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Bob shoop: When game-planning, we spend a great deal of time analyzing offensive personnel. He says we want to win third and long 75 percent of the time, win all third down situations. Shoop: our nickel package is Dominant and opportunistic.
Bob shoop: When game-planning, we spend a great deal of time analyzing offensive personnel. He says we want to win third and long 75 percent of the time, win all third down situations. Shoop: our nickel package is Dominant and opportunistic.
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Bob shoop: When game-planning, we spend a great deal of time analyzing offensive personnel. He says we want to win third and long 75 percent of the time, win all third down situations. Shoop: our nickel package is Dominant and opportunistic.
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O n behalf of Boston College football, our head coach, Tom O’Brien, our defensive coaches, Frank Spaziani (defen- Tight Two Our primary zone coverage is a two- deep five-under concept (Tight 2). Our Opportunistic sive coordinator), Bill McGovern (lineback- safeties are deep half players, working 4-5 ers), Keith Willis (defensive line), and our yards off the hash, playing everything players, it is a great pleasure to contribute downhill. We stress that they get a “hard to the 2001 AFCA Summer Manual. read” off the quarterback such that when When game-planning we spend a great his feet get set we hope to get our safeties’ deal of time analyzing offensive personnel shoulders turned in the direction that his groupings and down and distance situa- shoulders are turned, getting a great break tions. We create a grid such that we study on the ball. Our corners will jam or reroute what types of plays our opponent will run the No. 1 receiver denying the outside out of particular personnel groupings on release and reacting to the inside release. specific down and distances, and attempt They will cushion under all corner routes to put ourselves in the best defense to and streaks while reacting to the flat or “no combat what the numbers tell us our oppo- cover” zone based on a threat of the No. 2 nent will do. receiver and the look or shoulder turn of Like many of you, we number offensive the quarterback. Our Nickel and Will are #2 personnel groupings based on the number curl defenders working to 12-14 yards deep of backs and tight ends on the field. Two and two yards outside the hash. Our Mike backs and one tight end is 21 personnel. is a No. 3 middle hook defender working to One back and one tight end is 11 person- 12-14 yards deep stacked on No. 3. In nel, and so on. some scenarios, Mike will carry No. 3 all With regard to down and distance, we the way down the middle of the field. It is set goals for particular down and distances. imperative that our under coverage disrupt It is imperative that we win first down and routes and throw off timing. By re-routing, 10. Nobody runs the ball against us on first we enable our four-man rush to get quality and 10. Our goal is to allow two yards or pressure on the quarterback, force trajecto- Bob Shoop less, and we aim to create negative ry on throws, and allow our safeties the yardage plays to get a team off schedule. opportunity to play the ball or punish the Defensive Secondary Coach The bottom line for us on third down is a receiver. (Diagrams 1A and 1B). win. We want to get off the field on third Diagram 1A: Tight 2 vs. 2x2 Boston College down by whatever means possible. We spend a lot of time in meetings and at prac- Chestnut Hill, Mass. tice studying our third down package. Our goals are to win third and long 75 percent of the time, to win all third down situations 70 percent of the time, and to be three and out 40 percent of the time.
Boston College Nickel Package
We base our nickel package out of Diagram 1B: Tight 2 vs. 3x1 what we call our tight front. “Tight” tells the three and seven techniques to align to the tight end side, with our one and five techniques aligning opposite the tight declaration. Our secondary aligns itself in a two-deep shell with the field corner to the field and the boundary cor- ner to the boundary. Our strong safety aligns to the tight end while the free safe- ty aligns opposite the strong safety’s Tight One declaration. Our nickel back aligns to the With our nickel personnel we will also passing strength. The linebackers (Mike play tight cover 1. Pre-snap, we will align in and Will) base out of three techniques at the same two-deep shell creating the illu- five yards deep with the Mike going to the sion that we are in two-deep coverage with declaration of the nickel. Pre-snap, it is six defenders in the “box.” As the quarter- our intent that the quarterback sees this back begins his cadence our strong safety look all of the time. will yo-yo to the outside shoulder of the
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tight end at linebacker depth. We have now Diagram 2A: Tight 1 vs. 2x2 to the ball on any run, taking the back man- placed a seventh defender in the box vs. to-man versus pass, and should the back six potential blockers. As the strong safety block, act as a maze player lending help on stems down, our Mike and Will slide weak the hot throw keying the quarterback’s such that the Mike aligns in the strong A shoulder turn. Our nickel back has No. 2 gap, and the Will in the weak B gap. We strong man-to-man from inside leverage now have seven defenders for seven gaps. and our corners have the No. 1 receivers to Our free safety yo-yo’s to the center of the their side man-to-man from inside lever- formation and becomes an alley player vs. age. Play downhill, do not press, expect the the run and a numbers-to-numbers player ball to be thrown quickly, and drive the cut. vs. the pass. Our strong safety keys the (Diagrams 3A and 3B). Diagram 2B: Tight 1 vs. 3x1 tight end such that should the tight end Diagram 3A: Tight Charley 0 vs. 2x2 block, he would force any run to him back inside. On run away, the strong safety holds the D gap for cutback and bootleg. If the tight end releases, the strong safety has him man-to-man maintaining outside leverage and funneling him in to a maze defender and post player. Our Mike and Will are responsible for the runningback man-to-man in a two-way age is Tight Charley 0. In this pressure, we technique such that whichever way the will align pre-snap in our Tight 2 shell. As Diagram 3B: Tight Charley 0 vs. 3x1 back steps, that linebacker has him man- the quarterback begins his cadence our to-man while the other linebacker works as linebackers will prowl to a rocket alignment the maze player cutting the most danger- and contain blitz from the outside. To the ous intermediate crossing threat by game tight side, our three and seven techniques plan. Our corners have the No. 1 receiver will execute a Tex stunt with the three tech- man-to-man from inside leverage and our nique getting upfield and the seven tech- nickel player is responsible for the No. 2 nique coming under to the A Gap. As the receiver man-to-man with leverage based linebackers prowl, our safeties will work on the receiver’s split in relation with the down to their man-to-man responsibilities. No. 1 receiver and the end man on the line Our strong safety has the tight end man-to- At Boston College, we will be dominant of scrimmage, with the knowledge that he, man from inside leverage and will get his and opportunistic on third down by stopping too, has help to the hole and the post key from that tight end filling the C gap fun- you and creating a turnover. It has been an (Diagrams 2A and 2B). nel from inside-out on the run, and playing honor to represent our staff in writing this the tight end man-to-man vs. pass. Our article for the Summer Manual. If we can be Tight Charley 0 free safety will stem down over the running of any assistance to you, please contact Our base pressure from our nickel pack- back at linebacker depth, filling inside out us. Good luck to you in 2001!
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