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[QUOTE="qdawgg, post: 1901034, member: 52"]
If you want to complain about the so called "cover 2/tampa 2" we are using,

There's a lot wrong with this.

1) You actually have this one completely wrong.  You need really fast/quick/athletic DE's to run the Tampa 2.  Like Chandler Jones.  Or beefy/strong DL's like Art jones or bromley.  Those guys are rare players we don't just recruit all the time but they also weren't 5 star players.  They were 2 star and 0 star players.  The right guys to run this type of D is actually far easier than most other defenses because you need a DE that can be really good at one thing or a DL that is really good at 1 thing.  The tampa 2 relies on concept of using average players to plug and play.  You only need a couple playmakers in the system to make the whole D look exceptional.

3) Ok.  Kind of what they say they are attempting to implement. So...?

4) What defense was designed to stop the spread.  The success of the spread in CFB is that if run well, it can't be stopped.  It seems like the Tampa 2 is the perfect system to slow a spread offense down and hope that by forcing it to nickel and dime itself down the field mistakes are made.  Either by the offense in not converting a 3rd down or by the defense forcing a TO.
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