Football 101

"RoninFin4 wrote:

Yep. That's where you saw a lot of the oddities come into play with Miami in terms of how they align their front. In the Bears game, when in nickel, Mitchell was mostly at 3-technique with Suh at 1.

I didn't see that but I'll have to look again. It seemed to me like we based Suh/Mitchell and their techniques based on the strength of the offensive alignment. When the offense went strong right, we had Suh in the 3 and Mitchell in the 1. When the offense went strong left, we put Suh in the 1 and Mitchell in the 3. Basically, never flipping our DTs... but having whichever DT was on the strong side align in the 3 and the DT on the weak side playing 1tech.

I wasn't specifically watching for that though, so I may have just seen it a few times done in coincidence... so I could be wrong? You're saying that when in nickle they were mostly playing Suh in the 1 and Mitchell in the 3 regardless of offensive strength?

"FinNasty wrote:

I didn't see that but I'll have to look again. It seemed to me like we based Suh/Mitchell and their techniques based on the strength of the offensive alignment. When the offense went strong right, we had Suh in the 3 and Mitchell in the 1. When the offense went strong left, we put Suh in the 1 and Mitchell in the 3. Basically, never flipping our DTs... but having whichever DT was on the strong side align in the 3 and the DT on the weak side playing 1tech.

I wasn't specifically watching for that though, so I may have just seen it a few times done in coincidence... so I could be wrong? You're saying that when in nickle they were mostly playing Suh in the 1 and Mitchell in the 3 regardless of offensive strength?

I think we're talking about the same thing. The whole first drive the Bears were on the field, Miami did that and Chris McCain wasn't on the field. Miami did it the next drive as well when McCain was on the field, but they did the odd alignment you mentioned when they walked up Jenkins. I'd guess (can't remember the Bears alignment) that that play was some sort of specific coverage/blitz for Jenkins, much like the did with Dion Jordan last year.

Should be interesting to see. More often than not in the photos from practice, you see Mitchell lined up at 1-technique. But today in his interview he said he'd been playing a lot more 3-technique than last year. Not sure if that's good or bad, yet.

Hopefully all football programs adopt this across all levels.

https://youtu.be/kLldjE6vvFs

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/seahawks-coach-trying-lead-tackling-000000361.html

Shame this thread didn't take off more.

This is cool!

Ok i ready for 201

"resnor wrote:

Shame this thread didn't take off more.

I think it's an educational piece..Ro knows football.

201 please. I need summer school for football.

is the blocking scheme now better for Drake over Ajayi?

Blocking is better for Drake because Drake is following the blocks he gets and executing plays. That and I just wanted to change the name at the top. Happy New Year all.

Jim Schwartz explaining the origins of the Wide-9:

Last in the NFL in Blitz percentage #1 in the NFL in sacks.

Is that our new OL coach next to Schwartz?

Disappointed in the lack of breakdown of "it" factor and Moxy.

"MikeHoncho wrote:

Disappointed in the lack of breakdown of "it" factor and Moxy.

And bootstrap pulling up and clutch.

"Puka-head wrote:

Last in the NFL in Blitz percentage #1 in the NFL in sacks.

Is that our new OL coach next to Schwartz?

It is. Good catch.

Basic Formations - https://operations.nfl.com/football-101/formations-101/