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Whip: The Whip (Kyle Fuller) lines up wide, but well to the inside of the slot. If the running back looks to go straight ahead, he will see the guard and tackle jammed up and look to cutback. Because the line is flowing play-side, the Whip should be unblocked and should go directly to the ball-carrier. If he went out, Rover has him. In that case, both Rover and WHIP will show blitzes naturally. Several things are known at the end of the first play game situation, down and distance and ball position. 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. 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 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). Flowers, Hall, and Green have been starters. Jack Tyler can't cover a rock, so CBF adjusts his schemes and defensive calls to account for that. 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, Your analysis above holding true, but with our refreshed/deep D-line being able to slow Clemon's run, Clemson's new D-coordinator implementing a less pro-oriented scheme. The strongside End, called a "Stud", aligns over the inside of the TE (7 technique) and the other DE aligns in a 5-technique. 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.). So, it's not surprising that the man's personality matches his philosophy when it comes to dual reads in offensive football. How did you think TCU was able to defeat teams like Wisconsin with their 4-2-5? 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.). It seems to me that when Bruce Taylor is in the game there's quite a bit more of a mix. I think that with their recruiting getting better, Foster may change. Five star get after it 100 percent Juice Key-Playing. He was on a roll at the start of last season and his recovery is going really well. Bud Foster is the former longtime Virginia Tech Defensive Coordinator where he spent 33 seasons coaching. 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. 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. 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. 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. How many Hokies have become elite corners in the NFL? 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. The "G" front is the base front, but here I have not adjusted to the formation. From all of us at The Key Play, get off the bench and in the game. 1. The first number reflects the number of running backs and the second number reflects the number of tight ends. Each player in the front 7 has a certain gap responsibility, but unlike other 4-3 and 3-4 base defenses, the defenders often stunt to a gap and hold their position rather than pursuit to the ball. 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. 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. And then there was all the blitzing. Anytime you see the mike backer dropping back, it is change up defense hoping the QB throws to a spot without seeing the mike. We will review the scheme adjustments that were made following the 2003 season and the impact they have had. Finally, the ball is snapped and the play runs to completion, most likely in five seconds or less. 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. 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. The idea is the front 6 align based on front alignment rules. 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. View All Discussions French on the Bench , "Does it get any better than Thursday Night in Blacksburg?" 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. I think I understand why our defense is used against us in recruiting. 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. However, in the Ravens 2 gap 4-3 that they ran in their Super Bowl season, Tony Siragusa and Sam Adams only job was to keep the interior line off Ray Lewis. Often, in interviews with Bud Foster and other defensive coaches, you hear the term "gap fit" thrown around. MAN. That gets us to the pre-snap look for second down. 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. His initial spot is 3x5 off the TE, reading the #2 receiver. 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. The formation is twins wide, so the passing strength is heavy to the wide side of the field. Frenchgreat new addition to TKP! A student manager then uses the sign board to communicate the personnel group to the players on the field. "That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! When Foster developed the concept for the Gap Defense, he looked to solve two problems. In addition, they know the personnel group and the pre-snap formation. pretty cool to look back on it from time to time. I saw that and knew we were in trouble. Ideally he can maintain leverage without being driven downfield. They've only had a few with an NFL frame, and none of them worked out. 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. When the TE switches sides, usually the Backer flips spots with MIKE to cover him. And this. 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 For example, a corner will not follow a motioning receiver across the field, even if it is man coverage. When Frank Beamer coached under Bobby Ross, they ran the Wide Tackle 6, and he took that with him to VT. In these cases why couldn't we stop the run? And, you are also correct about Taylor. It is even more stunning given how horridly Miami's D was against the Hokies. "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby, I wish I could give you more legs. Foster used a simple solution. A recipient of . Excellent Hokies like Xavier Adibi, Chris Ellis, and Jonathan Lewis have barely had a look. 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. Odds & lines subject to change. 3. The players also aligned differently. Thanks for reading! We will look at the Hokies pass defense in more detail in a later post. What's considered non-radical? 