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Message: [QUOTE="Rocco, post: 388166, member: 51"] One of the concepts of Shafer's D is to create enough disruption blitzing that it prevents the QB from accurately hitting his 8-10 yard patterns. Now with that said, the D does have to give up the bubble and jail break screens, which then places alot of emphasis on tackling. So far that has worked out pretty well against everyone except USC when they were dealing with Woods and Lee. Not really sure about the lack of "batted balls" comment in an earlier thread. We don't have athletic D-Linemen ala Chan Jones or JPP. Their main job is to engage the OLine enough to create holes for the blitzers. Occasionally, it is nice to see one of the DLinemen beat their man and create isolated pressure. This D thrives on the LB's and occasional DB to blitz through the gaps or off the edge (Reddish, Sham). Force the QB into a quick decision and to make a good throw when they realize they are about to get leveled. In college, most QB's will not be able to do this consistently. The other concept is we will stack the box at the same time, which will shut down the run. Shutting down the run this year has been executed extremely well. We mugged the rushing likes of Ray Graham, Jawan Jamison, Venric Mark and Lyle McCombs. Our gang tackling has certainly been highlighted during these dominant performances against the run. We've been able to jam the rushing lanes, which is a credit to the DLine play (especially Goggins and Brom). All in all, the D's success will be mainly gaged by how efficiently we can blitz and shut down the run. If we cannot bring good pressure, unfortunately a good QB will find the gaping holes that could be created using this scheme. On the other hand, Shafer utilizes so many different blitz looks that I love this D, especially at the college level. Shut down the run, bring several different blitz schemes and force the college QB into making quick decisions and accurate throws. I like our odds most of the time. [/QUOTE]

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