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. Defensive linemen must be able to stunt and slant while maintaining leverage. Learn how to identity the Bear and understand how it accomplishes its goal. 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. Drawing on the scheme's nickel roots gives 4-2-5 teams the ability to run a divorced front concept. Now, he will get a jump start at Ohio State, where he will always have a talent advantage over the best Big Ten schools. Justin Hamilton is in his first year as Virginia Tech's defensive coordinator after serving as safeties coach last year. How do those pieces fit together and how do they work collectively to form one of college footballs best defenses? It's no secret that Tech uses a lot of "hybrid" type players. It is even more stunning given how horridly Miami's D was against the Hokies. I am ready for some football. *:JZjz ? It really is an outlier as far as defenses, as much as Paul Johnson's wishbone is on offense. Winslow and the defensive end (JR. Collins) to an X stunt, with Collins going outside and JWG taking the inside (or #5) gap. Oh, and lets not forget the secret weapon. Cover 6 goes well with the pressure fronts they like to show. 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. One of Techs defensive coaches in the booth communicates the ball position, down/distance and personnel group to the coaches on the sideline. -Bud Foster. The stud end is outside eye of the tackle strong side, and the end is outside eye of the tackle on the weakside. This is absolutely an attacking defense where every player is expected to #1 maintain leverage/control their gap responsibility and #2 attack attack attack the ball carrier. getting after it down the LOS once it was clear the RB was not going for his gap. The Rover is an OLB who plays more coverage, like a SS. Thanks for reading! The Backer disguises, looking like he is scraping play-side, but in reality, he is filling the interior of the 6 gap. 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? When they play 46 front, its mostly man/man, because its a pressure front like the Under we use. In addition, they know the personnel group and the pre-snap formation. Shop fresh Hokies gear at TKP sponsor Homefield. Los Angeles is launching a guaranteed income pilot program, set to be the biggest in the US so far. 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. a !1AQa"q2B#$Rb34rC%Scs5&DTdEt6UeuF'Vfv7GWgw(8HXhx )9IYiy Steeles downfall came against spread-it-out, fast-paced systems like West Virginias. There are a ton of details that are critical for the defense to execute properly. - TheFifthFuller. More and more NFL coaches are blending the 4-3 and 3-4 concepts and scheme. A London Fletcher or Brian Urlacher type linebacker would not be a good fit for the Hokies. That's probably the reason we lost Korren Kirven. k_~k=: .qNgR\T0A$wcfXoMe#:!v2W}\;Kfva%VSc~s{A?dtpq) g~u+c\8h{ ]KKCz/H-\XH/c&4]#T{*]k0:}M &i$kj? [=?_. 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. Excellent Hokies like Xavier Adibi, Chris Ellis, and Jonathan Lewis have barely had a look. I was getting confused reading the comments and didn't see they were from 5 years and 12 months ago. First, how do they maintain the aggressive variability of the Wide Tackle Six, but second, he wanted to stop the growing use of one back multiple receiver offenses from the West Coast to the Spread. Note with that pre-snap look, it would be difficult for the QB to read the coverage (is it man or is it zone?). His number was 46. 1. The movement ideally allows three Hokies to be unblocked, versus depending on the physical ability of the defensive line to beat each of their blocks at the point of attack. 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. They tie up the center and both guards, allowing the middle linebacker to go unblocked sideline to sideline. 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. 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. 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? Meanwhile, Dwayne Allen would come BEHIND the line against the grain of the play and pop out the weak side. Neither would a Pat Williams type DT. Going into last season, there was legitimate concern about Brenden Hill playing a position that had become more defined as a linebacker, but he proved that a player of his physical abilities could be productive as a Whip as well if he handled his assignments correctly. The Hokies showed a blitz up front, and Jayron showed a cover 3 look by bailing out and back pedaling before the snap. 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. In an 8-man front, the Rover will rotate up closer to the line of scrimmage and align as the fourth linebacker. The whistle blows, the players un-pile and the cycle starts again. Instead of slanting as much (because his DL had a tendency to lose gap control and his backer couldn't figure out how to be in the correct place), Bud reverted back to shooting gaps. .". The Chargers' defense ranked last in third-down conversion percentage (49.54%), 30th in rushing yards allowed per game (138.9), 30th in points allowed per game (27.0) and 23rd in yards allowed . 