Two gap

[Spooky Tooth]

Was it my imagination or did D go away from the 2-gap a lot against Michigan?

[zoogs]

I am too noob at this stuff to tell. But I've read that we did largely abandon it. Interesting. I wonder if the change happened after Denard left.

[shyndy]

Did a coach say this? I don't know how a person would really know for sure otherwise

[zoogs]

To a trained eye it's probably as easy as eyeballing the difference between a screen route and a deep seam.

[BartonHusker]

Looks to me when Denard went out, we went to more one gap with a lots of blitzing/stunting/twists. Just came from all areas!

[HuskerShark]

To me, it looked like the same scheme Bo has ran since he got here. The D-Linemen occupy blockers and spring the LBs free to pursue the ball carrier/QB. It's really kind of a 3-4 DL philosophy because one of the DEs was usually trying to rush while the other 3 DL held their blockers up. For once, it actually worked.

[Undone]

I think the main thing that makes it look different is the amount of blitzing we did with our linebackers. The line could be doing the same thing, but it feels completely different when the LBs aren't just standing in their lanes.

[zeWilbur]

Yep. Your imagination.

[deedsker]

I have been told that we scraped the 2 gap system earlier this season and moved to a more traditional one gap system. That is why Steinkuhler has been more active as of recently.

[B.B. Hemingway]

It seemed that they used a lot of 2 gap when Robinson was in the game....

[Landlord]

I have been told that we scraped the 2 gap system earlier this season and moved to a more traditional one gap system. That is why Steinkuhler has been more active as of recently.

 

 

You were told wrong.

[Count 'Bility]

Just because our system is a two-gap doesnt mean we dont occasionally have plays where we shoot gaps or do different things with the d-line on occasion based of a look of the offense. I'm sure we have some variance in our defensive sets. The adjustments-if any-are usually unnoticeable to the majority of fans outside of the result anyway.

[da skers]

We ran the same D we ran all season. We were more aggressive with it and at times did an assigned gap blitz. But more than anything they are playing it like they are supposed to be playing and the rush ends are becoming more effective because the DB's are covering their guys better. I think the only thing we did differently is assigned one of the LBs to be on DR when he was in there as a spy. I couldn't tell always from the stands but I imagine thats what was done. But the idea was to "stay home" so to speak so DR couldn't scramble. We're just understanding things better.

[clyde40]

Same system just better executed and guys were really flying to the ball. Also let's quit with how complicated Bo's system is. He's said himself it's not true it comes down to being disciplined and not being out of position more than anything.

[EZ-E]

The two gap was still in effect the other night. Just ran better and I think Sam's article about the DBs this morning can also be said about the defense as a whole.

 

Don't down play at all the play of Stein. He probably played the best I have seen him in my opinion. We need that type of play from our DTs in every game in a two gap system.