Thanks for reading! It is actually a base 4-4 front. An 11 personnel group is one running back, one tight end, and three wide receivers. How did you think TCU was able to defeat teams like Wisconsin with their 4-2-5? In terms of positions, the Stud, Whip, Mike, Field Corner and Free Safety always align toward the wide side of the field. %PDF-1.2 % 8 0 obj << /Length 9 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream Thanks. When he isn't rushing for 2000 yards next year, Martin Scales will be the Hokies 3rd down pass rusher and get 10 sacks. Virginia Tech football's defensive coordinator, Bud Foster, has been on the job for 18 years now, but he keeps revealing new layers of brilliance to show why he's the best defensive boss in. Bud Foster defenses know how to get after the quarterback. Clemson and Duke are really the only teams I can remember that have attacked Hokie corners and been successful. The 46 defensive front. (He finished with well over 100 yards.) If one DL gets blown out of the hole, it creates problems for every other defender. Rece Davis. 2) This defense also seems to point out a weakness for a athletic, good hands tight end (ex. So that got me thinking: how does Bud and Co defend GT differently than a more pro style set? 20102023, Orange and Maroon Media, LLC. "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby, I wish I could give you more legs. 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. In fact, since he arrived in Blacksburg in 1995, the Hokies have led all FBS programs in sacks (894) and sack yardage (-6,110). Never forget Aaron Rodgers literally laughing at our defense. Ball position refers to the position of the ball relative to the hash marks. The results of these adjustments speak for themselves. Miami has completely destroyed GT the last few years (if i remember correctly), and they do that by blowing up the GT OL at the LOS. For #3, I think this defense actually makes the corners look better than they really are. Young guy like Ekanem and Farley, based on film, are perfect fits. Coles scored on that long TD. 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. Offensive schemes do the same. And that is a key aspect of playing great defense, especially when the system relies heavily on speed, quickness and pursuit. 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. Aaron Rodgers, Kellen Moore, Andrew Luck all have great skills under pressure. The Hokie Gap defense rose from the ashes of the famed "Hokie Attack" 8 man front of the 1990's. Everybody has to be on the same page and know their assignments within the structure of the defense. 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). Thekeyplay.com is not affiliated with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 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. All of those adjustments are made in real time by the players on the field. 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). I am not sure where Antoine fits, but I find it hard to believe he will beat out Maddy with Maddy's excellent spring. The wide tackle six and the gap defense were used by Foster specifically because they didn't have the athletes to play SEC style, line up our best athletes against yours, and beat you football. If he went out, Rover has him. They are not supposed to be playmakers (except in the pass rush) but they have to be adept at maintaining leverage while stunting. And you can quote me on that shit!" 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. That's probably the reason we lost Korren Kirven. Also, because of the rather shorter depth of the Safeties, you can attack their run reads directly with a vertical route directly at them, like a Post or Go route up the seam. I saw that and knew we were in trouble. The other two LBs, MIKE and "Backer" play zones over the middle like any other Cover 2 zone. Tech's attacking eight-man-front scheme, first instituted by Elmassian in 1993, has become one of college . In addition, they know the personnel group and the pre-snap formation. Inverted Cover 2 Robber is a 2-deep, 5-underneath zone coverage that uses the FS as the Robber. pretty cool to look back on it from time to time. If those guys don't need much safety help, then the corners can take chances, bait QB's and mix in robber coverages to get turnovers. Antone Exum is moving forward at the snap, and both Exum and Hosley end up making the tackle along with Luther Maddy. This book features Bud Foster, Defensive Coordinator at Virginia Tech; Chris Ash, Co-Defensive Coordinator, Ohio State; Mickey Matthews, former Head Coach at James . Accordingly, Bud Foster abandoned the 8 man front look, and turned to the "Field Strong" formation described in the link as their base defense. They know where to be and they know how to adjust more quickly to formation shifts and motion. I broke the 4th wall of telestration. In an 8-man front, the Rover will rotate up closer to the line of scrimmage and align as the fourth linebacker. The Hokies showed a blitz up front, and Jayron showed a cover 3 look by bailing out and back pedaling before the snap. 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. 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? 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. At the time, the Whip and Rover were described as hybrid players that had combination linebacker/defensive back responsibilities. 