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. Registered users can participate in the forum, post and vote on comments. The Mike is over the center. On the other side, teams could get favorable running game match-ups by running to the boundary. I have had some great question both here and on twitter about some of the nuances of the defense. Seems there were a lot of big plays in that game and during the year. 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. Not every coach could do that. So something else broke down that lead to Clemson being able to run the ball like they did in the second half. I have no doubt this works against the Hokies in recruiting, but Foster also has archetypes he recruits to for his players. 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. A 46 is by definition a "Bear" front, but to use "Bear" does not necessarily mean a 46 defense. They know where to be and they know how to adjust more quickly to formation shifts and motion. Engleberger wasn't a bust. Note that with no receivers split to the boundary, the Rover will rotate up to the line of scrimmage and align as a linebacker on the boundary side. His initial alignment is quite often in the box, but he doesnt get up on the LOS as much as the WHIP. 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. Also, stud 6'6 265 DE's who want to play in the NFL, not tie up linemen so linebackers make plays. -- French. My most recent columns can now be found on the right sidebar. 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). Every defensive player in the front seven has a "gap" responsibility in every defense that is called. The coaches helped by putting him in positions where he could be successful. If the running back looks to go straight ahead, he will see the guard and tackle jammed up and look to cutback. TechSideline.com (a.k.a. Ball position refers to the position of the ball relative to the hash marks. He was on a roll at the start of last season and his recovery is going really well. 1) I have seen a ton of schemes and I can't remember one that repeatedly asks the defensive tackles to stunt across multiple gaps and still maintain gap fits. This column was more about the run defense, so I can work on drawing up some plays and video that shows how Clemson neutralized the Hokies in a future piece. 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.). Each defender essentially has the gap in front of him. 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. If he comes inside, Backer takes him. The helmets they're wearing are still my favorite VT helmets. this is the best stuff and why i love TKP .. i know that teams use our schemes against us in recruiting but i love how the giants and their smaller, more athletic dline core, is being looked at by coach bud. If the blitz didnt get to the QB quickly, then the defense was at risk for a big play. Lets go through the sequence that takes place in the 20-30 seconds between the end of one play and the next snap. Clemson and Duke are really the only teams I can remember that have attacked Hokie corners and been successful. *:JZjz ? 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. Join the community. Instead of taking on offensive linemen as a run stuffing linebacker, he was used more to play containment or run blitz off the edge. These coverages have the goal of taking away the crossing routes over the middle and the post route that is used to attack C2 defenses, but also keep a guy relatively close to the LOS to help with the run, or running QBs. Your thoughts please. Spoilers). The defense slides their individual alignments based on that personnel group and passing strength. Offensive schemes do the same. Thanks. 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, what VT does is very different from TCU and here well showcase the fronts and coverages VT likes the most. Note- things I was wrong about when I started this off: A) Backer is to the boundary. Bud Foster defenses know how to get after the quarterback. 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. The free safety fills play-side to clean up if the running back breaks through the play-side gaps. BLACKSBURG, Va. Even in retirement, Bud Foster casts a long shadow over the Virginia Tech football program. We play three different packages: G, T u f f and FD/ST-G. Our G package is our base defense. a !1AQa"q2B#$Rb34rC%Scs5&DTdEt6UeuF'Vfv7GWgw(8HXhx )9IYiy 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. 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. The "G" front is a 4-man Even front that covers both OGs with DTs, and is heavy on stunting. As for NFL caliber lineman. The Rover aligns to the passing strength pre-snap, so hell adjust to the slot WRs most of the time. Worilds was moved to OLB and by the accounts of Steelers insiders, has struggled with the transition to a 3-4 look. 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. Graves certainly was an outlier as far as his girth, along with Jim Davis, but the vast majority of VT tackles are shaped like trashcans. They have to get Maddy, Marshall, and McCray in there to dominate rather than having read and react play from Wilson and Collins (at tackle.). Nuk Hopkins is usually a Boundary-side WR, so he gets the Boundary CB most of the time. This "Field G" is mostly what Virginia Tech is in nowadays. 