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. a !1AQa"q2B#$Rb34rC%Scs5&DTdEt6UeuF'Vfv7GWgw(8HXhx )9IYiy The Rover is an OLB who plays more coverage, like a SS. However, what VT does is very different from TCU and here well showcase the fronts and coverages VT likes the most. 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. B) Bud resurrected many of the 8 man front concepts during the awful end of Beamer's departure. . Because of their Field/Boundary alignment philosophy, the same defenders do not always get matched on the same offensive players. Even if they win, guys like Hopkins and Collins were just not the same after the GT game last year. Clear as mud right? 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. -Bud Foster. 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. Look at Florida under Urban Meyer. . HWC? You get what you get with Bud Foster, there isn't much grey area in his persona. The results of these adjustments speak for themselves. 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. The Backer and Rover were strong side players, so they would usually align to the strong side of the formation. 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. Not adjusted to the offensive formation. Speaking of personnel groups and formations, have you ever wondered what Bud Foster and Charley Wiles are doing with all the hand signals between plays? Will having a healthy and complete team be enough? This aggressive nature of the defense led to years with incredible tackles-for-loss numbers. The Hopkins brothers, Maddy, and looking back at Barry Booker, Jonathan Lewis, and others all sort of fit that mold. This is very important information that is communicated by the coaches in the booth to the coaches on the sideline. During a career that spanned over 3 decades Bud orchestrated some of the most physical and staunches defenses in the country. Ok. He had to make the Rover less a run-defender and more of a full-time DB, a SS in laymans terms. Williams and Harris pretty much flamed out. Quarterbacks, seeing the odd space develop, are often easily baited into throwing seam routes against this coverage. Most teams change alignments and will stunt occasionally, but nobody trys so much to funnel types of running plays to linebackers. Registered users can participate in the forum, post and vote on comments. Each defender essentially has the gap in front of him. 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. Nose Tackle: The Nose (Luther Maddy): The nose will line up as a 1 technique, on the inside eye of the play-side guard. Backers and Mikes must be adept at timing blitzes and taking on blocks. TSL) is an independent publication that is in no way affiliated with or sponsored by Virginia Tech or the Virginia Tech Athletic Department. getting after it down the LOS once it was clear the RB was not going for his gap. They know on which side to align based on ball position. The architect of Tech's famed Lunch Pail Defense, Foster was the longest continually tenured FBS assistant coach at the same school at the time of his retirement in 2019. Does this really hurt us? 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). He had to use less of the C2R and more Cover 4. 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. 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.). This post gave me a good chuckle. In an obvious passing down. Neither would a Pat Williams type DT. Here's the INT described at the end of the article. This "Field G" is mostly what Virginia Tech is in nowadays. Seems to me it would be a waste of time unless they are going to use him at DE. Access Exclusive Content and Financially Support The Key Play. Also BF has talked about wanting to change the "DNA" of our DL referencing Ala. and LSU's D-lines. 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. 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. ]~ .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 Maybe an example would work here. He has held the job since 1996, and he came to . 20102023, Orange and Maroon Media, LLC. But the biggest thing is probably the QB ability to react quickly to the pressure (a key part of the Hokie D). Rece Davis. 20102023, Orange and Maroon Media, LLC. 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." If healthy, this year's defense is going to be quite different. Maddy is going to have to really step it up to be the starter. I don't have the time to cover them all, but this is a pressure-based defense. 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?". I love it anyway! What is a Cover-2 and how does it differ from a Cover-3? Bud Foster defenses know how to get after the quarterback. 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. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. It defintely helps to have depth regardless of the scheme, but depth and ability in the scheme only make it better. '+,,-/4443.4444444444 TechSideline.com (a.k.a. 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. So complimenting it with the Bear front gives you the choice of going Even or Odd with a stem (pre-snap shift). our dline is deep this season and will be dominant. .". Privacy Policy | Terms of Use. "#()%$%%! At the snap, Jack Tyler reads a key that sends him flying through the one gap. That's probably the reason we lost Korren Kirven. 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. Where and how they play, and personnel types preferred, are highly scheme dependent. Hopkins was hurt slanting if I remember correctly. 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. 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. 