Containment often fell onto the shoulders of the Whip LB, a hybrid player that was part linebacker and part safety. Did Jim Harbaugh out scheme us, did we execute poorly, or were we outmanned? 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. Aaron Rodgers, Kellen Moore, Andrew Luck all have great skills under pressure. That is really the key to the front. 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. It kicks off by detailing the inner workings of the Bud Foster Gap Defense that has baffled most of the ACC over the last 8 years. Most would call that 6 years. What does that mean? -Bud Foster. However, if he goes Fieldside, he'd be matched on someone else. 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. Because its Even, the Center is totally uncovered. Such a menacing look. Registering for an account is free and easy. I am ready for some football. Whip is to the passing strength, which is most often to the field but (against teams like Pitt) can be to the boundary. In an 8-man front, the Rover will rotate up closer to the line of scrimmage and align as the fourth linebacker. He has held the job since 1996, and he came to . 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. 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. Several things are known at the end of the first play game situation, down and distance and ball position. After all, at Pry's introductory presser he noted he cut his teeth as a graduate assistant in the mid-90s under Foster. Former Coaching Staff: Where are they now? Sometimes shifts and motion will force the defense to tip its hand. Jack Tyler can't cover a rock, so CBF adjusts his schemes and defensive calls to account for that. 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. "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. Back to our play example. 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. My thought is that the linebackers/DBs adjusted or started sitting back to provide passing support, this slowed pressure at the line, which allowed for easier running. A London Fletcher or Brian Urlacher type linebacker would not be a good fit for the Hokies. Former Federal Fugitive Pleads Guilty in California to Massive Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme in Connection with Nationwide Foreclosure Scam Defendant Collected More Than $1.2 Million from More Than 800 Distressed Homeowners . *U# N)qQ/y(H"hVt kf@^L;,R?P0;|v44 JFC=zYh AWEBYl5I[.X@v6UQV@_msY)Ng1KhZ/Y)va+XsM =_ewrr\|2Q)/zN]N}q_r{f-wvw)1,Z )$fy86g8@ZtqI,dX& ^twn*g$b{xoa.WwDWZflk1g,JIEfPO[h-H( ,AdYp[fuNP&SuhZs`um%?HSpQ1Y. Most teams change alignments and will stunt occasionally, but nobody trys so much to funnel types of running plays to linebackers. The Backer disguises, looking like he is scraping play-side, but in reality, he is filling the interior of the 6 gap. I love it anyway! 20102023, Orange and Maroon Media, LLC. 20102023, Orange and Maroon Media, LLC. Young guy like Ekanem and Farley, based on film, are perfect fits. And with JGW on the edge, he had to be. Its heavy on blitzes from those two hybrid players. against Stanford in the OB? Access Exclusive Content and Financially Support The Key Play. What is a Cover-2 and how does it differ from a Cover-3? Meanwhile, passing downs allow the Hokies to easily switch the whip for a nickel back. It defintely helps to have depth regardless of the scheme, but depth and ability in the scheme only make it better. So something else broke down that lead to Clemson being able to run the ball like they did in the second half. From there, Tech held Miami to 10, Kent State to 0, #14 Wake Forest to 6, and Virginia to 0 to finish 10-2. 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. What do you mean by "radical stunting"? And then there was all the blitzing. This is very important information that is communicated by the coaches in the booth to the coaches on the sideline. The end result of this 1st quarter play against UVA features Tyrell Wilson preventing the back from getting to the edge, the nose and tackle slant and fill their gaps, and Jack Tyler flies in on the blitz to make the play. 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. The reason why they can adapt to spread offenses reasonably well is because of the player they put at the hybrid 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 mike linebacker has no pass coverage responsibility in most of the Hokie defenses. 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? So, it's not surprising that the man's personality matches his philosophy when it comes to dual reads in offensive football. 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. 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. The 46 defensive front. 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. I remember seeing our defensive philosophy torched about ten years ago. Also I totally disagree with your wording about the DL simply 'stalemating their blocker in the gap' and 'not being expected to be play makers'. Registered users can participate in the forum, post and vote on comments. It depends on which version of the 4-3. Check Fantastic furniture Catalogue and Freedom furniture Catalogue. 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. The defense slides their individual alignments based on that personnel group and passing strength. 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). It really is an outlier as far as defenses, as much as Paul Johnson's wishbone is on offense. At the snap, Jack Tyler reads a key that sends him flying through the one gap. We were tiny on D in 2010. That's probably the reason we lost Korren Kirven. I love that article. 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? Since the scheme was tweaked, the Tech defense has finished ranked #4, #1, and #1 in the nation in total defense. The defensive front called "Bear" is part of the 46 defense, but they are separable things. Following Michael Cole's injury, Foster mostly used the old "46" alignment made famous by Buddy Ryan and the Chicago Bears. 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. 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. "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby, I wish I could give you more legs. How did you think TCU was able to defeat teams like Wisconsin with their 4-2-5? Tyler is almost always coming forward at the snap except when a key has him pursuing playside. Clemson Basketball: 2014 Scholarship Roster. Great write up French! Thanks. He's had only two top-10 defenses this decade, but the Hokies are never weak on his side of the ball . Former Coaching Staff: Where are they now? Drawing on the scheme's nickel roots gives 4-2-5 teams the ability to run a divorced front concept. This is a more traditional 4-3 defensive set that allows the Hokies to get to all of their fronts, pressures and coverages from the same single base set. 