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. Not sure Tahj Boyd's skills are of the same caliber but he took advantage of us as well. They have to have the frame and natural instinct. And you can quote me on that shit!" Seems to me it would be a waste of time unless they are going to use him at DE. Quarterbacks, seeing the odd space develop, are often easily baited into throwing seam routes against this coverage. 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. Yet, unlike most stunts and blitzes where the defensive player is trying to shake loose to make a play, the Foster gap defense still requires the players who were stunting to maintain responsibility for their assigned gap. The offense uses those techniques to get a better read on what the defense may be doing. I think I understand the step 45 because I believe I saw an example of that when Urban Meyer was analyzing our DL a few years back. A "gap" is an area of space on the field that the defensive player is responsible to "control." I foresee a TON of blitzes on 3rd and long. 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. I don't have the time to cover them all, but this is a pressure-based defense. The Tigers first-half offensive struggles were too much to overcome in a 64-57 loss. Field G front. TechSideline.Com Young guy like Ekanem and Farley, based on film, are perfect fits. Since we have such a deep and talented DL do you foresee more base defense this year? French on the Bench is a new series of posts that will take a closer look at the theory, fundamentals, and scheme of Tech's offense and defense. The changes were not major in terms of philosophy and were primarily related to base sets, player alignment and the responsibilities of the Whip and Rover positions. In obvious passing situations, the Hokies would shift to a base 4-3-4 look by dropping the Whip as the second safety. 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. 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. Otherwise (because the linebackers don't immediately scrape and pursue to the ball) there will be large holes and tremendous pressure on safeties to make the tackle. 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. 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. %PDF-1.2 % 8 0 obj << /Length 9 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream It is a scheme that looks complicated, but yet is very simple. 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. 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. Ideally, the Stud end will be 2 yards deep into the backfield. It is mostly combined with Man coverage and is pretty heavy on stunts and exchanges between the DL and LBs. I heard very little about McCray in the spring. 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. 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. 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. Meanwhile, the defensive linemen must be quick enough and flexible enough to slant heavily (sometimes 2 gaps) each way, which lends itself to short, stocky defensive tackles whocan get to a spot then hold their gap responsibility. 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. Part 1 covered some basic concepts, including a description for each defensive position. Smart Football did an excellent write up on the Hokies robber and 4-4G. Also, against Ace and Doubles sets, the coverage basically changes into 1/4-1/4-1/2 Cover 3. Will having a healthy and complete team be enough? 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. In a traditional one gap 4-3 defense, each player in the front seven has the gap in front of them with few exceptions, with examples being a variety of stunts and run blitzes that are run in small proportion to the base calls. If you can stop the run with six, the whip or backside safety doesn't have to commit so quickly. Stanford understands that the whip most often will line up to the weak side of the defense. It seems to me that when Bruce Taylor is in the game there's quite a bit more of a mix. 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. 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. You have heard the laundry list of coverage terms, but what do they mean? Virginia Tech Hokies football, basketball, athletics blog and forum featuring: unique columns, breaking news, film studies, in-depth analysis, recruiting, videos and jokes. Since the scheme was tweaked, the Tech defense has finished ranked #4, #1, and #1 in the nation in total defense. He does not have to be a big guy, but he does have to have a very high motor. 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. "That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! What is a Cover-2 and how does it differ from a Cover-3? Eventually, the kids who see the NFL in their future realize that going to such a school hurts their chances. View All Discussions French on the Bench , "Does it get any better than Thursday Night in Blacksburg?" What do you mean by "radical stunting"? "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. 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. This post gave me a good chuckle. 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. And that is a key aspect of playing great defense, especially when the system relies heavily on speed, quickness and pursuit. Presented by, Click here to access all three parts of the Hokie Defense series by Raleigh Hokie. . 