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Message: [QUOTE="JackBauer44, post: 4031683, member: 227"] I’ve had limited viewing of the games over the past two weeks, but I can give my thoughts as a former DC. I had this a lot when coaching football in North Carolina. The spread was really starting to take off and RPOs were a regular thing in our conference. In our defense, we really excelled against the run. We had some bigger LBs that read well, engaged well, and were smart. The hardest part for me was when teams went 5 wide and I had to make a decision to leave our base defense and transition to our Nickel or Dime coverage. Our DBs didn’t have great depth so if I left my LBs in, they would struggle against slots who were shifty and quick. We had to play a lot more zone coverage, which can benefit the offense of you scheme and play call right. I think with Shraders case, who excelled when we went 5 wide and spread out against VT, the more spread out the better. When we have Elmore, and TEs in the game, routes are going to be short where the defense (individual players) don’t have as much zone to cover and more help Can be provided by the secondary. Passing offenses don’t like tightness. With things more spread out, it gives Shrader the option to be more aggressive with hai legs because there’s more space. This offense gets to the next level of dangerous with Tucker in the slot on 5 wide, where he can motion in to the backfield when needed. You make the DC make a choice for who You want in the game and what the base d will be. You can find mismatches depending on what the decision is. Count me in the ballpark of wanting to see more open formations like that. I think we’d start to put up more points consistently. Just my thoughts. Apologize for any spelling or grammar issues. I did this on my phone. [/QUOTE]

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