Surprised no one has mentioned the tite front we used last year against KC & a few others. SD used it against Balt last year.
Basically it plugs up the B/gap that would normally be open in our nickel. It clogs the middle w 5 defenders inside the tackles w 2 OLB outside. Basically forcing you to go east/west. You're worried abt defending the C but you have 2 backers there to contain/chase if needed.
The other big advantage to it is it cuts down on the LBs responsibilities. Less thinking, more playing.
You're not "pressuring" the QB this way so you have to get creative in finding ways to disrupt the QB. Hasn't been a problem for us & is right up our ally. Remember how I kept saying we have all these guys around the same build. HT, KVN, Collins etc well its obvious Bill saw this as well a long time ago.
So while tite has it disadvantages, those fallbacks dont hurt us as much as one might think considering we manufacture pressure. Definitely expect some zone blitzes we haven't seen much of. I suspect we'll see Chung or DMC creeping in the box a few times for this very reason & to put our on variations to the defense.
Clog the A/B gaps up front. Make them go east/west. Clog the mof & make Jackson beat you deep/outside.
TLDR
NFL stealing from college (Iowa St)
100% we're running this. You'll hear abt it next week.
