Coach Freeman is going to keep bringing the corner blitz from the boundary and I will keep breaking them down for all of us. 1st drive of the 3rd quarter it is 1st and 10 at the 13:55 mark.
After last weeks bad fits in the corner blitz on Toledo's long run this one is nearly ran to perfection. Most teams run a corner blitz and roll the safeties to replace the corner and play Cover 3 behind the blitz, but not Coach Freeman. He sends 6 on this call and pattern matches with the underneath coverage defenders. ND is 1 proper fit on the running back outside shoulder away from a big sack.
The defensive is in their standard 4-3 front, and on the call the line slants with great fundamentals to the wide side of the field. #57 does an excellent job crossing the face of the center to the wide side, and #7 pinches perfectly turning the offensive tackle with him into the B gap. This opens up a huge hole off the edge of the Purdue formation which allows #27 to have an open free shot at the QB. #95 beats the offensive tackle off the wide side, which forces the QB to turn back into the boundary where #6 has a clear sack. Instead of keeping outside contain and attacking the upfield shoulder of the running back #6 goes and attacks the running back on his pass protection.
This play is nearly excecated just as Coach Freeman designed. The coaching point here is if #6 does not try and blow up the running back it's either himself or #27 on a clean sack. This would have made it 2nd down and 17-18 to go, and more than likely would not have lead to a field goal on this drive. This is a great play for Coach Freeman to use as a teaching tool as this 2021 Notre Dame defense will keep getting better each week.
After last weeks bad fits in the corner blitz on Toledo's long run this one is nearly ran to perfection. Most teams run a corner blitz and roll the safeties to replace the corner and play Cover 3 behind the blitz, but not Coach Freeman. He sends 6 on this call and pattern matches with the underneath coverage defenders. ND is 1 proper fit on the running back outside shoulder away from a big sack.
The defensive is in their standard 4-3 front, and on the call the line slants with great fundamentals to the wide side of the field. #57 does an excellent job crossing the face of the center to the wide side, and #7 pinches perfectly turning the offensive tackle with him into the B gap. This opens up a huge hole off the edge of the Purdue formation which allows #27 to have an open free shot at the QB. #95 beats the offensive tackle off the wide side, which forces the QB to turn back into the boundary where #6 has a clear sack. Instead of keeping outside contain and attacking the upfield shoulder of the running back #6 goes and attacks the running back on his pass protection.
This play is nearly excecated just as Coach Freeman designed. The coaching point here is if #6 does not try and blow up the running back it's either himself or #27 on a clean sack. This would have made it 2nd down and 17-18 to go, and more than likely would not have lead to a field goal on this drive. This is a great play for Coach Freeman to use as a teaching tool as this 2021 Notre Dame defense will keep getting better each week.
