The type of defense we should have played all year long.

gator10 · Nov 2, 2022

antny1 said: ↑

Just find another Reggie Nelson to lock down the back half of the field and play cover 1. Easy peasy. Of course there was only one RFN and he would be suspended more than half the season if he played in today's rules.

But seriously, we still have to learn how to play zone at times although I'd agree man press/cover needs to be what we run more often than not.
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cormani was supposed to be that player…

Gatorrick22 · Nov 2, 2022

Emmitto said: ↑

The last time I saw an extensive breakdown, only five teams in the nation played 50+% M2M. And none were the big dogs. YPA, YPC, completion %, and penalties were all significantly higher with M2M. IOW, there is a reason practically all teams and literally all good teams are zone-heavy.

Having said that, given what I see with ours, I’m all for M2M especially in a transition year. Learn all these lessons while it’s not going to cost anything and then get back to elite schemes once the ship stops sinking.

Also, offenses like UT are now basically straight zone busters. Even mighty Bama doesn’t have the horses to play cover 3 against it. They just wait for you to fall into it and it’s X button all day.

Safe to say that more teams will copy it, so you might consider getting ahead of the trend and committing to man and give up your biggies, but hopefully not 8 a game like you’ll probably do against UT and anyone else who can find a good long-baller and two burners.

I personally would vote Hooker Heisman while simultaneously finding him wildly overrated. But it is unquestionable that he has a legit talent for long balls and also finding the right deep guy losing a step.

And 60 yard bombs also result in fewer catastrophes. They’re hard to catch for DB’s and harder to return. They are typically incomplete or punts. It’s actually a “safe” style because the reward is basically max and the risk isn’t equal. Trying to throw 35 passes across the middle is chock full of risk.

It really is an XBOX offense from back in the day when guys would just run 4 verts every play. Six incompletes and two picks in a row? Meh, punts. Next throw: 75 yard TD!
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These scheme's and the position techniques are really dictated by the personnel... but it's the coaches that need to get on board with the scheme that fits it's players that get the best results. The players should NOT be forced into unfamiliar schemes that they are NOT good at, or that their team does NOT have the right personnel to really play at the highest efficiency... for favorable results.

You have to coach the schemes for the personnel that you have... not force personnel to adapt to the coach's scheme/s. That never works.

But as I have said before, I would love to go to a 4-2-5 scheme, and recruit for that scheme. Here in this article below it explains why it's one of the best defensive schemes in football.

Two of the top 3 defensive schemes in this article are what I like for the Gators' coaching staff to try an implement... recruit for.

The 5 Defensive Schemes that Dominate - Joe Daniel Football

Gatorrick22 · Nov 2, 2022

Emmitto said: ↑

The last time I saw an extensive breakdown, only five teams in the nation played 50+% M2M. And none were the big dogs. YPA, YPC, completion %, and penalties were all significantly higher with M2M. IOW, there is a reason practically all teams and literally all good teams are zone-heavy.

Having said that, given what I see with ours, I’m all for M2M especially in a transition year. Learn all these lessons while it’s not going to cost anything and then get back to elite schemes once the ship stops sinking.

Also, offenses like UT are now basically straight zone busters. Even mighty Bama doesn’t have the horses to play cover 3 against it. They just wait for you to fall into it and it’s X button all day.

Safe to say that more teams will copy it, so you might consider getting ahead of the trend and committing to man and give up your biggies, but hopefully not 8 a game like you’ll probably do against UT and anyone else who can find a good long-baller and two burners.

I personally would vote Hooker Heisman while simultaneously finding him wildly overrated. But it is unquestionable that he has a legit talent for long balls and also finding the right deep guy losing a step.

And 60 yard bombs also result in fewer catastrophes. They’re hard to catch for DB’s and harder to return. They are typically incomplete or punts. It’s actually a “safe” style because the reward is basically max and the risk isn’t equal. Trying to throw 35 passes across the middle is chock full of risk.

It really is an XBOX offense from back in the day when guys would just run 4 verts every play. Six incompletes and two picks in a row? Meh, punts. Next throw: 75 yard TD!
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One on one is M2M... same thing.

3. CINCINNATI BEARCATS
Cincinnati hasn’t deviated from Marcus Freeman’s single-high structure that isolates their outside corners in one-on-one single coverage under new defensive coordinator Mike Tressel in 2021. And that’s a very good thing considering the Bearcats owned one of the top defenses in college football under Freeman — who is now the defensive coordinator at Notre Dame — in 2020.

username · Nov 2, 2022

Doesn’t this have to do with their QB being a midget who cant throw deep? Combined with their receivers being bad? (Other than the TEs)

aka, receivers arent getting behind us if we play man

ajjaxgator · Nov 2, 2022

They need X number of yards and we're X+3 yds off. WTH?

UF24ou14 · Nov 2, 2022

username said: ↑

Doesn’t this have to do with their QB being a midget who cant throw deep? Combined with their receivers being bad? (Other than the TEs)

aka, receivers arent getting behind us if we play man
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Which QB are you referring to?

username · Nov 2, 2022

UF24ou14 said: ↑

Which QB are you referring to?
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Bennett. Knowing you arent gonna get beat deep kinda changes your opinions on your safeties, no?

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