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09-08-2008, 01:07 AM
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I'm not sure if there is an explanation for this....an advantage if you will.
Is there a reason the Buckeyes don't hide their blitzes? Whether it's a linebacker, CB, or safety coming, they are at the LOS or approach the LOS showing they are coming.
The blitz rarely occurs at the snap.
Are they intentinally showing who is coming or is it poor timing?
Watching USC against UVA, and then Miami against UF, the thing that stood out was a blitz could come from anywhere, and you had no idea where it was coming from pre-snap. The Bucks, for the last several years have been the opposite. If Russel is coming on a blitz, you know pre-snap. Malcolm Jenkins comes down the line well before the ball is snapped. If Freeman is coming, he positions himself on the LOS outside a DE. Last year Kurt Coleman revealed he was blitzing almost every time he was coming. He'd always come down before the snap. It seems they intentionally show the other team who is coming, but I don't know why yould want that.
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09-08-2008, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by billmac91
I'm not sure if there is an explanation for this....an advantage if you will.
Is there a reason the Buckeyes don't hide their blitzes? Whether it's a linebacker, CB, or safety coming, they are at the LOS or approach the LOS showing they are coming.
The blitz rarely occurs at the snap.
Are they intentinally showing who is coming or is it poor timing?
Watching USC against UVA, and then Miami against UF, the thing that stood out was a blitz could come from anywhere, and you had no idea where it was coming from pre-snap. The Bucks, for the last several years have been the opposite. If Russel is coming on a blitz, you know pre-snap. Malcolm Jenkins comes down the line well before the ball is snapped. If Freeman is coming, he positions himself on the LOS outside a DE.
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I totally agree. We've seen better teams pick this up and get the ball out quickley to the vacated area of the zone blitz.. Flynn from LSU had a field day doing this.. I also saw Ohio easily pick up a number of our blitzing LBs, like they knew who was coming and where to shift the protection
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09-08-2008, 02:08 AM
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I agree, but it's not always completely obvious. Sometimes, a player shows blitz, then drops back in coverage. Sometimes one player will show and another player will come on a bit of a delay to overload the blockers. Showing blitz can be a bit like putting a man in motion on offense. By telling the blitz from a certain position, it can force the O to adjust or expose their blocking set. I do recall that DB blitzes have been rather glaring, though they do have to cheat up if they want to be in on the play.
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09-08-2008, 07:00 AM
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I thnk a lot of times showing your coming on a blitz is part of the mind games going on. Teams we have played have said we can bring the blitz from everywhere so I don't really know if teams are reading tendencies or not. Our defensive numbers have been generally excellent so it would seem the proof could be in the numbers.
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09-08-2008, 08:57 AM
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Nothing to backup or quantify this yet but it seems the past couple of seasons we have not been nearly as agressive. Before I get bounced I know what the stats say, the stats say we are one of the elite defenses year in and year out. Maybe in the long run we are better of reading and reacting but games against LSU, Florida, and maybe USC it seems to me it would be benificial if we attacked more rather then sitting back and reacting.
Very possible this is a knee jerk reaction to Illinois, Ohio, LSU, Florida games so who knows... will have to do more research to back this up.
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09-08-2008, 09:05 AM
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i think a bigger issue is tackling in space. the 2002-2003 was one of the best teams tackling and sticking guys in space. this team (as a whole) does not tackle well in space, if they do make the tackle they dont seem to stick the guy, instead they allow or maybe the backs/wrs get the lean and pick up 2-3 yards after it...
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