets, but is a 4-4 front that has morphed into using 4-3 personnel. When Frank Beamer coached under Bobby Ross, they ran the Wide Tackle 6, and he took that with him to VT. So obviously if it doesn't work the scheme breaks down because it also means not being able to pressure the offense and the QB into poor decisions. Well, Hosley was disguising his true intention. The Rover is an OLB who plays more coverage, like a SS. Coles scored on that long TD. In this installment of the series, we will cover the general concepts of Bud Foster's defensive scheme, including how offensive personnel and formation impact defensive alignments and responsibilities. Part 1 covered some basic concepts, including a description for each defensive position. An 11 personnel group is one running back, one tight end, and three wide receivers. 20102023, Orange and Maroon Media, LLC. Alas, so was Jonathan Allen, and it looks like he will be playing out of position in Alabama. Offensive schemes do the same. The scheme will give about 3,000 families in poverty $1,000 a month for a year, and there are no . It was a pro-style system and designed to work against pro-style offenses, which is precisely what the Hokies system is. I think I understand why our defense is used against us in recruiting. A recipient of . Darryl Tapp has been a career backup. They tie up the center and both guards, allowing the middle linebacker to go unblocked sideline to sideline. "-John Blutarsky, Small, and generally stout defensive tackles certainly seem to be the Bud Foster model. What do you mean by "radical stunting"? 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. 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. One breakdown or miscommunication and the other team could be in the end zone. The first number reflects the number of running backs and the second number reflects the number of tight ends. Maddy is going to have to really step it up to be the starter. Tyler is almost always coming forward at the snap except when a key has him pursuing playside. Flowers, Hall, and Green have been starters. Former Coaching Staff: Where are they now? What are the differences between what Tech does and a traditional NFL 4-3?? The Tigers first-half offensive struggles were too much to overcome in a 64-57 loss. 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. Registering for an account is free and easy. 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". If you can stop the run with six, the whip or backside safety doesn't have to commit so quickly. 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. Five star get after it 100 percent Juice Key-Playing. 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. The entire defensive approach featured a bully mentality and a big play fervor. 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. Miami has completely destroyed GT the last few years (if i remember correctly), and they do that by blowing up the GT OL at the LOS. Every defensive player in the front seven has a "gap" responsibility in every defense that is called. I understand explaining that might as well be another post but it would be facinating stuff. Drawing on the scheme's nickel roots gives 4-2-5 teams the ability to run a divorced front concept. This morning, I actually stumbled across a presentation that Bud Foster made to the AFCA back in 1999. 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. So, they would use multiple tight ends to the strong side, then motion one of those tight ends back to the whip side. In combination, these adjustments resulted in more big plays against the Tech defense, both in the running game as well as the passing game. Adobe d C Also when the offense sets into Trips, you're not able to play a true C4. Other teams began to use a lot of quick passes and/or maximum protection blocking schemes to counter Techs blitz tendencies. It is a scheme that looks complicated, but yet is very simple. The potential risk is that the movement can allow for gashing big running plays if the players can't control their gap responsibility. In the above play, Jayron Hosley backpedals to his deep third at the snap. 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. Steeles downfall came against spread-it-out, fast-paced systems like West Virginias. How many Hokies have become elite corners in the NFL? If he went out, Rover has him. Also BF has talked about wanting to change the "DNA" of our DL referencing Ala. and LSU's D-lines. Some of the biggies are game situation, down and distance, ball position, and offensive personnel. Damn shame if you ask me. 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. Does this really hurt us? Excellent Hokies like Xavier Adibi, Chris Ellis, and Jonathan Lewis have barely had a look. Most teams change alignments and will stunt occasionally, but nobody trys so much to funnel types of running plays to linebackers. Presented by, Click here to access all three parts of the Hokie Defense series by Raleigh Hokie. Even more bedeviling to teams that use pro-style running games, Foster uses a huge variety of stunts, hard slants, and linebacker blitzes to "funnel" the ball carrier right into an unblocked defensive player. In other words, without changing the base personnel, it was a scheme that could adjust play to play from a run stopping 8-in-the-box set to a strong pass stopping set with five defensive backs (Whip, Rover, Field Corner, Boundary Corner, Free Safety). Clemson started to rise after that game, and we started to fall. Back to our play example. d88$FQ &~g?Waj }4;{S=Gg``YoF2a2XCTH#?:]=e1sp=$3_ S??oB/r~u6n?o'tm{ iu e*g[3mcXX_
