Read This, Be Smarter: TCU's Gary Patterson
http://grantland.com/features/hard-k...ary-patterson/
He runs a 4-2-5 as base versus Spread, Read-Option and no huddle attacks.
Features 3 safeties, 2 LBs and 4 lineman. However, 1 of those lineman is frequently in a two point stance.
But the major innovation is that he has 3 groups, each receiving a different play call on the field. Front 6 are there for pass run and run stopping, they get one call and blitzes. Then ...
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“We divide our defense into attack groups,” Patterson explained at a coaching clinic in 2011. Those attack groups are: (1) the four defensive linemen and two linebackers, referred to as the front, (2) one cornerback, the free safety, and the strong safety, and (3) the weak safety and other corner. For most teams, the calls for the front and secondary only work if appropriately paired, but that’s not the case for TCU. “Our fronts and coverages have nothing to do with each other,” Patterson said at the clinic. “The coverage part is separate from the front.”
