re: Johnson defense???

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Yeah Grantham and Saban have different philosophies. Grantham runs a one gap I believe and is exteremely Blitz heavy. I'm not sure if Saban runs a one or two gap, but the difference schematically is that he doesn't blitz as much. He's more about maintaining gap integrity. Discipline.

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The 3-4 uses 1 or 2 gap depending on the formation and situation. 1 gap is used more for run stopping and 2 gap is used more for pass rush. Either way, the 3-4 defense is not an overall good defense against the pass. Unless, you can get to the QB. This is what Grantham tries to do. He rushes a LB on every play and that's what makes the 3-4 work. Any of our LB's can blitz and the QB doesn't know where it's coming from on any given play, because we can bring 1, 2, 3, or 4 LB's on any given down. In the 1 gap the NT is in a 1Tech and the End will be in a 4Tech, creating a large gap in the line for the ILB's to clog up. In the 2 gap, the line is more centered, with the NT in the 1Tech and the Ends in a 3Tech. This creates two gaps with the ILB's covering the gaps. The 1 gap allows us to use more personell on the D-Line and doesn't require us to have a HUGE NT. That's why we have used more of it this year. Last year we had Big John taking on the Double Teams and this year we really don't have a "true" NT. So, we will naturally will use more 1 gap than 2. Discipline is more related to the secondary, since the SS makes most of the calls and reads in this type of set up. Our SS has been out most of the year and without SW we have lost a bunch of experience back there.