I was just wondering since no one seems to like pellini's gameplans of late how would you do it... 1. How would you combat the o-line rolling your tackles basically zone blocking your guys. 2. How would you get pressure on the QB without over exsposure i.e. man coverage for your DB's 3. How would you scheme your secondary coverage against an offense like florida or kentucky better yet against auburn. 4. Would you just rely on your tackles making plays or would you use more stunts up front.....i.e looping your tackles or cross checking that means that when a defense rolls iotgs line your 2 defensive tackles basically drive the guard an center the opposite direction....we called it cross checking... 5.What would you do
I'd let the best DC in the country keep doing what he's doing. He's had a top-3 defense ever since he's been here. Who says no one likes Pellini's plans? I sure do. It ain't like we're going to face quarterbacks like Tebow or Woodson anymore. Cox is an average QB. Very average.
I would probably have to ask Pellini how to do it ...honestly! If this is in reference to the Kentucky game. Kentucky took advantage of our weakness. Jackson was out, and the freshman (#4) was put in. Just hope our defense is healthy and ready for AU! :geauxtige
Jai Eugene didn't cause what happened Sat. Against Florida and Kentucky we played a bunch of zone....a bunch of zone. Blitzes were minimal but when they did blitz it was coming from around end which takes too long to get to the QB...especially Woodson. Both those teams spread defenses out and try and run on them from shotgun and hit receivers on little curl routes for 6 - 8 yards over and over. Basically what the Saints do......or did last year. IM humble O, how you beat a team's offense like Kentucky is you have to put them in obvious passing situations. Put them in long down and distance. Same with the Saints. The Saints offense gets really ordinary if you put them in obvious situations. If you don't, both Kentucky and the Saints look unstoppable. So, I would have made sure on 1st and 2nd down, Kentucky could never run the ball and try and put them in 3 and 7, 3 and long situations and then bring da house. If that doesn't work and you let a runningback gain 5 and 6 yards a carry on 1st down.....you are beat.
Penlini didn't look like he was running the best Defense last week. He made absolutely no adjustments. How can SC stop them and LSU didn't? Yes LSU got outplayed but the DC has to make adjustments if the scheme he brought isn't working against the pitch and catch. SC stopped them by throwing different blitz packages at them and the OL didn't always do the job. The pressure and sacks made Woodson make some very bad decisions and he threw what 3 or 4 interceptions that game because SC disrupted their passing game. Not to mention SC had to deal with their running game and Little. We didn't. We knew they couldn't run the ball and made them one dimensional. But to disrupt a timing pitch and catch team with a pocket QB, you must get pressure on him. Hide your blitzes, throw different blitz packages at them so that the OL will miss assignments. It was plain as day to me after watching SC beat them with blitzes and pressure on Woodson. I really don't understand why Pelini didn't follow a similar game plan and why he never adjusted.
Zone blitzing like USC effectively did against them. I would have had our DB's pulling tighter on the receivers to try and take away the 3 step drop and quick pass. It's hard to defend though, and did exploit what I think is our weakness. Our linebackers couldn't keep up with the WR's. A weak Idaho team moved the ball on USC using the same scheme. No, that's what Pelini did. We sat back in pass coverage. What Ky. did- coming up to the line early, making a dummy call, seeing the defense and then calling the play- was pretty dam good. Woodson did a great job with recognition of where we'd blitz from, the times we did. I'm not the "X's" and "O's" expert.......but I did stay at a Holiday Inn.
Tebow and Woodson were making 3-step drops against LSU and getting rid of the ball quickly. The blitz doesn't work well against that and just leaves you shorthanded against the short pass, which Woodson and Tebow were hitting. Not every quarterback is good enough to do that.
