Cover 6 goes well with the pressure fronts they like to show. I admit, I got chills when I read Charley Wiles bullet on defensive line play: "Feet in neutral zone by the time the ball disappears into centers crouch.". So that got me thinking: how does Bud and Co defend GT differently than a more pro style set? 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. 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. In an 8-man front, the Rover will rotate up closer to the line of scrimmage and align as the fourth linebacker. What's so radical about it? #Scales4Heisman. He's had only two top-10 defenses this decade, but the Hokies are never weak on his side of the ball . You get what you get with Bud Foster, there isn't much grey area in his persona. Learn how to identity the Bear and understand how it accomplishes its goal. Exactly like Clemson this year. In passing situations, the Hokies use more defensive backs than the old days, but Foster's mentality hasn't changed. The same thing happens for Mike and Whip. They are looking at the QB and reading his actions without letting the #1 outside WR get past. 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). Williams and Harris pretty much flamed out. Mr. Hokie Cody Grimm was moved to the secondary (which is funny given that pass coverage was his greatest weakness as a Hokie.) To counter these offensive trends, Bud Foster made some adjustments to the base defense after the 2003 season. This "Field G" is mostly what Virginia Tech is in nowadays. 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. 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. Its heavy on blitzes from those two hybrid players. 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 "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". It will be a 4-3. http://www.orangeandwhite.com/news/2012/jan/21/swinney-hired-venables-br. One thing that the Hokies will have to do is be able to beat their press coverage on our receivers like what happened when D.J. More to come in my next post. The Gap Defense is grounded in a simple concept. I have no doubt this works against the Hokies in recruiting, but Foster also has archetypes he recruits to for his players. 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.). Registered users can participate in the forum, post and vote on comments. Most would call that 6 years. 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. Either way we'll have 3 starting quality DT. The consistent 3 stripes on white was a good look. I hope they can return to dominance. Nuk Hopkins is usually a Boundary-side WR, so he gets the Boundary CB most of the time. In a robber coverage, the safeties actually come forward at the snap while the corners bail out to a deep third. Tech often checks out of 4 into their version of straight Man, called a Cover 6 package, but it maintains the C4 look. Where and how they play, and personnel types preferred, are highly scheme dependent. 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. 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. 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. MAN. Attack Defense Bud Foster Defensive Coordinator Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg, Va. Jim Cavanaugh Outside Linebackers Lou West Secondary Charlie Wiles Defensive Line Diagram 2 For more details about the site, including a list of TechSideline.com staff, see our About page. 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. 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. 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. 20102023, Orange and Maroon Media, LLC. As for tight ends, teams that play tight ends usually end up with the rover or free safety covering them. 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. You can't develop an NFL caliber lineman. Everything I've read has Antoine starting next to his brother this fall. They tie up the center and both guards, allowing the middle linebacker to go unblocked sideline to sideline. HT-T5632U0 BcD\^}O##|^ endstream endobj 13 0 obj 45 endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Name /I22 /Filter /DCTDecode /Width 32 /Height 3 /BitsPerComponent 8 /ColorSpace /DeviceGray /Length 11 0 R >> stream I broke the 4th wall of telestration. Does this really hurt us? 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. What I do see Tech doing is forcing opponents to keep the RB/TE in there to block by blitzing the WHIP often. The defensive calls will be different on 2nd and three versus 3rd and nine. Prior to 2004, the Hokies were primarily an 8-man front defense and everything worked off of that. - TheFifthFuller. Backer and Rover would take the strongside back and pass him off inside or out depending on his route. Also BF has talked about wanting to change the "DNA" of our DL referencing Ala. and LSU's D-lines. 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. That gets us to the pre-snap look for second down. How does pressure relate to coverage? In the big games where we got burnt it was the opposing QB's abilities that made the difference. 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. The Rover aligns to the passing strength pre-snap, so hell adjust to the slot WRs most of the time. 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. This plays out when you examine the Hokies players in the NFL. Thanks for reading! Bud Foster keeps Virginia Tech opponents guessing with ability to adjust on defense After Virginia Tech upset No. Bare minimum is the stalemate. 