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. Odds & lines subject to change. 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. 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. This aggressive nature of the defense led to years with incredible tackles-for-loss numbers. What about that sign board with numbers like 21 or 11? In addition to these types of coverage adjustments, there may be front and pressure adjustments made by the defense as well. 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. 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'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. You get what you get with Bud Foster, there isn't much grey area in his persona. The Hokies defense requires the DL to essentially "tie up" blockers and hold gaps. The Whip was a weak side outside linebacker in the base 8-man front and he was a weak side safety in the 2-deep safety set (base used regularly in passing situations). With the quick passing game made popular through the concepts of the west coast offense, offenses could beat blitzes by going with quick passes to hot receivers and allowing them to use their athletic abilities to gain significant yardage after the catch (YAC). The players have to be extremely strong, tough and physical and they have to enjoy full force contact against other guys that are just as big, just as strong, and just as tough. It was a pro-style system and designed to work against pro-style offenses, which is precisely what the Hokies system is. See Tim Tebow (or Pat White at WVU.) Tech often checks out of 4 into their version of straight Man, called a Cover 6 package, but it maintains the C4 look. He's had only two top-10 defenses this decade, but the Hokies are never weak on his side of the ball . The reason why they can adapt to spread offenses reasonably well is because of the player they put at the hybrid position. How many Hokies have become elite corners in the NFL? but as mentioned, the type of dt's vt uses are small, quick guys so some guys that might be more nfl types wouldn't fit what bud is asking his guys to do. 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. Tech's attacking eight-man-front scheme, first instituted by Elmassian in 1993, has become one of college . It was a very clever scheme because it could be adjusted to a pass oriented defense by slipping the two outside linebackers (the Whip and Rover) into coverage as defensive backs. An 11 personnel group is one running back, one tight end, and three wide receivers. His recruiting dropped off when it became apparent that players could be great in that system, but the fundamentals they acquire do not translate to the NFL. While the nose sometimes gets unblocked and can get upfield, more often than not he will make contact with the guard and tackle. 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. Darryl Tapp has been a career backup. http://www.orangeandwhite.com/news/2012/jan/21/swinney-hired-venables-br OT: "The Mandalorian" S3 discussion thread (feat. There are two inside linebackers in the 4-4 scheme sometimes known as the Mike and Buck linebackers. As mentioned earlier, that led to man-to-man match-ups of a linebacker or Rover against that third and fourth wide receiver. For that reason, some teams found success by running weak side out of those spread formations. "I think one of the biggest reasons actually was Steeles defense. Billy Hite. 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. 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. VT couldn't stop the run against Stanford. Can we get this thread retitled - "A Look Back at a Look Back to . And with JGW on the edge, he had to be. If the ball is on the hashmark, Rover goes Field side, WHIP to the boundary. The offense goes through its gyrations to get a better pre-snap read and the defense adjusts accordingly. Adobe d C After all, at Pry's introductory presser he noted he cut his teeth as a graduate assistant in the mid-90s under Foster. 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. Oh well. Backer and Rover would take the strongside back and pass him off inside or out depending on his route. 3) I think it does hurt recruiting elite out of state prospects. 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. Dog Inside Blitz, a common blitz you see from Tech. The boundary, field, and rover all have pass coverage. The defensive calls will be different on 2nd and three versus 3rd and nine. The formation is twins wide, so the passing strength is heavy to the wide side of the field. 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." Damn that's a turning point in both Clemson and VTs program recently. 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. But the biggest thing is probably the QB ability to react quickly to the pressure (a key part of the Hokie D). Backer: The Backer (Tariq Edwards) lines at the same depth as the mike but in the guard tackle gap. This is very important information that is communicated by the coaches in the booth to the coaches on the sideline. I love the white helmet with the stripe and white facemask. The diagram below uses numbers to identify each gap. White facemask McCray in the game there 's quite a bit more of linebacker... 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