If Tony has it in him to get rid of his 4 man front for a week (this is my biggest beef with him other than allowing Gifford to still play) and add Van Poppel and jeudy, etc in a 5-3 standard front with Cover 1 in the back, then we should be good to go.
Front
Have to play a base 5 man front. Weak side B gap will be critical against Iowa and we need Van Poppel in there FAR more than we need a Will gapped out there. Can move the N between 0T and 1T if you think you see something or just want to make it harder on the C to chip and release.
I promise you we need a kid in weak side B more than we need a second safety (looking at you Gifford) in a C2 pre snap look.
Only cute things we could do is slide a “side” over a gap/half gap pre snap to mess with line calls. Talking about a 3T to a 4i at most. That’s it. Rarely. We can play with these guys in base 5 man front. We have the horses to bet them up front. But we need bodies. Can’t do it with 4.
LBs
Widen your second level (LBs) to help in pass support on slants etc. take away the easier stuff in the alleys.
Secondary
Play C1 with the corners 7x2 outside shade. They don’t run anything deep. You will know what they are doing before they hit 6 yards. And they don’t attack the outside edges so keep it in front of you and break early. QB will set up quick. Every once in awhile go 5x1 inside and play C0 and roll the dice on their weaker WR side.
Summary
This isn’t that hard. Iowa is good at what they do but we CAN’T allow them to zone block us with a four man front. TyRob is the best DL we have had since Suh. He’s better than Crick - All American level. Nash is so solid. All conference kid. And that’s saying a lot. But they need bodies. Tony has to just trust that our average secondary in spots (not looking at you Ceyair) is still better than Iowas WRs. They are. We can’t get killed by 1000 paper cuts tomorrow.
Our success will be determined by Tony White putting more than 4 on the LOS. Watch for it.
We play 5+ on the LOS and play responsibly in the back and we stuff them up front and win by 20-7. Maybe 27-7
Front
Have to play a base 5 man front. Weak side B gap will be critical against Iowa and we need Van Poppel in there FAR more than we need a Will gapped out there. Can move the N between 0T and 1T if you think you see something or just want to make it harder on the C to chip and release.
I promise you we need a kid in weak side B more than we need a second safety (looking at you Gifford) in a C2 pre snap look.
Only cute things we could do is slide a “side” over a gap/half gap pre snap to mess with line calls. Talking about a 3T to a 4i at most. That’s it. Rarely. We can play with these guys in base 5 man front. We have the horses to bet them up front. But we need bodies. Can’t do it with 4.
LBs
Widen your second level (LBs) to help in pass support on slants etc. take away the easier stuff in the alleys.
Secondary
Play C1 with the corners 7x2 outside shade. They don’t run anything deep. You will know what they are doing before they hit 6 yards. And they don’t attack the outside edges so keep it in front of you and break early. QB will set up quick. Every once in awhile go 5x1 inside and play C0 and roll the dice on their weaker WR side.
Summary
This isn’t that hard. Iowa is good at what they do but we CAN’T allow them to zone block us with a four man front. TyRob is the best DL we have had since Suh. He’s better than Crick - All American level. Nash is so solid. All conference kid. And that’s saying a lot. But they need bodies. Tony has to just trust that our average secondary in spots (not looking at you Ceyair) is still better than Iowas WRs. They are. We can’t get killed by 1000 paper cuts tomorrow.
Our success will be determined by Tony White putting more than 4 on the LOS. Watch for it.
We play 5+ on the LOS and play responsibly in the back and we stuff them up front and win by 20-7. Maybe 27-7
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