I am not at all an expert but I am a coach and have studied Narduzzi a bit- we run something similar:
I don't believe this to be any kind of a blitz- its what we call a read force out of a variation of Cover 4. Narduzzi may call it something different. Basically on a TE down block or cloudy base block the LB is hot on QB and $ is hot on deepest back which is what I am seeing here. If TE were to reach (arc release) the $ would fill in our system while LB is on pitch (probably why he is aligned the way he was and $ eyes angled in at TE). Of course I could be completely wrong and it could be some sort of run blitz- its just my best guess and yes it is tough to beat- that's why we started running this stuff a few years ago.
How do you beat it? Off the top of my head I hate TE inside releases V this- something that pulls the $ down a bit (because of his read force responsibility V run) before he realizes its a pass and then you pop it to the TE for a decent gain. If Funchess could block better with his hand down (or at all I guess) this would be a real threat in M's offense.
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I am not at all an expert but I am a coach and have studied Narduzzi a bit- we run something similar:
I don't believe this to be any kind of a blitz- its what we call a read force out of a variation of Cover 4. Narduzzi may call it something different. Basically on a TE down block or cloudy base block the LB is hot on QB and $ is hot on deepest back which is what I am seeing here. If TE were to reach (arc release) the $ would fill in our system while LB is on pitch (probably why he is aligned the way he was and $ eyes angled in at TE). Of course I could be completely wrong and it could be some sort of run blitz- its just my best guess and yes it is tough to beat- that's why we started running this stuff a few years ago.
How do you beat it? Off the top of my head I hate TE inside releases V this- something that pulls the $ down a bit (because of his read force responsibility V run) before he realizes its a pass and then you pop it to the TE for a decent gain. If Funchess could block better with his hand down (or at all I guess) this would be a real threat in M's offense.