Odd front- odd amount of defenders on the line of scrimmage
Even front- even amount of defenders on the line of scrimmage
This is why I had both nebraska and wisconsin down as losses in my preseason prediction thread. When you are a zone based run scheme the gaps, angles, reads and id men are alot easier to identify and get to in even fronts vs odd fronts. Its why I think our offense will all of a sudden look competent again next week as UCLA is an even front base defense.
In zone based run schemes when youre running plays like inside zone and duo which is our bread and butter, our OL and kirk have a numbering system of who they will be doubling and manning up as well as who they will be coming off the double team to get to next (2nd level defenders usually linebackers).
In the past couple weeks vs the odd fronts that nebraska and wisconsin employ, they have run fitters coming from what I would call the 2nd and a half level with what some teams will call their husker (for nebraska), badger (for wisconsin) or lets just say a generic “stud” backer/defender. This guys job is to fill the hole from depth that hasnt been accounted for and clean up the mess. A good chunk of kirks offense is reading that defender and then if he comes down hill throw it behind hin. The issue is with these types of defenses, there is a safety behind that so it eliminates an effective throw that slows the run fitter down such as a glance.
Anyway, when we play odd front teams that employ the structure of defense nebraska and wisconsin do, expect our Offense to look miserable. When we play even front teams like ucla next week, expect to walk away feeling good.
Even front- even amount of defenders on the line of scrimmage
This is why I had both nebraska and wisconsin down as losses in my preseason prediction thread. When you are a zone based run scheme the gaps, angles, reads and id men are alot easier to identify and get to in even fronts vs odd fronts. Its why I think our offense will all of a sudden look competent again next week as UCLA is an even front base defense.
In zone based run schemes when youre running plays like inside zone and duo which is our bread and butter, our OL and kirk have a numbering system of who they will be doubling and manning up as well as who they will be coming off the double team to get to next (2nd level defenders usually linebackers).
In the past couple weeks vs the odd fronts that nebraska and wisconsin employ, they have run fitters coming from what I would call the 2nd and a half level with what some teams will call their husker (for nebraska), badger (for wisconsin) or lets just say a generic “stud” backer/defender. This guys job is to fill the hole from depth that hasnt been accounted for and clean up the mess. A good chunk of kirks offense is reading that defender and then if he comes down hill throw it behind hin. The issue is with these types of defenses, there is a safety behind that so it eliminates an effective throw that slows the run fitter down such as a glance.
Anyway, when we play odd front teams that employ the structure of defense nebraska and wisconsin do, expect our Offense to look miserable. When we play even front teams like ucla next week, expect to walk away feeling good.
