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A Defense to Match: Appreciating the Stingy Spartans in the Offensive Age << Grantland
Really good read from Chris Brown about MSU's simplified stable defense and how they handle all the wacky innovations of college football offenses.
It was particularly interesting hearing their thoughts on press coverage simplifying things for the defense.
Really good read from Chris Brown about MSU's simplified stable defense and how they handle all the wacky innovations of college football offenses.
It was particularly interesting hearing their thoughts on press coverage simplifying things for the defense.
The other reason is more practical: Eschewing conventional wisdom, Dantonio and Narduzzi sincerely believe it’s easier to play press coverage on the wide receiver than to play off of him. Against press, a receiver has fewer routes he can run, and must declare right away which ones he’s running as he releases inside or outside at the snap. Against soft coverage, however, a receiver has the freedom to run any route he wants without giving clues to the defense. Thus, it actually “takes a better player to play off the receiver than in press coverage,” Dantonio said at the clinic. “If the corner can run and has good balance, he will be a better press player than an off-player.”