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8 hours ago, Zipgrad01 said:

I am a little surprised Copeland is starting over Hamilton. 

 

Actually, Brock Boxen is starting over Hamilton at DT. Copeland is starting at NT. NT and DT are two different positions in the 4-3 defense. According to this article, the DT commonly uses the 3 technique (lined up on outside shoulder of the guard) and NT the 1 technique (lined up on outside shoulder of center). Additionally, these positions are usually manned with players of different body types primarily because of their particular job responsibilities.

 

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Compared to the frequently faster DT, the NT is often shorter in height for greater leverage, heavier in weight to create a barrier and clog the rushing lanes, and stronger. The primary job of the NT is to stop the run. The DT must also stop the run and is additionally a more versatile pass rusher.

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4 hours ago, zzx said:

 

Actually, Brock Boxen is starting over Hamilton at DT. Copeland is starting at NT. NT and DT are two different positions in the 4-3 defense. According to this article, the DT commonly uses the 3 technique (lined up on outside shoulder of the guard) and NT the 1 technique (lined up on outside shoulder of center). Additionally, these positions are usually manned with players of different body types primarily because of their particular job responsibilities.

 

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Compared to the frequently faster DT, the NT is often shorter in height for greater leverage, heavier in weight to create a barrier and clog the rushing lanes, and stronger. The primary job of the NT is to stop the run. The DT must also stop the run and is additionally a more versatile pass rusher.

 

Excellent article!  Thank you for sharing.  I always thought a DT was a DT was a DT.  Didn't know the difference between a DT & NT - thought it was just semantics.

 

Love ZN.o.  Learn something on here almost every day.

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27 minutes ago, skip-zip said:

Actually, I always thought that an NT was the middle guy in the 3-man front.  

 

In a 4-man front, don't most people usually just refer to them as 2 DT's and 2 DE's?

According to my understanding, it depends on the 4-man front. Some have a balanced d-line where both DTs are lined up somewhere across from the offense's guard. The scheme that we use has a DT lined up between the guard and tackle on the strong side of the ball and a NT lined up between the center and the guard on the weak side. In this scheme it is correct to differentiate the DTs from the NTs.

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10 minutes ago, Buckzip said:

Article is accurate but not always followed. 

 

The days of a defense having 2-DE, 2-DT, 2-OLB and a MLB are over. 

 

Now you have SSDE, WSDE, Will LB, Sam LB and Mike LB. 

 

oh, and I'm not so sure how seriously I can take any article that has a DT or a NT wearing #12. ?

Hey...Rodney Coe wore #9!

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I would love to see coach Amato whiteboard some different defensive sets he uses. I posted this before, but here is coach Cowher describing some of his different sets and techniques he used in his defenses. Much of this translates. Watching the video again made me think of MTB. When I heard he was moving to TE, I immediately thought of the "Y off." With a lot of our games on ESPN3, we should be able to take some screen captures and follow and diagnose our defensive front alignments. I'll be happy to start that thread next week. 

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2 hours ago, Dr Z said:

I would love to see coach Amato whiteboard some different defensive sets he uses. I posted this before, but here is coach Cowher describing some of his different sets and techniques he used in his defenses. Much of this translates. Watching the video again made me think of MTB. When I heard he was moving to TE, I immediately thought of the "Y off." With a lot of our games on ESPN3, we should be able to take some screen captures and follow and diagnose our defensive front alignments. I'll be happy to start that thread next week. 

Thanks for the video.  I am currently reading the Pat Kirwan book that you had recommended a couple of years back.  Interesting guy.

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