And, you are also correct about Taylor. 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. Your thoughts please. This aggressive nature of the defense led to years with incredible tackles-for-loss numbers. 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. When the TE switches sides, usually the Backer flips spots with MIKE to cover him. It depends on which version of the 4-3. Meanwhile, passing downs allow the Hokies to easily switch the whip for a nickel back. Backers and Mikes must be adept at timing blitzes and taking on blocks. After that Boyd was able to find quick check downs due to loose coverage. It's no secret that Tech uses a lot of "hybrid" type players. 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. Clemson started to rise after that game, and we started to fall. The Gap Defense is grounded in a simple concept. 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. It is a scheme that looks complicated, but yet is very simple. They recruit nimble, short tackles, which you don't see in the NFL. It was a very clever scheme because it could be adjusted to a pass oriented defense by slipping the two outside linebackers (the Whip and Rover) into coverage as defensive backs. Excellent Hokies like Xavier Adibi, Chris Ellis, and Jonathan Lewis have barely had a look. getting after it down the LOS once it was clear the RB was not going for his gap. It was difficult for offenses to determine how many were blitzing and how many were dropping into coverage. 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. Damn shame if you ask me. The wide side is called the field and the short side is called the boundary. 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. Great stuff as always French. 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. "#()%$%%! -- French. End: The End (J.R. Collins) will stunt to the 7 gap, maintaining contain on any reverse, bootleg, or play-action. Every defensive player in the front seven has a "gap" responsibility in every defense that is called. Shop fresh Hokies gear at TKP sponsor Homefield. 3) I think it does hurt recruiting elite out of state prospects. The nose tackle is a 1 technique, the tackle is a 3 technique. In his walked out spot, he is reading the backfield triangle to the #2/#3 receiver and has the flat zone weak. Clemson Basketball: 2014 Scholarship Roster. Everyone, especially play side, must at least stalemate their blocker in their gap. The coaches helped by putting him in positions where he could be successful. 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. If the running back looks to go straight ahead, he will see the guard and tackle jammed up and look to cutback. To counter these offensive trends, Bud Foster made some adjustments to the base defense after the 2003 season. Even if they win, guys like Hopkins and Collins were just not the same after the GT game last year. Quarterbacks, seeing the odd space develop, are often easily baited into throwing seam routes against this coverage. 20102023, Orange and Maroon Media, LLC. If your slot recognizes it and runs a slant, the FS has to hustle to get there and take that away. http://www.orangeandwhite.com/news/2012/jan/21/swinney-hired-venables-br OT: "The Mandalorian" S3 discussion thread (feat. Will having a healthy and complete team be enough? The most common is a walked out position on weakside slots, but he can also align deeper at 3x5 or almost as deep as the FS. James Anderson is the only Hokie alumni who is a starter in the front 7 of an NFL team. 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). Bud Foster used the Bear defense to suffocate the Buckeyes' run game in 2014. He does not have to be a big guy, but he does have to have a very high motor. If our defense is designed to "funnel" the ball carrier to certain positions I could see some recruits not liking that. The defensive calls will be different on 2nd and three versus 3rd and nine. Most of the time, there is a safety/LB hybrid that is dropped into the box to create a true 8 man front. He retained the terminology and many of the blitz schemes of the Attack Defense, and then moved the rover position back to that of a traditional strong safety. The attack from the DL is the next step, but they have to achieve their gap fit first. A similar thing happened with the game against Miami, where LM just gashed us in the second half. 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. Billy Hite. Nekos was pretty average size for a Hokie DE (McCray is the biggest it seems like we have had since Chris Ellis), but neither Brown nor Graves fit the new prototype of NFL type 6'6 265 DE's and 6'4 310 3-4 DE's or 4-3 DT's that we see in the SEC. They just dont have the special players they used to get at those hybrid spots and DE, which they always used to have. 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. The offensive personnel or personnel group is the makeup of offensive skill positions for any given play. That left situations where Motu was one on one with a big athletic TE going down the seam. The running back is supposed to take two strides playside, plant his playside leg (in this case the right leg) and select a weak spot where the defender has overrun the play. 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. Thekeyplay.com is not affiliated with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 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. On this play against UVA, the Hokies are playing a base front. What's so radical about it? The Mike is over the center. And with JGW on the edge, he had to be. .". 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 an 8-man front, the Rover will rotate up closer to the line of scrimmage and align as the fourth linebacker. From all of us at The Key Play, get off the bench and in the game. 3) Finally, as stated in #2 above, this seems to be a heavy run control D and if we don't have super talented CB's who can cover their man without help we could get burned in the passing game real quick. A "Bear" front covers both OGs and the Center, making it an Odd front. Attack Defense Bud Foster Defensive Coordinator Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg, Va. Jim Cavanaugh Outside Linebackers Lou West Secondary Charlie Wiles Defensive Line Diagram 2 Whip is to the passing strength, which is most often to the field but (against teams like Pitt) can be to the boundary. They are not supposed to be playmakers (except in the pass rush) but they have to be adept at maintaining leverage while stunting. Ultimately, we will see Maddy and Derek Hopkins starting, with Marshall coming in for Maddy on most passing downs. HWC? Really excited about the front seven this year. The Whip blitzes hard from the 7 gap to fly through the 5 gap space. 