D Tackles: Nose vs. Three Technique

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by The Goat

The one question it brings up in my mind is double-team scenarios. It said Golston and Montgomery typically get doubled because of their size and power - honestly, I haven't noticed this very much but let's just go along w/ it. On the other hand I have noticed doubles on AC in the past, and I think we can bet the farm JT will see doubles. Altogether this would lead me to believe our starting rotation should equal some serious pass rush. Ok then, question is why haven't we seen it up to this point?

Not a bad article by JLC, better than the one where he was talking about 4WR & 2TE sets.

The Skins play primarily a 4-3 defense . In a four man front the terminology of a NT is also called a 1. The numbers for the DTs come from the position where they line up in relation to the Guards. A 1 technique is inside shoulder (or what the Skins call the NT) a 2 would be head-up and a 3 outside shoulder.

In a formation that is strong to the right, the 1 (or NT) lines up on the inside shoulder of the LG and the 3 lines up on the outside shoulder of the RG. Because of where the 1 lines up he often gets double teamed from the LG & C. The 3 is not normally going to see a double team on passing downs, inside runs or runs away from his side. On any off-tackle or outside runs to his side the RT may block down on the 3. So if you have a 3 that can rush the passer, he is one-on-one with the RG, if he wins that battle consistently it's a huge help to the DEs and will force the offense to hold in extra personnel for protection.

If things work out for us, we have three legit pass rushers; AC, JT and Griffin (our 3). You can't double team more than one without keeping a back or TE in. This should help our secondary a great deal. If AC & JT hold up against the run and we stay healthy, we should be a top-level D this year.

A true NT is used in a 3-man front and he sits head-up over the C and is expected to force a double team from one G or the other or collapse the pocket by driving the C into the backfield.