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). In the above play, Jayron Hosley backpedals to his deep third at the snap. That is really the key to the front. What are the differences between what Tech does and a traditional NFL 4-3?? At that point, the players on the field know the down/distance and the front, pressure, and coverage calls. On this play against UVA, the Hokies are playing a base front. 1. All original material and images are copyrighted by TechSideline.com and may not be reused or reprinted without permission. The transition from James Anderson to Brenden Hill without skipping a beat showed two things (1) the coaches know how to put different type players in a position to succeed and (2) while better defined to defend against todays offensive systems, the Whip still is a hybrid position. Well, Bud had to change his defense a little to handle that. Stanford also used formation to create matchup problems. 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 addition to these types of coverage adjustments, there may be front and pressure adjustments made by the defense as well. Stanford understands that the whip most often will line up to the weak side of the defense. Thekeyplay.com is not affiliated with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. See Tim Tebow (or Pat White at WVU.) * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). And that is a key aspect of playing great defense, especially when the system relies heavily on speed, quickness and pursuit. The offense goes through its gyrations to get a better pre-snap read and the defense adjusts accordingly. The nose tackle is a 1 technique, the tackle is a 3 technique. The whistle blows, the players un-pile and the cycle starts again. Have no idea how that played into Foster's defense, but he has played and started taller more slender DTs. HWC? Next Up: All of those confusing pass coverages. The primary reason why more teams dont try to run this type of scheme is because of the inability to find the two swing players however, and you need them to play against spread teams. They've only had a few with an NFL frame, and none of them worked out. So, I don't think having our DL being smallish gives us a good advantage to counter the GT offense (a la moving our DE in as a DT and then replacing the DE with T. Wilson), since Miami has prototypical NFL DT's and absolutely mauled them at the LOS. The Backer disguises, looking like he is scraping play-side, but in reality, he is filling the interior of the 6 gap. Rece Davis. 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. Instead, the coverage responsibility for that motioning receiver will be handed off to a defender already aligned on the other side of the field. That's probably the reason we lost Korren Kirven. Free Safety: Free safety starts in a deep third lined up 12 yards off the ball directly behind the mike. Presented by, Click here to access all three parts of the Hokie Defense series by Raleigh Hokie. 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. h_k@vJbR Clemson started to rise after that game, and we started to fall. I find it interesting how you compare our defense to being as unique as GT's offense. 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. If they can get Brown and Hand, I think Foster will figure out a way to take their skills and make it work, but I can GUARENTEE you, every recruiter that visits Brown and Hand will tell them that there has not been a Hokie defensive lineman since Foster was hired that has been a productive multi-year NFL starter. The "G" front is the base front, but here I have not adjusted to the formation. Hopkins was hurt slanting if I remember correctly. . An 11 personnel group is one running back, one tight end, and three wide receivers. Id call both of them pseudo-Cover 3. This allows the players to react instinctively and play with more confidence. Virginia Tech. Spoilers). This site utilizes responsive web design, which renders the site properly on all platforms (PC, tablet, mobile). Registering for an account is free and easy. After all, at Pry's introductory presser he noted he cut his teeth as a graduate assistant in the mid-90s under Foster. "#()%$%%! Five star get after it 100 percent Juice Key-Playing. . Former Coaching Staff: Where are they now? The Hokies showed a blitz up front, and Jayron showed a cover 3 look by bailing out and back pedaling before the snap. A London Fletcher or Brian Urlacher type linebacker would not be a good fit for the Hokies. Clemson and Duke are really the only teams I can remember that have attacked Hokie corners and been successful. They have to get depth immediately to play deep-half coverage. The offensive personnel or personnel group is the makeup of offensive skill positions for any given play. Finally, the ball is snapped and the play runs to completion, most likely in five seconds or less. Now, he will get a jump start at Ohio State, where he will always have a talent advantage over the best Big Ten schools. Behind the defense, the Hokies secondary plays a basic robber coverage on this play. Aaron Rodgers, Kellen Moore, Andrew Luck all have great skills under pressure. 