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. Darryl Tapp has been a career backup. Meanwhile, Dwayne Allen would come BEHIND the line against the grain of the play and pop out the weak side. Los Angeles is launching a guaranteed income pilot program, set to be the biggest in the US so far. An 11 personnel group is one running back, one tight end, and three wide receivers. . Likewise, the End, Backer, Boundary Corner, and Rover always align toward the short side of the field. In obvious passing situations, the Hokies would shift to a base 4-3-4 look by dropping the Whip as the second safety. Damn that's a turning point in both Clemson and VTs program recently. Lets go through the sequence that takes place in the 20-30 seconds between the end of one play and the next snap. We were tiny on D in 2010. I would go so far as to say Miami was the worst defense the Hokies played all year. Virginia Tech. Down and distance is fairly obvious. Attack Defense Bud Foster Defensive Coordinator Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg, Va. Jim Cavanaugh Outside Linebackers Lou West Secondary Charlie Wiles Defensive Line Diagram 2 In-Depth Analysis of the Hokies' Bear Defense. What are the differences between what Tech does and a traditional NFL 4-3?? Prior to 2004, the alignment of the linebackers and safeties was based more on the strong side / weak side of the offensive formation. Also, against Ace and Doubles sets, the coverage basically changes into 1/4-1/4-1/2 Cover 3. As mentioned earlier, that led to man-to-man match-ups of a linebacker or Rover against that third and fourth wide receiver. Before I wrap up this part of the series, I want to get back to the adjustments made after the 2003 season. Offensive schemes do the same. 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. Bud Foster keeps Virginia Tech opponents guessing with ability to adjust on defense After Virginia Tech upset No. 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. That left situations where Motu was one on one with a big athletic TE going down the seam. To the uneducated eye, the defense features two ends, two tackles, three linebackers, two safeties, and two corners just like a traditional NFL style 4-3, but Foster turns the 4-3 concept on its ear. As covered in Part 1, the Tech defense aligns based on ball position relative to the hash marks. The Hokies showed a blitz up front, and Jayron showed a cover 3 look by bailing out and back pedaling before the snap. 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. Every defensive player in the front seven has a "gap" responsibility in every defense that is called. 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. The Hokie Gap defense rose from the ashes of the famed "Hokie Attack" 8 man front of the 1990's. The primary adjustments were to go to a base 2-high safety set (as discussed earlier), with the Whip up as a linebacker full time and the Rover back as a safety in most alignments. 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. While the nose sometimes gets unblocked and can get upfield, more often than not he will make contact with the guard and tackle. 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. Were tallish and relatively lean. The diagram below uses numbers to identify each gap. We wore it again that season in our ACC Championship win against FSU. It depends on which version of the 4-3. What's so radical about it? Registering for an account is free and easy. "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. 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. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/06/ask-another-teams-beat-writer-clemson. 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. 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). 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. It is actually a base 4-4 front. What is a zone blitz? 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. Thanks! There is an extensive blitz package in VTs scheme. Boise and Stanford both targeted the safeties. Stanford understands that the whip most often will line up to the weak side of the defense. The defensive calls will be different on 2nd and three versus 3rd and nine. That is really the key to the front. Sadly, the wide tackle six approach saw it's end as the Hokies were decimated by sophisticated passing attacks from the 2002 Gator Bowl through Aaron Rodgers legalized murder of the secondary in the 2004 Insight Bowl. As the coaches like to say, it is important that their minds do not tie up their feet. Spoilers). Such a menacing look. All of those adjustments are made in real time by the players on the field. In fact, since he arrived in Blacksburg in 1995, the Hokies have led all FBS programs in sacks (894) and sack yardage (-6,110). Sounds like fun doesnt it? 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. A 46 is by definition a "Bear" front, but to use "Bear" does not necessarily mean a 46 defense. Part 1 covered some basic concepts, including a description for each defensive position. . The same thing happens for Mike and Whip. The defensive front called "Bear" is part of the 46 defense, but they are separable things. Instead, Collins played read and react football and was driven off the ball often, which is to be expected when he is doubled and cut block all night. Adobe d C Spoilers). Most teams go play side or bootleg with play action, but Clemson (in old 1930's single-wing style) would have the Tajh fake, then continue to waggle a step playside. I think 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. An example are the Virginia Tech teams of Frank Beamer and Justin Fuente, with Bud Foster serving as defensive coordinator under both. If our defense is designed to "funnel" the ball carrier to certain positions I could see some recruits not liking that. The one-gap 4-3 is a little more similar to the Hokies in that each defensive front 7 has gap responsibility, but in the NFL almost never does the radical stunting that the Hokies perform (the NFL lines are good enough to adjust and drive the stunting linemen off the ball.). In the Michigan game, almost every completion came against the safeties. In passing situations, the Hokies use more defensive backs than the old days, but Foster's mentality hasn't changed. 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.. 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