In the 4-3-4 base set, the Rover aligns as a defensive back, specifically as one of the two safeties. From all of us at The Key Play, get off the bench and in the game. 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. His upside is higher than Collins, but Collins is a much more instinctual player at this point. I think we have had these super talented CB's the past few years but what happens when somebody gets hurt and we have to go to the bench like when Hosley got hurt last year? 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. OT: "The Mandalorian" S3 discussion thread (feat. VT couldn't stop the run against Stanford. Why are we sometimes successful (last year 2nd half) and sometimes not so successful (09 second half)? More and more NFL coaches are blending the 4-3 and 3-4 concepts and scheme. Based on what you said, don't the DL's all "tie" up the lines in both Bud scheme and the traditional pro-scheme? 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. The Hopkins brothers, Maddy, and looking back at Barry Booker, Jonathan Lewis, and others all sort of fit that mold. Nekos was pretty average size for a Hokie DE (McCray is the biggest it seems like we have had since Chris Ellis), but neither Brown nor Graves fit the new prototype of NFL type 6'6 265 DE's and 6'4 310 3-4 DE's or 4-3 DT's that we see in the SEC. A student manager signals the personnel group (12 in this example) via the sign board. If he comes inside, Backer takes him. 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. The tackle will cross the face of the guard and the center, and fill the 2 gap, originally vacated by the Nose. That sign board on the sideline is a tool that identifies the offensive personnel group. Playing in a college system that emphasizes skillset diversity is actually a good thing. Often, in interviews with Bud Foster and other defensive coaches, you hear the term "gap fit" thrown around. Hosley was excellent enough to execute the design up there with the very best ball hawk the Hokies have had. Mr. Hokie Cody Grimm was moved to the secondary (which is funny given that pass coverage was his greatest weakness as a Hokie.) 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.). The "G" front is a 4-man Even front that covers both OGs with DTs, and is heavy on stunting. 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. pretty cool to look back on it from time to time. This is particularly true when the Whip or Rover is aligned on a slot WR -- hell come hard on the blitz pretty often. getting after it down the LOS once it was clear the RB was not going for his gap. Darryl Tapp has been a career backup. While the nose sometimes gets unblocked and can get upfield, more often than not he will make contact with the guard and tackle. Likewise, by no longer asking the Rover to man up against speedy slot receivers to the wide side of the field allows linebacker / safety type athletes like Aaron Rouse to be successful at that position. MAN. It depends on which version of the 4-3. I think they are well coached. The defensive front called "Bear" is part of the 46 defense, but they are separable things. Seems there were a lot of big plays in that game and during the year. 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. We will review the scheme adjustments that were made following the 2003 season and the impact they have had. The number of wide receivers is derived from the combination of those two numbers. On this play against UVA, the Hokies are playing a base front. 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. 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. "-John Blutarsky, Small, and generally stout defensive tackles certainly seem to be the Bud Foster model. 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. What may not be as obvious is that football is equally challenging mentally. They are looking at the QB and reading his actions without letting the #1 outside WR get past. We play three different packages: G, T u f f and FD/ST-G. Our G package is our base defense. Most of the time, there is a safety/LB hybrid that is dropped into the box to create a true 8 man front. Thoughts? So, they would use multiple tight ends to the strong side, then motion one of those tight ends back to the whip side. I understand explaining that might as well be another post but it would be facinating stuff. I hope they can return to dominance. 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. What VT plays most against pro-style teams is Inverted Cover 2 Robber, but the deep cover guys are the Cornerbacks, not the safeties. Look at Florida under Urban Meyer. If he went out, Rover has him. 