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. Where and how they play, and personnel types preferred, are highly scheme dependent. 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. OT: "The Mandalorian" S3 discussion thread (feat. Justin Hamilton is in his first year as Virginia Tech's defensive coordinator after serving as safeties coach last year. Also, against Ace and Doubles sets, the coverage basically changes into 1/4-1/4-1/2 Cover 3. Instead, the coverage responsibility for that motioning receiver will be handed off to a defender already aligned on the other side of the field. Seems to me it would be a waste of time unless they are going to use him at DE. Also, stud 6'6 265 DE's who want to play in the NFL, not tie up linemen so linebackers make plays. Either way we'll have 3 starting quality DT. If the running back looks to go straight ahead, he will see the guard and tackle jammed up and look to cutback. The nose tackle is a 1 technique, the tackle is a 3 technique. They have to get depth immediately to play deep-half coverage. Behind the defense, the Hokies secondary plays a basic robber coverage on this play. 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. 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. 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. 5yltM;6#D"A.+|F'g"##PBG Wi+5~ljx3!_YJ8a7p;[Bx$60FF8x\f@-. Finally, the ball is snapped and the play runs to completion, most likely in five seconds or less. 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. Stopping the run is one of the basic tenants of the defensive scheme. Ideally he can maintain leverage without being driven downfield. You cannot play straight M2M all the time. I think they are well coached. I find it interesting how you compare our defense to being as unique as GT's offense. Most teams change alignments and will stunt occasionally, but nobody trys so much to funnel types of running plays to linebackers. 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. Sometimes shifts and motion will force the defense to tip its hand. So complimenting it with the Bear front gives you the choice of going Even or Odd with a stem (pre-snap shift). As covered in Part 1, the Tech defense aligns based on ball position relative to the hash marks. Following Michael Cole's injury, Foster mostly used the old "46" alignment made famous by Buddy Ryan and the Chicago Bears. And finally, we will take a look at how all of the calls and adjustments for each play are communicated from the coaches to the players. 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. 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. The Whip blitzes hard from the 7 gap to fly through the 5 gap space. In passing situations, the Hokies use more defensive backs than the old days, but Foster's mentality hasn't changed. The potential risk is that the movement can allow for gashing big running plays if the players can't control their gap responsibility. However, what VT does is very different from TCU and here well showcase the fronts and coverages VT likes the most. Each defender essentially has the gap in front of him. 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. He has held the job since 1996, and he came to . 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. pretty heavy on stunts and exchanges between the DL and LBs, Clemson Basketball Travels to NC State with Last Hope of NCAA Berth on the Line, Clemson Softball roars to fast start and high rankings. This is very important information that is communicated by the coaches in the booth to the coaches on the sideline. One of Techs defensive coaches in the booth communicates the ball position, down/distance and personnel group to the coaches on the sideline. They just dont have the special players they used to get at those hybrid spots and DE, which they always used to have. 2) In a one gap 4-3, the DL wants to get up field and make plays. When Frank Beamer coached under Bobby Ross, they ran the Wide Tackle 6, and he took that with him to VT. The running back will see that the Stud has contain, and will not look to pull a "David Wilson" and make a break for the 8 gap. When they face 21/22/12 personnel, theyll set up in the G front or Bear front most of the time. Such a menacing look. The wide side is called the field and the short side is called the boundary. 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. 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. He had a concussion and it hurt our secondary. It is mostly combined with Man coverage and is pretty heavy on stunts and exchanges between the DL and LBs. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. Most would call that 6 years. 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. All original material and images are copyrighted by TechSideline.com and may not be reused or reprinted without permission. They made popular the "G" front and took the 1985 Bears 46 defensive front as a compliment, which Tech would call the "Tuff" package. 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. 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. 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. A student manager signals the personnel group (12 in this example) via the sign board. VT couldn't stop the run against Stanford. Some teams run a 2 gap scheme (which is much more difficult to get players for.) How many Hokies have become elite corners in the NFL? VTs version of defense is a morphed descendent of what the Washington Huskies ran in the 80s and early 90s when their defense dominated the Pacific coast under DC Jim Lambright. 