Film Study - Manny Diaz & Turnovers/Takeaways

[CaliLion79]

DIAZ TURNOVER FILM STUDY

Link Above. Bit of a hybrid of the first 2 Diaz Film Studies -- 1st on his complex pass rush schemes, 2nd on his disguising of coverages -- that helps explain why Diaz's defenses traditionally rank high in FBS when it comes to creating turnovers.

It also hammers home the philosophical differences between Diaz's approach and Pry's approach. To oversimplify, Pry WAITED for the offense to mess up by limiting big plays...basically saying, hey if you're gonna put up points it's gonna take you 10 or 12 plays to do it. Diaz wants to FORCE mess ups. Aggressive. Proactive. Push the envelope/force the issue. Of course, with that comes blown assignments, guys out of position and letting up more big plays.

Honestly, with a defense with a lot of young, inexperienced guys I'm sure sure which philosophical approach is better.

 

[nittanyfan333]

It also hammers home the philosophical differences between Diaz's approach and Pry's approach. To oversimplify, Pry WAITED for the offense to mess up by limiting big plays...basically saying, hey if you're gonna put up points it's gonna take you 10 or 12 plays to do it. Diaz wants to FORCE mess ups. Aggressive. Proactive. Push the envelope/force the issue. Of course, with that comes blown assignments, guys out of position and letting up more big plays.

I like this take on the philosophical differences, as it gives us lay-people some semblance of an expectation on what we're gonna see. essentially, high risk high reward. I can see that working against 90% of the teams we play, but when you go against a team like tOSU and their OL, Heisman candidate QB and stable of WRs, that kind of D scares me a lot. makes me think Smith-Njigba and Harrison are gonna go off.

 

[PSUFBFAN]

I like this take on the philosophical differences, as it gives us lay-people some semblance of an expectation on what we're gonna see. essentially, high risk high reward. I can see that working against 90% of the teams we play, but when you go against a team like tOSU and their OL, Heisman candidate QB and stable of WRs, that kind of D scares me a lot. makes me think Smith-Njigba and Harrison are gonna go off.

Well, it's been proven that we can't beat OSU with the "low risk" approach, so what have we got to lose with a "high risk high reward" approach?

 

[nittanyfan333]

Well, it's been proven that we can't beat OSU with the "low risk" approach, so what have we got to lose with a "high risk high reward" approach?

 

[BobPSU92]

Franklin likes EXPLOSIVE. PLAYS. . It fits, therefore, to have a defense that gives them up. Franklin and Diaz are aligned.

 

[Bwifan]

I have always been a fan of forcing the offense to react to you versus the bend but don't break. Teams like OSU and Bama are too good and rarely make mistakes. They will gladly take 3-4 yards on runs and 6-8 yards on passes all the way down the field to score TDs. IMHO we are recruiting elite athletes on defense let them make plays and be aggressive. To have them just sit back and play bend but don't break and keep everything in front of them is not playing to their strengths.

 

[BrucePa]

Bend-but-don't-break always bent and broke.

 

[TheBigUglies]

I was always a fan of the attacking defensive style to disrupt the offensive plays/schemes of your opponents. I think with the athletes on the team we should be able to be successful with it. I think it will benefit us against the better teams like OSU if they can not run their plays as drawn, can their players adjust on the fly? Especially the offensive lines? If you have defenders jumping in and out of the gaps on the LOS and then backing off, that OL needs to adjust after the snap and most of the time someone is left free into the backfield. I think it also gets coaches out of their game plans when the defense can be very disruptive to the opposing offense. When you go against the better teams, you should add some wrinkles that you may have not shown in previous games so they can not prepare for everything you will throw at them. A well prepared OL bill be able to pick anything up a team used in previous games.

 

[NikolaiRobinson]

I was always a fan of the attacking defensive style to disrupt the offensive plays/schemes of your opponents. I think with the athletes on the team we should be able to be successful with it. I think it will benefit us against the better teams like OSU if they can not run their plays as drawn, can their players adjust on the fly? Especially the offensive lines? If you have defenders jumping in and out of the gaps on the LOS and then backing off, that OL needs to adjust after the snap and most of the time someone is left free into the backfield. I think it also gets coaches out of their game plans when the defense can be very disruptive to the opposing offense. When you go against the better teams, you should add some wrinkles that you may have not shown in previous games so they can not prepare for everything you will throw at them. A well prepared OL bill be able to pick anything up a team used in previous games.


I love when some very important philosophical topic is raised in books, so I like to watch and read dystopias. I am a writer and I write dystopias. At https://samplius.com/free-essay-examples/dystopia/ you can read more about this genre if you have never heard of it. In dystopias, we talk about an imaginary world that can show us where we as humanity should not go.

I absolutely agree with you.

 

[BobPSU92]

So does Manny’s defense “keep everything behind them”?