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 potential risk is that the movement can allow for gashing big running plays if the players can't control their gap responsibility. Because the line is flowing play-side, the Whip should be unblocked and should go directly to the ball-carrier. At the snap, Jack Tyler reads a key that sends him flying through the one gap. The first number reflects the number of running backs and the second number reflects the number of tight ends. In the 4-3-4 base set, the Rover aligns as a defensive back, specifically as one of the two safeties. We will look at the Hokies pass defense in more detail in a later post. MIKE is the same type of player as MIKE in a 4-3 defense, but Backer is more like a SAM LB in a 4-3, and often gets the RB or TE to the passing strength. 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. 3. Join the community. I would go so far as to say Miami was the worst defense the Hokies played all year. It was difficult for offenses to determine how many were blitzing and how many were dropping into coverage. 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. What do you mean by "radical stunting"? And you can quote me on that shit!" 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. However, if he goes Fieldside, he'd be matched on someone else. pretty cool to look back on it from time to time. What is a Cover-2 and how does it differ from a Cover-3? 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. 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. If the blitz didnt get to the QB quickly, then the defense was at risk for a big play. After that Boyd was able to find quick check downs due to loose coverage. The idea is the front 6 align based on front alignment rules. 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. 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. Also when the offense sets into Trips, you're not able to play a true C4. This is particularly true when the Whip or Rover is aligned on a slot WR -- hell come hard on the blitz pretty often. "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby, I wish I could give you more legs. So something else broke down that lead to Clemson being able to run the ball like they did in the second half. Eventually, the kids who see the NFL in their future realize that going to such a school hurts their chances. Your thoughts please. The Gap Defense is grounded in a simple concept. The Hokies switch between man and cover 3. And you can quote me on that shit!" With a 2-high safety base set, the Hokies can play a lot of different zone coverages (while still playing man coverage when they want), preventing offenses from dictating match-ups with their personnel groups and formations. It offers some terrific insight into the Hokie mindset at that time. The talent of their front just is not what it once was. If the running back looks to go straight ahead, he will see the guard and tackle jammed up and look to cutback. Los Angeles is launching a guaranteed income pilot program, set to be the biggest in the US so far. 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. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use. All of those adjustments are made in real time by the players on the field. 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. 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. 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. a !1AQa"q2B#$Rb34rC%Scs5&DTdEt6UeuF'Vfv7GWgw(8HXhx )9IYiy Dog Inside Blitz, a common blitz you see from Tech. Former Coaching Staff: Where are they now? I would argue we had bad match-ups of speed vs. speed. Watkins is usually Fieldside. 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? Drawing on the scheme's nickel roots gives 4-2-5 teams the ability to run a divorced front concept. The tackle will cross the face of the guard and the center, and fill the 2 gap, originally vacated by the Nose. In that case, both Rover and WHIP will show blitzes naturally. The Backer and Rover were strong side players, so they would usually align to the strong side of the formation. The offense uses those techniques to get a better read on what the defense may be doing. Whip starts back and creeps up or vice versa. The free safety fills play-side to clean up if the running back breaks through the play-side gaps. But after several seasons of getting pounded into the turf by the Tech defense, teams began to spread things out and use more 3-4 wide receiver formations to isolate certain match-ups. Instead of taking on offensive linemen as a run stuffing linebacker, he was used more to play containment or run blitz off the edge. Note- things I was wrong about when I started this off: A) Backer is to the boundary. Fosters defense is always going to be well-coached, and being well-coached puts players where they need to be, but you still need some talent to beat better OLs even if the defenders are where they need to be. Most teams change alignments and will stunt occasionally, but nobody trys so much to funnel types of running plays to linebackers. Other teams began to use a lot of quick passes and/or maximum protection blocking schemes to counter Techs blitz tendencies. 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. A similar thing happened with the game against Miami, where LM just gashed us in the second half. When Frank Beamer coached under Bobby Ross, they ran the Wide Tackle 6, and he took that with him to VT. Did Jim Harbaugh out scheme us, did we execute poorly, or were we outmanned? In the Michigan game, almost every completion came against the safeties. Whether you've been running the 4-2-5 defense for years or you're looking to implement the scheme for the first time, . James Anderson is the only Hokie alumni who is a starter in the front 7 of an NFL team. 