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. 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 Defensive Alignment in the Four-Four In the 90's, Bud Foster used two alignments with the 4-4 defense. 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. If the ball is on the hashmark, Rover goes Field side, WHIP to the boundary. The first number reflects the number of running backs and the second number reflects the number of tight ends. Also BF has talked about wanting to change the "DNA" of our DL referencing Ala. and LSU's D-lines. He had to make the Rover less a run-defender and more of a full-time DB, a SS in laymans terms. I understand explaining that might as well be another post but it would be facinating stuff. It also put the Whip and Rover in better positions to be successful. More and more NFL coaches are blending the 4-3 and 3-4 concepts and scheme. 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. I was getting confused reading the comments and didn't see they were from 5 years and 12 months ago. The "G" front is a 4-man Even front that covers both OGs with DTs, and is heavy on stunting. I think that with their recruiting getting better, Foster may change. The DB's align based on secondary alignment rules. http://www.orangeandwhite.com/news/2012/jan/21/swinney-hired-venables-br OT: "The Mandalorian" S3 discussion thread (feat. Hopkins was hurt slanting if I remember correctly. An 11 personnel group is one running back, one tight end, and three wide receivers. It is even more stunning given how horridly Miami's D was against the Hokies. A student manager then uses the sign board to communicate the personnel group to the players on the field. I foresee a TON of blitzes on 3rd and long. 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. From all of us at The Key Play, get off the bench and in the game. VT couldn't stop the run against Stanford. Spoilers). It was a pro-style system and designed to work against pro-style offenses, which is precisely what the Hokies system is. Backers and Mikes must be adept at timing blitzes and taking on blocks. The idea is the front 6 align based on front alignment rules. And you can quote me on that shit!" This "Field G" is mostly what Virginia Tech is in nowadays. More to come in my next post. This morning, I actually stumbled across a presentation that Bud Foster made to the AFCA back in 1999. They are looking at the QB and reading his actions without letting the #1 outside WR get past. 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. 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. Hosley was excellent enough to execute the design up there with the very best ball hawk the Hokies have had. Whether you've been running the 4-2-5 defense for years or you're looking to implement the scheme for the first time, . Virginia Techs defense is a unique one in major college football in that it is very much an older style of defense descended from the Gap 8 and Wide Tackle 6. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). 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. 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. Also, against Ace and Doubles sets, the coverage basically changes into 1/4-1/4-1/2 Cover 3. A similar thing happened with the game against Miami, where LM just gashed us in the second half. The scheme will give about 3,000 families in poverty $1,000 a month for a year, and there are no . 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. - TheFifthFuller. The coaches helped by putting him in positions where he could be successful. Because the line is flowing play-side, the Whip should be unblocked and should go directly to the ball-carrier. The defensive call in combination with the personnel group establishes the specific pass coverage responsibilities for the defense. The amount of zone and safe coverages they play really is determined by the ability of the line, mike, and backer to stop the run. -- French. Foster used a simple solution. Registered users can participate in the forum, post and vote on comments. When Foster developed the concept for the Gap Defense, he looked to solve two problems. 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. 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. Does the defensive scheme lend itself to this or did we have weaknesses in key positions? This book features Bud Foster, Defensive Coordinator at Virginia Tech; Chris Ash, Co-Defensive Coordinator, Ohio State; Mickey Matthews, former Head Coach at James . The Rover was a strong side outside linebacker in the 8-man front that would slide out as an additional corner / defensive back against 3-4 wide receiver formations. Nose Tackle: The Nose (Luther Maddy): The nose will line up as a 1 technique, on the inside eye of the play-side guard. Damn that's a turning point in both Clemson and VTs program recently. I love the white helmet with the stripe and white facemask. 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 '+,,-/4443.4444444444 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. http://www.playbookexchange.net/playbooks/Defense/02060201-VirginiaTechAttack.pdf. Likewise, by no longer asking the Rover to man up against speedy slot receivers to the wide side of the field allows linebacker / safety type athletes like Aaron Rouse to be successful at that position. All Hokie, All the Time. 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. 8 Ohio State with schemes used by Defensive Coordinator Bud Foster,. 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). I'm sure our coaches cite James Anderson who transitioned from Whip to NFL LB, and Jason Worilds who played DE at Tech and was drafted as an OLB for the Steelers. couple that with (hopefully) some VERY strong dline recruits panning out, and landing dhand and/or brown next year, and it seems as if our defense is only going to get better and better, French-- in your opinion what position in the front 7 is the most important for a successful tech D. Also fwiw if tyler plays every play like those 2 video plays above its going to be hard to keep him off the field especially against gt. You have heard the laundry list of coverage terms, but what do they mean? 