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. And this. If the ball is on the hashmark, Rover goes Field side, WHIP to the boundary. The "G" front is the base front, but here I have not adjusted to the formation. "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby, I wish I could give you more legs. 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.). A student manager signals the personnel group (12 in this example) via the sign board. We will look at the Hokies pass defense in more detail in a later post. The Whip responsibilities seem to change as much as the skillsets of the players in the position. 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). Great stuff as always French. I broke the 4th wall of telestration. His upside is higher than Collins, but Collins is a much more instinctual player at this point. The Hopkins brothers, Maddy, and looking back at Barry Booker, Jonathan Lewis, and others all sort of fit that mold. Ball position refers to the position of the ball relative to the hash marks. In fact, since he arrived in Blacksburg in 1995, the Hokies have led all FBS programs in sacks (894) and sack yardage (-6,110). 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. *:JZjz ? I have no doubt this works against the Hokies in recruiting, but Foster also has archetypes he recruits to for his players. 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. The DEs aligned much like they do today with the Stud always to the wide side and the End always to the boundary. Have no idea how that played into Foster's defense, but he has played and started taller more slender DTs. The stud end is outside eye of the tackle strong side, and the end is outside eye of the tackle on the weakside. Hopkins was hurt slanting if I remember correctly. 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. We were tiny on D in 2010. The zone run requires each offensive lineman to block the gap to the playside, moving along the line of scrimmage and maintaining contact for as long as possible with the first defender that crosses their face. Where and how they play, and personnel types preferred, are highly scheme dependent. . All original material and images are copyrighted by TechSideline.com and may not be reused or reprinted without permission. And then there was all the blitzing. What's considered non-radical? Smart Football did an excellent write up on the Hokies robber and 4-4G. For example, a corner will not follow a motioning receiver across the field, even if it is man coverage. Foster's approach is more than just an alignment, as the long-time play-caller in Blacksburg has implemented his scheme across his entire unit, not just up front. Because the line is flowing play-side, the Whip should be unblocked and should go directly to the ball-carrier. And you can quote me on that shit!" Love the in-depth analysis. I want to focus on one, what has made teams successful against the Virginia Tech run defense? 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). Hopefully Logan will have improved his accuracy to be able to make them pay for it. 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.). 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. The whistle blows, the players un-pile and the cycle starts again. What is a zone blitz? 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. Each defender essentially has the gap in front of him. "That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! 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. From all of us at The Key Play, get off the bench and in the game. Based on what you guys are saying those type of players wouldn't fit into BF's scheme unless he's going to go to a more traditional 4-3. 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. The DB's align based on secondary alignment rules. With deep safety help, Hosley stopped his back pedal and planted on the snap, and he stepped in front of the quick curl and picked off the pass to seal the game. We will review the scheme adjustments that were made following the 2003 season and the impact they have had. Neither would a Pat Williams type DT. Aaron Rodgers, Kellen Moore, Andrew Luck all have great skills under pressure. I have read it many times in the past. "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. In this installment of the series, we will cover the general concepts of Bud Fosters defensive scheme, including how offensive personnel and formation impact defensive alignments and responsibilities. Ideally, the Stud end will be 2 yards deep into the backfield. Lets go through the sequence that takes place in the 20-30 seconds between the end of one play and the next snap. If you have any questions, I will be sure to answer to answer them in the comments. View All Discussions French on the Bench , "David doesn't even fart. 