re: Dawgs haven't faced a good offense: Chapter 10 -The Vols

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Yeah but then that guy can't drop back in coverage without a substitution, unless he's a truly special player. It's hard enough getting linebackers that can do it, much less a lineman.

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Every league allows the defense time to substitute. And this is the problem I have with this slavish loyalty to the 3-4.

The offense will have five linemen, by definition, every damn play. That is by rule. How many linemen do you need to stop them ? Three does not seem to be enough, unless you are Georgia.

If they bring out five WRs - you can drop all eleven - it does not matter. You will not cover them.

Some bastard is going to trot out a base nickel coverage - two DTs, two DEs. That will shut down a lot of the runs you see now. Add LBs according to their backs and TEs, and DB for every WR.

Against an empty backfield, one LB and six DBs, single deep, and the LB delay blitzes every time. That will win - and the Air Raid goes to the dust-bin of football history.

Stop playing zone. It has to be man to man, with help up top. I can't tell you how many times, last night, I watched Vandy try to drop DB's into a short zone. If you really, really knew where Kentucky was going to throw the ball ... there's so many better ways to stop that route than having a DB cover grass.