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. The adjustment from one set to the other depends on the alignment of the Rover. Registering for an account is free and easy. 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? Not sure Tahj Boyd's skills are of the same caliber but he took advantage of us as well. In terms of positions, the Stud, Whip, Mike, Field Corner and Free Safety always align toward the wide side of the field. 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. *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. This site utilizes responsive web design, which renders the site properly on all platforms (PC, tablet, mobile). They just dont have the special players they used to get at those hybrid spots and DE, which they always used to have. The Whip slides over in a defensive back alignment over the inside receiver. Remember that what I am describing in this series is at the 5,000 foot level. 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. In the 4-3-4 base set, the Rover aligns as a defensive back, specifically as one of the two safeties. Simple. 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.). The 60-year-old Foster, who has been with the Hokies since 1987 and has served as defensive coordinator since 1995, is currently the longest-tenured assistant coach in the FBS. The 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. However, if he goes Fieldside, he'd be matched on someone else. 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? That's probably the reason we lost Korren Kirven. 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. It is even more stunning given how horridly Miami's D was against the Hokies. 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). 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. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. It is a scheme that looks complicated, but yet is very simple. Bud Foster used the Bear defense to suffocate the Buckeyes' run game in 2014. Damn that's a turning point in both Clemson and VTs program recently. From a fans perspective, it is easy to see that football is very challenging physically its arguably the most physical of any sport in the world. Virginia Tech Hokies football, basketball, athletics blog and forum featuring: unique columns, breaking news, film studies, in-depth analysis, recruiting, videos and jokes. The Hokies switch between man and cover 3. I am ready for some football. I played in the pre-2004 VT defense in HS at Westfield which was also a popular defense with Oakton/Robinson and I guess now South County which has Bendorf. Stanford presents the most unique formula. And this. The Whip blitzes hard from the 7 gap to fly through the 5 gap space. It defintely helps to have depth regardless of the scheme, but depth and ability in the scheme only make it better. The below diagram lays out a typical Hokie run blitz utilized to stop the zone run to the strong side out of an I formation. . In the nineties, many teams tried to emulate Frank Beamer and defensive coordinator Bud Foster's scheme, with its premium on defenders stacking the line to either stop the run or scare the offense into abandoning it and apologizing for having considered such a silly idea. I'm pretty sure, if VT could land Hand or Brown, Foster would develop them into 1st Rd D-linemen, even in a gap fitting scheme. Thoughts? Bud Foster is the former longtime Virginia Tech Defensive Coordinator where he spent 33 seasons coaching. 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. Attack Defense Bud Foster Defensive Coordinator Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg, Va. Jim Cavanaugh Outside Linebackers Lou West Secondary Charlie Wiles Defensive Line Diagram 2 I think I understand why our defense is used against us in recruiting. Other teams began to use a lot of quick passes and/or maximum protection blocking schemes to counter Techs blitz tendencies. 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 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. With two CBs outside you basically have 6 ways it can work without changing the call. 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. The middle backers have very little pass coverage responsibility, and spend significant time taking on blocks on the interior of a play. What is a zone blitz? 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. h_k@vJbR The singular thing that can derail their run defense is getting chewed up physically against Georgia Tech. 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. 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. Some of the biggies are game situation, down and distance, ball position, and offensive personnel. Gap fit means when the defensive player hits the assigned gap, he must hold that gap maintaining the proper leverage in order to get off a block and make a tackle. 2) In a one gap 4-3, the DL wants to get up field and make plays. Ideally he can maintain leverage without being driven downfield. This is particularly true when the Whip or Rover is aligned on a slot WR -- hell come hard on the blitz pretty often. 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. Following Michael Cole's injury, Foster mostly used the old "46" alignment made famous by Buddy Ryan and the Chicago Bears. 