Puttin' on the blitz...

[Yabadabadoo]

Some of us (myself included) have not been big fans of the T2 defense that we've seen since Coach Bohl (in Craig Bohl we trust) came to Laramie.

What was great about the end of today's game was that Stanard turned on the faucet and sent several dogs after the QB in order to bring about pressure and disrupt the flow of the offensive play call -- and it worked.

While I absolutely loved this and it proved successful and allowed us to get the ball back and run out the clock, I'm mystified why we don't do more of this several times throughout the games?

Anyhow, hoping, wishing and praying, to see more of an attack-dog style approach defensively the rest of the season, hopefully the way they got after it at the end of the game will compel our DC to call more blitz packages that will result in more positive things for us.

Go Pokes.

 

[MrTitleist]

Just me thinking out loud.. but perhaps one reason is the inexperience of the secondary and their ability to man-up on someone. Blitzing generally puts guys on an island and with this secondary's shaky coverage at times they probably feel that dropping more guys into a zone might help disrupt the big play.

 

[carbonpoke]

you have to realize something... tampa 2 is naturally aggressive.

look at the tampa 2001-2002 defense.

look at the Baltimore ravens defense.

look at the 2013 Chicago bears defense.

the tampa 2 is better when somebody brings the heat... not all the time, but enough to confuse pre snap reads.

even the the Atlanta falcons use it some.

gruden made sure that his teams utilitzed zone blitzing out of the tampa 2, otherwise known as the 4-3-4.

we just have started to scratch the surface of what the 4-3-4 means.

if you wanted my opinion, I think we need to occasionally bring more 3 tech... did you see what Atlanta did last year against manning. they wpd have 5 guys on the line of scrimmage, and a ton more bunched up. at snap it was a mash of what was actually blitzing, and what was dropping into coverage. very difficult for 5 o lineman (spread) to figure out who is coming, and who is blocking which assignment, which then in turn throws off timing routes.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

The Tampa 2 is a package of the 4-3. It is not naturally agressive; it is bend don't break. The very philosophy of it is to make the o run a lot of plays and hope they screw up or someone on your team comes up with a play. The aggressiveness only occurs if you have the linemen like Sapp, but that would make any 4-3 aggressive.

As soon as you blitz, you are in another 4-3 and not the T2. I agree with, DINO, it was a nice and needed change. A 4-3 d isn't bad if you can get the players. Sticking predominantly with the T2 like we do (without jamming the outside) is something that I think could be changed and yield more positive results.

 

[laxwyo]

Granderson is definitely a de that could drop back in a zone blitz situation covering the LB's spot on a quick pass

 

[LanderPoke]

Granderson is definitely a de that could drop back in a zone blitz situation covering the LB's spot on a quick pass

I think Granderson could be one heck of an LB. He could be our middle backer next year, or this year.

 

[NebraskaCowboy]

Granderson is definitely a de that could drop back in a zone blitz situation covering the LB's spot on a quick pass

I think Granderson could be one heck of an LB. He could be our middle backer next year, or this year.

Man, Granderson is going to be a stud at de. Kid is 200 pounds dripping wet but he is fearless out there. Give him a couple more years in the weight room and cafeteria and he's going to be a stud. Between him, Wingaard, Hull, there are some really good young players that are growing a lot this year. There will be a few more bumps in the road, but man the potential is there.