Some aspects of Coach Foster’s 2016 squad we saw coming. As promised, the defensive backfield took up a heckuva lot more zone and read coverage, even against balanced sets where straight-up man coverage is more likely. And I’ll give myself a little pat on the back. I figured Foster would be comfortable enough letting his corners play however Coach Mitchell wanted them to, and it ended up looking that way. The extreme, angled stances often seen in prior years were absent; instead, Mitchell’s guys usually aligned head-up on receivers and only declared their positioning after the snap. I also had an inkling from watching WVU games that they’d throw in more catch-man and more quick jams, and that was the case, too.
But Coach Foster had a few tricks that caught me by surprise.
1) Not So Bullish on the Bear
...Subscribe to read full story
Tired of low effort articles and clickbait? So are we. Subscribe to read great articles written by a full-time staff with decades of experience.
Already a subscriber? Login Here