How Bama defended Tech

[JTrain]

Bama played Nickel almost non stop and had their linebackers on top of the line of scrimmage.

 

 

Here is a video that the above was taken from. I recommend hitting mute first thing to avoid listening to the crappy music.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2KPw1fXykE

 

When Bama is on defense you notice a lot of things.

 

1) They always matched personnel.

2) If blitzers did not get initial pressure, they would drop back into passing lanes, essentially turning into QB Spy's/short zone defenders.

3) They ran a bunch of delay blitzes right through the middle

4) They forced runs side to side extremely well

5) They overloaded one side of the line more often than not and then scissored the linebackers behind them to the other side.

 

We could do this extremely well with our personnel, Suh lined up on the center and responsible for the A gaps, Crick lined up on the guard and Allen/Turner lined up on the tackle, all on one side with the other DE lined up inside of the tackle on the other side, with linebackers responsible for the gap between Suh and the solo DE and the contain outside of the tackle.

 

If we're allowed to bear hug their receivers like #30 did to the VT TE on that play, we should do really well.