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. Backer and Rover would take the strongside back and pass him off inside or out depending on his route. Am I getting overconfident that we'll be able to better compete with Clemson this year based on the following assumptions: from Clemson beat writer Greg Wallace via Andy Bitter: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/06/ask-another-teams-beat-writer-clemson. 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. When the TE switches sides, usually the Backer flips spots with MIKE to cover him. Thekeyplay.com is not affiliated with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Each defender essentially has the gap in front of him. You can't develop an NFL caliber lineman. 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. I want to focus on one, what has made teams successful against the Virginia Tech run defense? When the 8th man entered the box, the passing game opened up. 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. 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. 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 . So, they would use multiple tight ends to the strong side, then motion one of those tight ends back to the whip side. ]~ .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 I have no doubt this works against the Hokies in recruiting, but Foster also has archetypes he recruits to for his players. Why are we sometimes successful (last year 2nd half) and sometimes not so successful (09 second half)? 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. Excellent Hokies like Xavier Adibi, Chris Ellis, and Jonathan Lewis have barely had a look. The Rover aligns to the passing strength pre-snap, so hell adjust to the slot WRs most of the time. 3. The strongside End, called a "Stud", aligns over the inside of the TE (7 technique) and the other DE aligns in a 5-technique. There are a number of factors that the coaches consider when setting the defense from play to play. 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. He had to use less of the C2R and more Cover 4. 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. In obvious passing situations, the Hokies would shift to a base 4-3-4 look by dropping the Whip as the second safety. The potential risk is that the movement can allow for gashing big running plays if the players can't control their gap responsibility. BTW, I dont think I've ever seen a gif used as a legit educational tool and not just an lol. . If one DL gets blown out of the hole, it creates problems for every other defender. How many Hokies have become elite corners in the NFL? Is this true and if so, how do we strengthen this weakness with out losing run control? Thanks! 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. This is particularly true when the Whip or Rover is aligned on a slot WR -- hell come hard on the blitz pretty often. Stanford understands that the whip most often will line up to the weak side of the defense. 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. It is mostly combined with Man coverage and is pretty heavy on stunts and exchanges between the DL and LBs. The defensive calls will be different on 2nd and three versus 3rd and nine. Here's the INT described at the end of the article. Maybe an example would work here. 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. When the WR's sets up to run block (the WR's total lack of effort is a complete "UVA move"), he immediately comes up in run support. H332U(W5RR-T56 )onl ${* Fosters defense is always going to be well-coached, and being well-coached puts players where they need to be, but you still need some talent to beat better OLs even if the defenders are where they need to be. Because of their Field/Boundary alignment philosophy, the same defenders do not always get matched on the same offensive players. The changes were not major in terms of philosophy and were primarily related to base sets, player alignment and the responsibilities of the Whip and Rover positions. That's how good of a kid he is." The Backer and Rover were strong side players, so they would usually align to the strong side of the formation. Winslow and the defensive end (JR. Collins) to an X stunt, with Collins going outside and JWG taking the inside (or #5) gap. Also, stud 6'6 265 DE's who want to play in the NFL, not tie up linemen so linebackers make plays. In his walked out spot, he is reading the backfield triangle to the #2/#3 receiver and has the flat zone weak. Because of how it is designed, it is still strong with Safeties as run-gap fillers off the edges, but because of that they are susceptible to play-action moreso than a true C2 squad. What is a zone blitz? In terms of base sets, the Hokies transitioned from being a heavy 8-man front defense to a 4-3-4 base set characterized by two deep safeties. pretty cool to look back on it from time to time. They know where to be and they know how to adjust more quickly to formation shifts and motion. There are two inside linebackers in the 4-4 scheme sometimes known as the Mike and Buck linebackers. Hokie defensive linemen are required to have a unique ability to sometimes cover gaps that are far from where they line up, while maintaining leverage in order to prevent being knocked backwards by an offensive lineman. Presented by, Click here to access all three parts of the Hokie Defense series by Raleigh Hokie. a !1AQa"q2B#$Rb34rC%Scs5&DTdEt6UeuF'Vfv7GWgw(8HXhx )9IYiy 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). Shop fresh Hokies gear at TKP sponsor Homefield. Other teams began to use a lot of quick passes and/or maximum protection blocking schemes to counter Techs blitz tendencies. Dog Inside Blitz, a common blitz you see from Tech. Remember that what I am describing in this series is at the 5,000 foot level. Foster's approach is more than just an alignment, as the long-time play-caller in Blacksburg has implemented his scheme across his entire unit, not just up front. 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. Virginia Tech uses both their base look (which features each lineman and linebacker having gap responsibility for the gap in front of them) or a more radical stunting approach based on the talent Foster has available. 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. Learn how to identity the Bear and understand how it accomplishes its goal. All original material and images are copyrighted by TechSideline.com and may not be reused or reprinted without permission. 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. 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. To make that work, you still need to get pressure from the DL, and I think this has been one of VTs biggest issues on defense over the last few years. Really excited about the front seven this year. 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