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. 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. (He finished with well over 100 yards.) B) Bud resurrected many of the 8 man front concepts during the awful end of Beamer's departure. 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). Wiley, Brown, Russell, Drakeford, Gray, Banks, Prioleau, Charleton, Midget, Bird, McCadam, Pile, Hall, Green, Fuller, Williams, Hamilton, Rouse, Flowers, Harris, Chancellor, Carmichael, Hosley, Fuller, Exum, Jarrett. He doesn't believe in double-talking players, or as he continually referred to as "fork tonguing" them. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/06/ask-another-teams-beat-writer-clemson. Looking forward to future articles. 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 defensive linemen get into the neutral zone, engage their blocker, secures their gap, and sheds the blocking using a "violent hand motion" (rip, swim, push-pull, or 45 technique). When the 8th man entered the box, the passing game opened up. Once their keys indicate that the running back has the ball, each pursues the ball. BLACKSBURG, Va. Even in retirement, Bud Foster casts a long shadow over the Virginia Tech football program. *:JZjz ? BLACKSBURG Bud Foster's defenses have grown accustomed to carrying Virginia Tech's offenses over the years, so an early conversation the longtime Hokies defensive coordinator had with new . Also BF has talked about wanting to change the "DNA" of our DL referencing Ala. and LSU's D-lines. And that is a key aspect of playing great defense, especially when the system relies heavily on speed, quickness and pursuit. #Scales4Heisman. Hokie defensive linemen are required to have a unique ability to sometimes cover gaps that are far from where they line up, while maintaining leverage in order to prevent being knocked backwards by an offensive lineman. It offers some terrific insight into the Hokie mindset at that time. "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. A similar thing happened with the game against Miami, where LM just gashed us in the second half. Since the scheme was tweaked, the Tech defense has finished ranked #4, #1, and #1 in the nation in total defense. They know where to be and they know how to adjust more quickly to formation shifts and motion. Mr. Hokie Cody Grimm was moved to the secondary (which is funny given that pass coverage was his greatest weakness as a Hokie.) So that got me thinking: how does Bud and Co defend GT differently than a more pro style set? Part 1 covered some basic concepts, including a description for each defensive position. He has held the job since 1996, and he came to . Ellington) to take advantage of because all of our LB's are trained to be in gap control and aren't prepared to be in coverage. 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). The Backer disguises, looking like he is scraping play-side, but in reality, he is filling the interior of the 6 gap. 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). 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. And based on the history of Bud Fosters defenses, its likely that the play is stuffed. All Hokie, All the Time. James Anderson is the only Hokie alumni who is a starter in the front 7 of an NFL team. The offense uses those techniques to get a better read on what the defense may be doing. Hopefully Logan will have improved his accuracy to be able to make them pay for it. 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. And stopping the run was (and still is) the #1 goal of Bud Fosters defense. Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster, who announced Thursday he would be retiring at the end of this his 33rd season, is the longest continually tenured assistant at the same school in . So, they would use multiple tight ends to the strong side, then motion one of those tight ends back to the whip side. The attack from the DL is the next step, but they have to achieve their gap fit first. So something else broke down that lead to Clemson being able to run the ball like they did in the second half. Note- things I was wrong about when I started this off: A) Backer is to the boundary. I hope they can return to dominance. If the ball is on the hashmark, Rover goes Field side, WHIP to the boundary. Tyler is almost always coming forward at the snap except when a key has him pursuing playside. Clemson started to rise after that game, and we started to fall. A "Bear" front covers both OGs and the Center, making it an Odd front. 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. Watching film of South Carolina against Clemson, South Carolina absolutely manhandled the Clemson OL, the same OL that manhandled the Hokies in the 2nd half of the ACC CG. Stopping the run is one of the basic tenants of the defensive scheme. Instead, the coverage responsibility for that motioning receiver will be handed off to a defender already aligned on the other side of the field. Behind the defense, the Hokies secondary plays a basic robber coverage on this play. I don't know recall the plays that Taylor and JWG got hurt, so I am not really sure. 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. Maybe an example would work here. 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