Check out this article. Has some age to it but defensive structures do too,

 

http://grantland.com/features/hard-knocks-playing-defense-with-tcus-gary-patterson/

 

 

I knew I saw the foundations of Elko's defense before.

 

An even more famous guy that runs the 4-2-5 is Gary Patterson of TCU

 

 

Basically it separates front calls from coverage calls(a linebacker calls the front, a safety calls the coverage)

 

The front 6 are doing alot of the run stuffing, the back 5 are covering alot.

 

 

One Key concept is the Cover 5 zone. This is a concept that's uneven as the 4-2-5 suggests. Its all based on reads. If the #2 (inside receiver/tight end goes deep, then the safety goes deep. if he stays short he has a linebacker and the safety can try to go create a turnover being a robber.

 

There are of course variations on this idea, but in short its a miracle ND did this well in this defense with struggling safety play.

Check out this article. Has some age to it but defensive structures do too,

 

http://grantland.com/features/hard-knocks-playing-defense-with-tcus-gary-patterson/

 

 

I knew I saw the foundations of Elko's defense before.

 

An even more famous guy that runs the 4-2-5 is Gary Patterson of TCU

 

 

Basically it separates front calls from coverage calls(a linebacker calls the front, a safety calls the coverage)

 

The front 6 are doing alot of the run stuffing, the back 5 are covering alot.

 

 

One Key concept is the Cover 5 zone. This is a concept that's uneven as the 4-2-5 suggests. Its all based on reads. If the #2 (inside receiver/tight end goes deep, then the safety goes deep. if he stays short he has a linebacker and the safety can try to go create a turnover being a robber.

 

There are of course variations on this idea, but in short its a miracle ND did this well in this defense with struggling safety play.

 

Amen to that, Faith. Great post!

Amen to that, Faith. Great post!

 

Thanks. It also makes some sense why Elko want to get in that Texas area. That defensive think tank is down there. He can keep up with what people like Patterson are doing easier. Not to mention the recruiting and raise in pay.

 

An even more famous guy that runs the 4-2-5 is Gary Patterson of TCU

 

One Key concept is the Cover 5 zone. This is a concept that's uneven as the 4-2-5 suggests. Its all based on reads. If the #2 (inside receiver/tight end goes deep, then the safety goes deep. if he stays short he has a linebacker and the safety can try to go create a turnover being a robber.

 

There are of course variations on this idea, but in short its a miracle ND did this well in this defense with struggling safety play.

 

To be fair, TCU's safeties failed as good OC's out foxed Patterson's scheme.

 

Check out the TD pass at the 2:44 mark. The robber sees the #2 go into the flat and runs himself out of being a factor. The corner runs himself out of being a factor due to man coverage on the #1. The poor guy guarding the #2 run in the flat and is all alone with no help on a turnaround seam route. Easy TD for Oklahoma.

 

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Yup the outside breaking stem, to make a slant look like a double move is pretty and then like you said #42 wrongfully selects the 1st route instead of being in perfect position to guard the 2nd slant its a TD.

 

The middle of this defense (LB or Safety) is asked alot of in coverage reads for this type of D.

 

Edited January 11, 20187 yr by FaithInIrishForever