8 Ohio State with schemes used by Defensive Coordinator Bud Foster,. Likewise, the End, Backer, Boundary Corner, and Rover always align toward the short side of the field. At the snap, Jack Tyler reads a key that sends him flying through the one gap. 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. Its heavy on blitzes from those two hybrid players. "I think one of the biggest reasons actually was Steeles defense. Also, in goal line and short yardage, the backer and blitz the gap to try to blow the play in the backfield playside. 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 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. Bud Foster used the Bear defense to suffocate the Buckeyes' run game in 2014. To counter these offensive trends, Bud Foster made some adjustments to the base defense after the 2003 season. In the Michigan game, almost every completion came against the safeties. In the 4-3-4 base set, the Rover aligns as a defensive back, specifically as one of the two safeties. The Gap Defense is grounded in a simple concept. 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. 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. 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.". Registering for an account is free and easy. How do those pieces fit together and how do they work collectively to form one of college footballs best defenses? I think we played less aggressive which led to Clemson eventually winning. 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. 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. It is a scheme that looks complicated, but yet is very simple. I would go so far as to say Miami was the worst defense the Hokies played all year. We will look at the Hokies pass defense in more detail in a later post. .". 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. Unlike the old 4-4, I think Foster and Gray want the free and rover to essentially be interchangable with the only exception being that the free makes the defensive secondary calls and audibles. The opinions of the author(s) on this site are independent and no way reflect the opinions of the Virginia Tech administrators, coaches, staff, or athletes. 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. '+,,-/4443.4444444444 Well, Bud had to change his defense a little to handle that. His number was 46. The Hokies play a base 4-3-4 defense, meaning that there are four defensive linemen, three linebackers and four defensive backs in the base set. Instead of taking on offensive linemen as a run stuffing linebacker, he was used more to play containment or run blitz off the edge. Presented by, Click here to access all three parts of the Hokie Defense series by Raleigh Hokie. We will review the scheme adjustments that were made following the 2003 season and the impact they have had. Basically, it requires two defensive tackles who can each command double teams. Next Up: All of those confusing pass coverages. The Mike is over the center. 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. And stopping the run was (and still is) the #1 goal of Bud Fosters defense. "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. 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. 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. Shop fresh Hokies gear at TKP sponsor Homefield. I hope they can return to dominance. The defensive front called "Bear" is part of the 46 defense, but they are separable things. At the snap, the nose has the daunting task of stunting two gaps, crossing the face of both the guard and the tackle to get outside shoulder gap fit on the 4 gap. The helmets they're wearing are still my favorite VT helmets. Tyler is almost always coming forward at the snap except when a key has him pursuing playside. TKP, where you get the analysis and the analysis of the analysis by the original analyst, "Why gobble gobble chumps asks such good questions, I will never know." 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). (Dave Knachel/Virginia Tech athletics) Article It's a season of transition. Billy Hite. Based on what you said, don't the DL's all "tie" up the lines in both Bud scheme and the traditional pro-scheme? In-Depth Analysis of the Hokies' Bear Defense. That is really the key to the front. He can have a SS build and sometimes aligns deeper, like the FS. Not every coach could do that. I understand explaining that might as well be another post but it would be facinating stuff. And, you are also correct about Taylor. MAN. 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 Great write up French! That gives up some of the flat zone coverage, so watch for more WR screens this week if they show us C4. I would argue we had bad match-ups of speed vs. speed. 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. The reason why they can adapt to spread offenses reasonably well is because of the player they put at the hybrid position. Cover 6 goes well with the pressure fronts they like to show. Adobe d C Clemson Basketball: 2014 Scholarship Roster. 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. Thoughts? In his walked out spot, he is reading the backfield triangle to the #2/#3 receiver and has the flat zone weak. We were tiny on D in 2010. 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