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New Defensive Coordinator - Billy Crocker of Villanova

The Viking said:
Ok is that a good formation in an offensive league like the AAC?
Get more corners out there?
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Nobody runs one formation all the time. If you face teams that throw all the time you play more nickel. I'm sure he and Edsall will evaluate the talent and run the best scheme to fit the talent.
 
The Viking said:
What-the-duck*****
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I think WVU ran a similar scheme. I think that scheme helps you get more speed on the field, but I doubt we would ever run that exclusively under Edsall.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Nobody runs one formation all the time. If you face teams that throw all the time you play more nickel. I'm sure he and Edsall will evaluate the talent and run the best scheme to fit the talent.
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He ran that scheme pretty exclusively at Villanova. I remember them playing that at least 90% of the plays when they were at Rentschler 2 years ago.
 
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noeynox said:
I think WVU ran a similar scheme. I think that scheme helps you get more speed on the field, but I doubt we would ever run that exclusively under Edsall.
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In the current pass happy Big 12 I bet lots of teams play various nickel packages on over half the plays. 4-2-5 or 3-3-5, that's just personnel driven.
 
FDNY99 said:
He ran that scheme pretty exclusively at Villanova. I remember them playing that at least 90% of the plays when they were at Rentschler 2 years ago.
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Against us that would not be smart.
 
Villanova’s ATTACK 3-3-5 defense
If you haven’t read Football Study Hall before, it’s a goldmine of the ins and outs of football strategy. One of their more recent pieces covers the ATTACK method for deploying linebackers.

The base concept of ‘ATTACK’ is putting as many players that can raise hell blitzing behind the 2-or-3-man defensive line on the field as possible. They still need to be able to run and defend the pass, but (as we’ve seen first-hand) most of that responsibility falls to the secondary.

The Playbook: Structuring a Defense
 
kris1 said:
Villanova’s ATTACK 3-3-5 defense
If you haven’t read Football Study Hall before, it’s a goldmine of the ins and outs of football strategy. One of their more recent pieces covers the ATTACK method for deploying linebackers.

The base concept of ‘ATTACK’ is putting as many players that can raise hell blitzing behind the 2-or-3-man defensive line on the field as possible. They still need to be able to run and defend the pass, but (as we’ve seen first-hand) most of that responsibility falls to the secondary.

The Playbook: Structuring a Defense
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The 3-3-5 is my favorite base defense. Sign me up for this hire
 
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kris1 said:
You want to get after the QB.....Billy's defense will do that. With everybody running out of the spread, the 3-3-5 base makes sense. Blitzes can come from anywhere in this defense.
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it's such a creative scheme. you know how we always end up with 'tweeners? not quite a LB not quite a safety, not quite a corner not quite a safety, etc.? Well perfect - they fit like a glove in this scheme.
 
MattMang23 said:
3-3-5 gets better athletes on the field. Seems to be a trend with these hires. Spread offense, 3-3-5 defense. I like it. Give me playmakers!
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the 3-3-5 means your best players will be on the field at all times, end of story. you don't have to bring in a nickel package, you don't need to sub in edge rushers, you don't need to swap LB's - you have your 11 guys and their backups.
 
I would hope he is not committed to one style of defense. The best coaches design their defense to best utilize the personnel on the current roster.
 
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I think it a a good hire and offsets the cost for the rest of the staff coming in on the offensive line and defense line coach
 
MattMang23 said:
3-3-5 gets better athletes on the field. Seems to be a trend with these hires. Spread offense, 3-3-5 defense. I like it. Give me playmakers!
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We're dreadfully thin on DL anyways
 
Devland said:
I would hope he is not committed to one style of defense. The best coaches design their defense to best utilize the personnel on the current roster.
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The 3-3-5 allows for that.
 
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kris1 said:
The 3-3-5 allows for that.
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the best part is that while yes, it's a 3-3-5 - you will have a different number in the box on every down. Sometimes it looks like a 4-3, sometimes a 3-4, sometimes a 3-5, sometimes a 5-2, etc.
 
Well that was a bit anticlimactic. I guess pulling a jackpot three times in a row is pushing our luck.
 
JMick said:
the best part is that while yes, it's a 3-3-5 - you will have a different number in the box on every down. Sometimes it looks like a 4-3, sometimes a 3-4, sometimes a 3-5, sometimes a 5-2, etc.
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'Nova even ran a 2-4-5 out of it in certain situations. It disguises coverage and pressure.
 
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