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. 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. Also, stud 6'6 265 DE's who want to play in the NFL, not tie up linemen so linebackers make plays. The idea is the front 6 align based on front alignment rules. I heard very little about McCray in the spring. I am ready for some football. '+,,-/4443.4444444444 But the biggest thing is probably the QB ability to react quickly to the pressure (a key part of the Hokie D). They tie up the center and both guards, allowing the middle linebacker to go unblocked sideline to sideline. You get what you get with Bud Foster, there isn't much grey area in his persona. Thanks for reading! 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. Looking forward to future articles. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Gambling problem? 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. Sometimes shifts and motion will force the defense to tip its hand. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/06/ask-another-teams-beat-writer-clemson. When things went well, a Hokie game featured numerous sacks, tackles for losses, interceptions, and the band wearing out the theme from Empire Strikes Back. For #3, I think this defense actually makes the corners look better than they really are. At that point, the players on the field know the down/distance and the front, pressure, and coverage calls. He can have a SS build and sometimes aligns deeper, like the FS. The number of wide receivers is derived from the combination of those two numbers. 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. Charley Wiles communicates the front call to the defensive line (stunt calls, etc). Thanks. His initial alignment is quite often in the box, but he doesnt get up on the LOS as much as the WHIP. Check Fantastic furniture Catalogue and Freedom furniture Catalogue. That's how good of a kid he is." Ideally, the Stud end will be 2 yards deep into the backfield. 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. Thanks! I think we played less aggressive which led to Clemson eventually winning. A "gap" is an area of space on the field that the defensive player is responsible to "control." Everything I've read has Antoine starting next to his brother this fall. When he isn't rushing for 2000 yards next year, Martin Scales will be the Hokies 3rd down pass rusher and get 10 sacks. The diagram below uses numbers to identify each gap. From there, Tech held Miami to 10, Kent State to 0, #14 Wake Forest to 6, and Virginia to 0 to finish 10-2. You can't develop an NFL caliber lineman. 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. 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. This post gave me a good chuckle. That is really the key to the front. 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. Kudos to Foster and Co. for making the adjustments. 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 basic terms, normal defenses feature corners playing man with safeties deep to help. All original material and images are copyrighted by TechSideline.com and may not be reused or reprinted without permission. Urban Meyer fell behind LSU and Alabama in recruiting, and magically his health is at risk and he gets out. (He finished with well over 100 yards.) . This morning, I actually stumbled across a presentation that Bud Foster made to the AFCA back in 1999. 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. I understand explaining that might as well be another post but it would be facinating stuff. Because its Even, the Center is totally uncovered. 5yltM;6#D"A.+|F'g"##PBG Wi+5~ljx3!_YJ8a7p;[Bx$60FF8x\f@-. Why are we sometimes successful (last year 2nd half) and sometimes not so successful (09 second half)? Not sure Tahj Boyd's skills are of the same caliber but he took advantage of us as well. B) Bud resurrected many of the 8 man front concepts during the awful end of Beamer's departure. I broke the 4th wall of telestration. Accordingly, Bud Foster abandoned the 8 man front look, and turned to the "Field Strong" formation described in the link as their base defense. I saw that and knew we were in trouble. We will look at the Hokies pass defense in more detail in a later post. Great write up French! 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. What do you mean by "radical stunting"? Mr. Hokie Cody Grimm was moved to the secondary (which is funny given that pass coverage was his greatest weakness as a Hokie.) If he comes inside, Backer takes him. 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. Youll see how they get away with that in coverage later. 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. Oh, and lets not forget the secret weapon. Prior to 2004, the alignment of the linebackers and safeties was based more on the strong side / weak side of the offensive formation. 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. Join the community. The singular thing that can derail their run defense is getting chewed up physically against Georgia Tech. See Tim Tebow (or Pat White at WVU.) Likewise, the End, Backer, Boundary Corner, and Rover always align toward the short side of the field. The "G" front is the base front, but here I have not adjusted to the formation. 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. Bud, a divorcee, married Jessie in February on Super Bowl Sunday, about four months after the hospital scare and around the time discussion began about him retiring. 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 In this installment of the series, we will cover the general concepts of Bud Fosters defensive scheme, including how offensive personnel and formation impact defensive alignments and responsibilities. The offense uses those techniques to get a better read on what the defense may be doing. 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. Containment often fell onto the shoulders of the Whip LB, a hybrid player that was part linebacker and part safety. Were tallish and relatively lean. This allows the players to react instinctively and play with more confidence. The middle backers have very little pass coverage responsibility, and spend significant time taking on blocks on the interior of a play. Because its a 4-4 defense that has to be able to handle the spread offense at times, it needs some rather special players at some of the hybrid LB spots. 