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I hate Manny’s defense. Even as a DC he got roasted against better/smarter coaches with less talent.

His philosophy is get penetration at all costs, and see what happens. This is why teams run all over us, especially teams that aren’t good running the ball.

I know it’s NFL, and it helps having Donald and Ramsey, but for the schematic novices out there, start this video about the 8min mark, and you will have a much better understanding on the strategy of defensive alignment.

 
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Cane6 said:
I hate Manny’s defense. Even as a DC he got roasted against better/smarter coaches with less talent.

His philosophy is get penetration at all costs, and see what happens. This is why teams run all over us, especially teams that aren’t good running the ball.

I know it’s NFL, and it helps having Donald and Ramsey, but for the schematic novices out there, start this video about the 8min mark, and you will have a much better understanding on the strategy of defensive alignment.

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Yes sir.

This is the complete opposite of Mannys d lol.
 
Cane6 said:
I hate Manny’s defense. Even as a DC he got roasted against better/smarter coaches with less talent.

His philosophy is get penetration at all costs, and see what happens. This is why teams run all over us, especially teams that aren’t good running the ball.

I know it’s NFL, and it helps having Donald and Ramsey, but for the schematic novices out there, start this video about the 8min mark, and you will have a much better understanding on the strategy of defensive alignment.

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Yep, tite fronts. Clemson does it. Bama does it. I think UGA does it, etc. The big boys have been doing it for some time now and you need the horses to run it. We don't have those horses in our front 7.
 
There's like 20 threads about the defense, when our biggest problem is the offense. We held UVA to their lowest yardage total of the year. We lost because we couldn't move the ball at all against an awful defense in the first half and couldn't kick a chip shot.

MSU we got blown out because the offense gave them 4 (FOUR!) turnovers. Did we win without those? I don't know, but we're leading into the 4th quarter.
 
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We ran this front twice on UVA's opening drive. We ran this front on their 3rd drive as well and played man coverage. It's not his scheme that's the problem. It's his coaching. They can't tackle and that's his fault. Almost every bad defensive performance since 2018 has been a terrible tackling performance. Manny tries to run man coverage sometimes, but we don't have corners and safeties that can cover in man so we run a lot of zone, which is also Manny's fault. Our CB recruiting was atrocious the last 5 years and he keeps trotting out senior safeties that are getting beat in man coverage. Alabama covered our slots with safeties as well and did just fine. I truly think Avantae Williams was going to start over Gurvan Hall this year and this defense would've looked different with him in coverage. We only have 2 or 3 players right now that fit that 4i tech DE mold for that front JHH, Eli Roberts and LT.

Manny has adapted his defense since he's been here. He started out in a 4-3, moved to a 4-2-5, and now even the 4-2-5 has adapted over the past two years -- his ends have started standing more to disguise the side the blitz is coming from. Manny has a philosophy that hasn't changed -- you need to create havoc plays by creating pressures, sacks and tfls and limit explosive plays.

Does he get caught blitzing every now and then, yes. Does he need to stop lining up a linebacker (especially these linebackers) in man on slot receivers, yes. Do I like how they teach their interior lineman to turn their back and get skinny to shoot gaps, no. But in general the philosophy and scheme are fine and a 4-man front fits SFL dline talent better than a 3-man front.
 
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Hmm, I think you can make the argument for DL but for LB?
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Why do the LB's have to be special?
In the Tite front they're often unblocked.
It's harder to play LB in our current scheme.

It's easy to play LB in the Tite front.
There's technically only ONE interior gap that's 'open' (the A-gap).
And the other open gap is the strong-side C-gap, which is occupied by both the Mike LB and the Nickel\Striker.
My LB's love playing in the Tite front because the reads are quick and easy, especially for the Mike.

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