Rodney Kent
Ramblin' Wreck
- Messages
- 558
- Location
- McDonough, GA
I am not a fan of the zone coverage except in occasional situations. I often hear fans wanting to recruit a shut-down corner back. This is a farce if the team plays mostly zone coverage. I would like to see us use the man to man coverage most of the time with occasional zones to mix it up and keep the offense guessing. I really think a defense can make an offense run certain plays by setting up the defense prior to their huddle and then switching to the desired setup as the quarterback approaches the line. The more a back has to play man-to-man, the better he becomes at the task. He soon gets the playing knowledge and expertise to hold his man down for most of the game. Also, if he plays his man tighter at the line, it takes the quarterback a little longer for the play to develop giving the defense an extra advantage to get to the quarterback.
Tech seldom plays the man out of the backfield close on obvious pass plays to the back. It seems he always catches the pass and runs for a first down even though it is third and long. I have also noticed that most of the time our defensive backs wait until the runner starts upfield and our defensive back never accellerates toward the ball carrier. The offensive back merely sidesteps our defender for a first down. The defender should always accellerate into the backfield to either intercept the pass or stop the ballcarrier in his tracks. This is called agressive play. Most of the time, our backs choose the passive defensive posture and is ultimately sidestepped by the runner.
True, the runner may sidestep the aggressive defensive back or linebacker, but it makes the runner have to change his direction deeper in his own backfield thus giving other defensive players more time to get to the runner. The aggressive defensive back makes the runner subject to the defense rather than the defense subject to the runner when the defense takes the passive stance.
Tech seldom plays the man out of the backfield close on obvious pass plays to the back. It seems he always catches the pass and runs for a first down even though it is third and long. I have also noticed that most of the time our defensive backs wait until the runner starts upfield and our defensive back never accellerates toward the ball carrier. The offensive back merely sidesteps our defender for a first down. The defender should always accellerate into the backfield to either intercept the pass or stop the ballcarrier in his tracks. This is called agressive play. Most of the time, our backs choose the passive defensive posture and is ultimately sidestepped by the runner.
True, the runner may sidestep the aggressive defensive back or linebacker, but it makes the runner have to change his direction deeper in his own backfield thus giving other defensive players more time to get to the runner. The aggressive defensive back makes the runner subject to the defense rather than the defense subject to the runner when the defense takes the passive stance.