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. Virginia Tech uses both their base look (which features each lineman and linebacker having gap responsibility for the gap in front of them) or a more radical stunting approach based on the talent Foster has available. Damn that's a turning point in both Clemson and VTs program recently. More to come in my next post. With two CBs outside you basically have 6 ways it can work without changing the call. All Hokie, All the Time. 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. Clemson Basketball: 2014 Scholarship Roster. 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. 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. 3) I think it does hurt recruiting elite out of state prospects. Basically, it requires two defensive tackles who can each command double teams. How did you think TCU was able to defeat teams like Wisconsin with their 4-2-5? The nose tackle is a 1 technique, the tackle is a 3 technique. Shop fresh Hokies gear at TKP sponsor Homefield. A 46 is by definition a "Bear" front, but to use "Bear" does not necessarily mean a 46 defense. Join the community. 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). (Dave Knachel/Virginia Tech athletics) Article It's a season of transition. The 4-2-5 Defense Study (Softcover: 145 pages) . In these cases why couldn't we stop the run? Behind the defense, the Hokies secondary plays a basic robber coverage on this play. The tackle will cross the face of the guard and the center, and fill the 2 gap, originally vacated by the Nose. It wasn't ideal. The adjustment from one set to the other depends on the alignment of the Rover. )jlOkD0 Nzlk}nGr(eancz#pC)vg`gd>fX&qb' h3L88ihTy%B|1ebUX9T ";*KM 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. Spoilers). Adobe d C Note with that pre-snap look, it would be difficult for the QB to read the coverage (is it man or is it zone?). 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. Ideally he can maintain leverage without being driven downfield. Simple. Hop, Bruce, and JGW) and as possibly causing fatigue later in the year if the guys aren't in shape? 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Whip: The Whip (Kyle Fuller) lines up wide, but well to the inside of the slot. #Scales4Heisman. Dog Inside Blitz, a common blitz you see from Tech. pretty cool to look back on it from time to time. couple that with (hopefully) some VERY strong dline recruits panning out, and landing dhand and/or brown next year, and it seems as if our defense is only going to get better and better, French-- in your opinion what position in the front 7 is the most important for a successful tech D. Also fwiw if tyler plays every play like those 2 video plays above its going to be hard to keep him off the field especially against gt. A retired San Jose police officer was convicted Friday of committing more than $1 million in insurance fraud and $18 million in money laundering after exploiting workers at a private security . It offers some terrific insight into the Hokie mindset at that time. He has held the job since 1996, and he came to . Shop fresh Hokies gear at TKP sponsor Homefield. How will VT defend against teams like Stanford and other NFL caliber offenses? In terms of positions, the Stud, Whip, Mike, Field Corner and Free Safety always align toward the wide side of the field. Nuk Hopkins is usually a Boundary-side WR, so he gets the Boundary CB most of the time. Cover 4 is technically a zone defense, but plays like M2M and often ends up looking just like the normal Cover 2 youre used to visualizing. The consistent 3 stripes on white was a good look. Also, because of the rather shorter depth of the Safeties, you can attack their run reads directly with a vertical route directly at them, like a Post or Go route up the seam. Virginia Tech Hokies football, basketball, athletics blog and forum featuring: unique columns, breaking news, film studies, in-depth analysis, recruiting, videos and jokes. Eventually, the kids who see the NFL in their future realize that going to such a school hurts their chances. He's as genuine as they come. Rover always goes to the side of the passing strength (not necessarily the TE side) or the Field side, and WHIP always aligns opposite the Rover. In certain situations, without changing the personnel, the Hokies will play an 8-man front, with four defensive linemen, four linebackers, and three defensive backs (4-4-3 alignment).
