Bob Diaco's 3-4 "No Crease" Defense

[ColoradoHusk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeT_QHU_g_4

I can't embed the link while on my phone. But here's highlights of his Notre dame '12 defense and the different looks to get pressure. Highlight of all the regular season sacks.

I watched the first few minutes. #7 and #9 were beasts on the D-line. They made life really easy for Teo.

 

[Roger Dorn]

Just for fun, let's hypothetically try to figure out a potential position assignment for our team based on this defense. (People familiar with the 3-4 please comment and help me get this right). I've looked at college and NFL depth charts to try to get this right.

DE - Carlos Davis 6-2, 295, Khalil Davis 6-2, 290, Deontae Thomas 6-2, 260

NT - Deiontae Watts 6-3, 305, Daimion Daniels 6-2, 310, (what about moving Jaylin Barnett here? 6-4, 320) Masry Mapieu will play this spot in 2018.

DE - Daishon Neal 6-7, 270, Mick Stoltenberg 6-5, 290

Jack - Freedom Akinmoladun 6-4, 255, Alex Davis 6-5, 255, Sedrick King 6-4, 250, Ben Stille 6-5, 240, Collin Miller 6-3, 235

Sam - Marcus Newby 6-1, 235, Tyrin Ferguson 6-2, 225, Pernell Jefferson 6-2, 225, Luke Gifford 6-3, 230

Mike - Chris Webber 6-3, 230, Quayshon Alexander 6-3, 235, Greg Simmons 6-2, 240

Will - Dedrick Young 6-1, 220, Mohammed Barry 6-1, 220, Avery Roberts 6-1, 220, Willie Hampton 6-2, 220, Andrew Ward 6-1, 220

CB - Josh Kalu, Lamar Jackson, DiCaprio Bootle

CB - Chris Jones, Eric Lee, Marquel Dismuke, Boaz Joseph

S - Aaron Williams, Avery Anderson, Jojo domann

S - Kieron Williams, Antonio Reed, Tony Butler

I'm curious to hear our thoughts on moving Barnett to NT. He has supposedly gotten huge fat and isn't going to crack the two deep at OG. What if we put him in the middle and just let him eat up run space?

I like the idea of Barnett switching over to NT. He is obviously a decent athlete since he was highly rated. As long as offensive line depth can support this then I think it's worth considering.

 

[Red_Payne]

Just for fun, let's hypothetically try to figure out a potential position assignment for our team based on this defense. (People familiar with the 3-4 please comment and help me get this right). I've looked at college and NFL depth charts to try to get this right.

DE - Carlos Davis 6-2, 295, Khalil Davis 6-2, 290, Deontae Thomas 6-2, 260

NT - Deiontae Watts 6-3, 305, Daimion Daniels 6-2, 310, (what about moving Jaylin Barnett here? 6-4, 320) Masry Mapieu will play this spot in 2018.

DE - Daishon Neal 6-7, 270, Mick Stoltenberg 6-5, 290

Jack - Freedom Akinmoladun 6-4, 255, Alex Davis 6-5, 255, Sedrick King 6-4, 250, Ben Stille 6-5, 240, Collin Miller 6-3, 235

Sam - Marcus Newby 6-1, 235, Tyrin Ferguson 6-2, 225, Pernell Jefferson 6-2, 225, Luke Gifford 6-3, 230

Mike - Chris Webber 6-3, 230, Quayshon Alexander 6-3, 235, Greg Simmons 6-2, 240

Will - Dedrick Young 6-1, 220, Mohammed Barry 6-1, 220, Avery Roberts 6-1, 220, Willie Hampton 6-2, 220, Andrew Ward 6-1, 220

CB - Josh Kalu, Lamar Jackson, DiCaprio Bootle

CB - Chris Jones, Eric Lee, Marquel Dismuke, Boaz Joseph

S - Aaron Williams, Avery Anderson, Jojo domann

S - Kieron Williams, Antonio Reed, Tony Butler

I'm curious to hear our thoughts on moving Barnett to NT. He has supposedly gotten huge fat and isn't going to crack the two deep at OG. What if we put him in the middle and just let him eat up run space?

I have a feeling the staff will try and add weight to Freedom and have him play end at around 270 lbs. J. Clowney plays end for the Texans at 270; but then again, he is a physical freak.

 

[RedDenver]

What about bringing pressure in the 3-4?

I did a quick count of the DL looks on that video (I'm no expert), and keeping in mind these are only the plays that resulted in sacks and not a representative sample of how they play otherwise, I counted 5 times they brought 3 DL, 14 times they brought 4 from a hand in the dirt (looks like a 4-3 to me), 3 times they brought 4 with 3 DL and one stand-up rusher, 10 times they brought 5 , and 1 time they brought 6. So that's roughly 14 (3+10+1) times they "blitzed" with stand-up rushers and got home out of 33 sacks. Should be noted that ND had some studs that simply whipped the OL on many occasions.

 

[lo country]

What about bringing pressure in the 3-4?

When I heard we were looking at BD, I looked at 3-4 defenses. I'll try to find it, but had a site showing a team (NFL maybe) that ran a base 3-4, then showed all the variations you mentioned where their LB's were tweeners (DE/LB) who could cover in peace, but put a hand in the dirt as well.

Don't know how a 3-4 will hold up to the likes of Wisky OL as an example..... Easier to recruit for? Less completion for NT? I have no idea.

Here is a breakdown of various versions of the 3-4.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2007958-nfl-101-the-basics-of-the-3-4-defensive-front

 

[Saunders]

What about bringing pressure in the 3-4?

Wisconsin has run a 3-4 on Defense since Bielema left, and it's been really good against the rest of the league.

 

[Touchdown Tommie]

What about bringing pressure in the 3-4?

The HS I coach at recently made the change to a 3-4 and it as tough at first, but I love it. Fits our athletes better and can keep the offense guessing with who is coming and who is dropping. I feel we were able to get more of our athletes on the field.

Will definitely be interesting how the current guys fit in and if there will be big time growing pains.

 

[Landlord]

I feel we were able to get more of our athletes on the field.

This is wrong. You're still only allowed 11 men on the field.

 

[famoustitles]

I feel we were able to get more of our athletes on the field.

This is wrong. You're still only allowed 11 men on the field.

Read disagrees with your statement

 

[HuskerNation1]

What about bringing pressure in the 3-4?

I'm glad you like it. My biggest concern is the learning curve for some of our guys that came in under Pelini's system, then learned Banker's, and now may learn another new system. We can't afford to have a few off games early in the season because of confusion. Is this something that you think our players can pick up easily at the college level?

 

[Elf]

I don't know. That's not how I read it. Maybe it was poorly-worded.

Lest fans think Nebraska had fallen into chaos for however many days, there was a plan, and at least two families of recruits knew the change was happening and Banker’s replacement was coming soon after that.

"Banker's replacemtent coming soon after that." The "that" can't be hiring Banker's replacement because it can't come after itself. So the "change" is something other than hiring Banker's replacement. And that leaves......

I would'nt be surprised if Riley called the recruits right after he fired Banker. That would fit.

 

[Mavric]

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