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 sure Nick Saban said the very same thing to him hence his "I don't believe I could achieve my goals at VT" comment. http://www.playbookexchange.net/playbooks/Defense/02060201-VirginiaTechAttack.pdf. I would go so far as to say Miami was the worst defense the Hokies played all year. Ok. Have no idea how that played into Foster's defense, but he has played and started taller more slender DTs. Playing in a college system that emphasizes skillset diversity is actually a good thing. Cover 6 goes well with the pressure fronts they like to show. This is very important information that is communicated by the coaches in the booth to the coaches on the sideline. Coles scored on that long TD. The 6 comes from the switches called between the LBs and the backfield. As covered in Part 1, the Tech defense aligns based on ball position relative to the hash marks. As for NFL caliber lineman. In the 4-3-4 base set, the Rover aligns as a defensive back, specifically as one of the two safeties. Otherwise (because the linebackers don't immediately scrape and pursue to the ball) there will be large holes and tremendous pressure on safeties to make the tackle. There are a number of factors that the coaches consider when setting the defense from play to play. 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. Rover adjusts to the better receivers or Field side. Bud Foster received national recognition for the way his Bear defense surprised and shut down Urban Meyer's vaunted spread rushing attack in 2014. The Whip was a weak side outside linebacker in the base 8-man front and he was a weak side safety in the 2-deep safety set (base used regularly in passing situations). At the time, the Whip and Rover were described as hybrid players that had combination linebacker/defensive back responsibilities. In the old 4-4, the rover was always opposite to the whip. It is fascinating stuff and beautiful to watch when it produces the type of results that we have seen over the years from Bud Fosters bunch. I think that with their recruiting getting better, Foster may change. It wasn't ideal. Can we get this thread retitled - "A Look Back at a Look Back to . UNC had those guys, FSU has those guys, and that is about it in the SEC. Most teams change alignments and will stunt occasionally, but nobody trys so much to funnel types of running plays to linebackers. In the above play, Jayron Hosley backpedals to his deep third at the snap. He had a concussion and it hurt our secondary. 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. "-John Blutarsky. With two CBs outside you basically have 6 ways it can work without changing the call. Defensive linemen must be able to stunt and slant while maintaining leverage. Free Safety: Free safety starts in a deep third lined up 12 yards off the ball directly behind the mike. Stanford understands that the whip most often will line up to the weak side of the defense. Lets go through the sequence that takes place in the 20-30 seconds between the end of one play and the next snap. There is an extensive blitz package in VTs scheme. In terms of positions, the Stud, Whip, Mike, Field Corner and Free Safety always align toward the wide side of the field. . That is a lot for the players to process isnt it? 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. "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. 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 Chargers' defense ranked last in third-down conversion percentage (49.54%), 30th in rushing yards allowed per game (138.9), 30th in points allowed per game (27.0) and 23rd in yards allowed . Meanwhile, Dwayne Allen would come BEHIND the line against the grain of the play and pop out the weak side. Combining elements from each scheme is what gives the 4-2-5 its versatility. 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. There are two inside linebackers in the 4-4 scheme sometimes known as the Mike and Buck linebackers. And that is a key aspect of playing great defense, especially when the system relies heavily on speed, quickness and pursuit. For example, a corner will not follow a motioning receiver across the field, even if it is man coverage. He's as genuine as they come. "I think one of the biggest reasons actually was Steeles defense. It wasn't a great "instinctual play" by Hosley, but a calculated play call and design by Foster. I don't have the time to cover them all, but this is a pressure-based defense. 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. 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. Boise and Stanford both targeted the safeties. 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. *:JZjz ? The DEs aligned much like they do today with the Stud always to the wide side and the End always to the boundary. The 46 defensive front. 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. The free safety is responsible for coverage adjustments and making sure that everyone is lined up properly. Also BF has talked about wanting to change the "DNA" of our DL referencing Ala. and LSU's D-lines. In addition to these types of coverage adjustments, there may be front and pressure adjustments made by the defense as well. 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. And then they all have to stay on the same page through a series of on-going adjustments just before the ball is snapped. 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. He had to use less of the C2R and more Cover 4. 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. Many defenses set the alignment of their players based on sides of the ball (ie, left and right) or formation strength (ie, which side the TE is on). It is even more stunning given how horridly Miami's D was against the Hokies. On the other side, teams could get favorable running game match-ups by running to the boundary. Hope that VT keeps getting playing making athletic DTs that can get off blocks and penetrate in interior gaps in order to take D to next level. In-Depth Analysis of the Hokies' Bear Defense. It turns into a 1/4-1/4-1/2 scheme, C3, or you have to split the coverage so that the single receiver backside is getting man coverage. Part 1 covered some basic concepts, including a description for each defensive position. 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 have read it many times in the past. Does this really hurt us? The pre-snap look is quite often Cover 4 because of this. I love that article. Ball position refers to the position of the ball relative to the hash marks. For example, a 21 personnel group is two running backs, one tight end, and two wide receivers. The FS himself will play Robber over the very middle of the field and watches the eyes of the QB to take away intermediate routes, yet against the run hes a 9th man in the area to fill a gap. 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. 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