"#()%$%%! Jack Tyler can't cover a rock, so CBF adjusts his schemes and defensive calls to account for that. The singular thing that can derail their run defense is getting chewed up physically against Georgia Tech. A "Bear" front covers both OGs and the Center, making it an Odd front. What about that sign board with numbers like 21 or 11? The helmets they're wearing are still my favorite VT helmets. Free Safety: Free safety starts in a deep third lined up 12 yards off the ball directly behind the mike. Thanks. 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. http://www.playbookexchange.net/playbooks/Defense/02060201-VirginiaTechAttack.pdf. *:JZjz ? I remember seeing our defensive philosophy torched about ten years ago. . Bud Foster received national recognition for the way his Bear defense surprised and shut down Urban Meyer's vaunted spread rushing attack in 2014. The result is a 4-3 base that follows the general rules of alignment with the players sliding and rotating based on personnel group and passing strength. The Gap Defense is grounded in a simple concept. Yeah Hosley getting knocked out screwed the rest of the defense off. He had to make the Rover less a run-defender and more of a full-time DB, a SS in laymans terms. 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. JWG goes to fill the gap, but the tight end takes him off his feet. I am ready for some football. 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. When fans get their first glimpse of the Hokies this spring, they will see a huge degree of Bud Foster influence in Brent Pry's defensive scheme. In his walked out spot, he is reading the backfield triangle to the #2/#3 receiver and has the flat zone weak. http://www.orangeandwhite.com/news/2012/jan/21/swinney-hired-venables-br OT: "The Mandalorian" S3 discussion thread (feat. I'd like to see those guys like McCray playing more than thatespecially down the stretch with Clemson, fsu, and Miamifresh legs all round are a gOod thing.. McCray played more against UVA and Michigan than I thought he did, and he had some good pass rush (but he was usually second in the race behind another defender.). I had to go back and read about the defense given how I did not understand all the roles. A student manager then uses the sign board to communicate the personnel group to the players on the field. MAN. It was difficult for offenses to determine how many were blitzing and how many were dropping into coverage. From this base set, the Hokies can play any number of man and zone coverages while still getting to an 8-man front on any play by rotating the Rover up closer to the line of scrimmage just prior to the snap. As some of you may remember, Virginia Tech rose to prominence in the early 90's on the back of elite special teams, a grind-it-out conservative offense, a state of the art weight training program, and most significantly, on the back of a radical defensive approach that took recruits that nobody wanted and turned them loose like the dogs of war on opposing defenses. The Hokie Gap defense rose from the ashes of the famed "Hokie Attack" 8 man front of the 1990's. But the biggest thing is probably the QB ability to react quickly to the pressure (a key part of the Hokie D). Jessie has three boys of her. Next Up: All of those confusing pass coverages. *U# N)qQ/y(H"hVt kf@^L;,R?P0;|v44
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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. 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. Thekeyplay.com is not affiliated with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In basic terms, normal defenses feature corners playing man with safeties deep to help. All of those adjustments are made in real time by the players on the field. 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 . I have not watched any tape of Miami vs Georgia Tech, so I am not sure if they make any specific adjustments from their normal scheme, but they certainly have the Yellow Jackets pegged. It is mostly combined with Man coverage and is pretty heavy on stunts and exchanges between the DL and LBs. 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 Backer and Rover were strong side players, so they would usually align to the strong side of the formation. So, every player has to know exactly where to be, exactly what to do, and exactly where to go before running with reckless abandon into a full speed collision. The Corners cheat deeper in this coverage at 7-9 yds, so they can rarely show Press man pre-snap when 2-Robber is the call. We will review the scheme adjustments that were made following the 2003 season and the impact they have had. Inverted Cover 2 Robber is a 2-deep, 5-underneath zone coverage that uses the FS as the Robber. 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?". My most recent columns can now be found on the right sidebar. 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. 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. He had a concussion and it hurt our secondary. Seems to me it would be a waste of time unless they are going to use him at DE. . 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. 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." Did Jim Harbaugh out scheme us, did we execute poorly, or were we outmanned? 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