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. More and more NFL coaches are blending the 4-3 and 3-4 concepts and scheme. "That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! I have read it many times in the past. Back to our play example. From what I've heard, a lot of the negative recruiting emphasizes that in Tech's defense a DE or OLB (Whip), for example, isn't a traditional NFL DE or OLB. 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? 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. Welcome to Bud Foster's Lunch Pail D. This site is dedicated to blue collar, hard nosed defense like those run by Bud Foster during his years as the Defensive Coordinator for the Virginia Tech Hokies. 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. It really is an outlier as far as defenses, as much as Paul Johnson's wishbone is on offense. When the TE switches sides, usually the Backer flips spots with MIKE to cover him. 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. 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? [=?_. Every defensive player in the front seven has a "gap" responsibility in every defense that is called. First of all, they had a GREAT offensive line that was able to block at angles which cut off the stunts from Virginia Tech linebackers. At the time, there was a lot of discussion about the changes, both from the coaches directly and from others close to the program. 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. 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). Rover adjusts to the better receivers or Field side. Hosley was excellent enough to execute the design up there with the very best ball hawk the Hokies have had. Tech's attacking eight-man-front scheme, first instituted by Elmassian in 1993, has become one of college . It wasn't a great "instinctual play" by Hosley, but a calculated play call and design by Foster. The defense slides their individual alignments based on that personnel group and passing strength. 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. This 4-3, 2-high safety base set gets the defense in a much better pre-snap position to defend offenses that like to use a lot of spread or 3-4 wide formations. . 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. He had to make the Rover less a run-defender and more of a full-time DB, a SS in laymans terms. That was generally the wide side of the field as well, so the Backer or Rover had to cover a faster, quicker player out in open space. Seems to me it would be a waste of time unless they are going to use him at DE. And then there was all the blitzing. How do those pieces fit together and how do they work collectively to form one of college footballs best defenses? Check Fantastic furniture Catalogue and Freedom furniture Catalogue. Upvoted. Backer: The Backer (Tariq Edwards) lines at the same depth as the mike but in the guard tackle gap. 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. When they face 21/22/12 personnel, theyll set up in the G front or Bear front most of the time. What VT plays most against pro-style teams is Inverted Cover 2 Robber, but the deep cover guys are the Cornerbacks, not the safeties. Registered users can participate in the forum, post and vote on comments. Spoilers). Sounds like fun doesnt it? 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. We play three different packages: G, T u f f and FD/ST-G. Our G package is our base defense. "I think one of the biggest reasons actually was Steeles defense. There are a number of factors that the coaches consider when setting the defense from play to play. If the ball is on the hashmark, Rover goes Field side, WHIP to the boundary. He must maintain gap control on the 6 gap and not allow the running back to get outside his outside shoulder. The coaches helped by putting him in positions where he could be successful. Bud Foster received national recognition for the way his Bear defense surprised and shut down Urban Meyer's vaunted spread rushing attack in 2014. From the coaches in the booth, to the coaches on the sideline, to the players on the field, to the pre-snap adjustments; that is a lot of communication and it is pretty much non-stop in those 20-30 seconds between each play. While the nose sometimes gets unblocked and can get upfield, more often than not he will make contact with the guard and tackle. 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. Will having a healthy and complete team be enough? http://www.playbookexchange.net/playbooks/Defense/02060201-VirginiaTechAttack.pdf. B) Bud resurrected many of the 8 man front concepts during the awful end of Beamer's departure. http://www.orangeandwhite.com/news/2012/jan/21/swinney-hired-venables-br OT: "The Mandalorian" S3 discussion thread (feat. If you have any questions, I will be sure to answer to answer them in the comments. The defensive front called "Bear" is part of the 46 defense, but they are separable things. %PDF-1.2 % 8 0 obj << /Length 9 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream The formation is twins wide, so the passing strength is heavy to the wide side of the field. 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