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 defense slides their individual alignments based on that personnel group and passing strength. Whip starts back and creeps up or vice versa. Likewise, the End, Backer, Boundary Corner, and Rover always align toward the short side of the field. 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. 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. They've only had a few with an NFL frame, and none of them worked out. He had to make the Rover less a run-defender and more of a full-time DB, a SS in laymans terms. 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 . Nose Tackle: The Nose (Luther Maddy): The nose will line up as a 1 technique, on the inside eye of the play-side guard. The 46 defensive front. I'm sure our coaches cite James Anderson who transitioned from Whip to NFL LB, and Jason Worilds who played DE at Tech and was drafted as an OLB for the Steelers. 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. Williams and Harris pretty much flamed out. Shop fresh Hokies gear at TKP sponsor Homefield. There is an extensive blitz package in VTs scheme. A similar thing happened with the game against Miami, where LM just gashed us in the second half. )jlOkD0 Nzlk}nGr(eancz#pC)vg`gd>fX&qb' h3L88ihTy%B|1ebUX9T ";*KM 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". f endstream endobj 9 0 obj 55 endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Name /I1 /Filter /DCTDecode /Width 32 /Height 27 /BitsPerComponent 8 /ColorSpace /DeviceGray /Length 7 0 R >> stream Learn how to identity the Bear and understand how it accomplishes its goal. Ball position refers to the position of the ball relative to the hash marks. (Please note, the Hokies may use letters or other terminology to identify each gap.). . 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. That is a lot for the players to process isnt it? ]~ .O}_JG7mn0 1.Wvn;m,Fv i>TFis endstream endobj 11 0 obj 433 endobj 17 0 obj << /Length 18 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream Former Coaching Staff: Where are they now? So, what does it look like when a Hokie fails to control a gap? Morris, who was a first time starter, had thrown quick 5-7 yard hooks against the Hokie blitz all day. JWG goes to fill the gap, but the tight end takes him off his feet. *U# N)qQ/y(H"hVt kf@^L;,R?P0;|v44 JFC=zYh AWEBYl5I[.X@v6UQV@_msY)Ng1KhZ/Y)va+XsM =_ewrr\|2Q)/zN]N}q_r{f-wvw)1,Z )$fy86g8@ZtqI,dX& ^twn*g$b{xoa.WwDWZflk1g,JIEfPO[h-H( ,AdYp[fuNP&SuhZs`um%?HSpQ1Y. How did you think TCU was able to defeat teams like Wisconsin with their 4-2-5? The most common is a walked out position on weakside slots, but he can also align deeper at 3x5 or almost as deep as the FS. 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. 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. Virginia Tech's defense is in good hands with Bud Foster at the controls Skip to main . Bud Foster used the Bear defense to suffocate the Buckeyes' run game in 2014. They have to get depth immediately to play deep-half coverage. Am I getting overconfident that we'll be able to better compete with Clemson this year based on the following assumptions: from Clemson beat writer Greg Wallace via Andy Bitter: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/06/ask-another-teams-beat-writer-clemson. Offensive schemes do the same. 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. I have a few questions: 1) With all the extra movement in the "radical stunts", do you see this as wearing down the front 7 more and possibly being the cause for some of the injuries, esp last year, (ex. The Hokies defense requires the DL to essentially "tie up" blockers and hold gaps. 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. Dog Inside Blitz, a common blitz you see from Tech. 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. One breakdown or miscommunication and the other team could be in the end zone. What is a zone blitz? In his walked out spot, he is reading the backfield triangle to the #2/#3 receiver and has the flat zone weak. The pre-snap look is quite often Cover 4 because of this. *:JZjz ? This aggressive nature of the defense led to years with incredible tackles-for-loss numbers. They have to have the frame and natural instinct. In terms of positions, the Stud, Whip, Mike, Field Corner and Free Safety always align toward the wide side of the field. There are a number of factors that the coaches consider when setting the defense from play to play. 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. Most would call that 6 years. Sounds like fun doesnt it? In terms of base sets, the Hokies transitioned from being a heavy 8-man front defense to a 4-3-4 base set characterized by two deep safeties. The scheme adjustments that were made following the 2003 season and the,... 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