This week, with Chris Korman out, we were joined by a special guest co-host: The infamous Betz (@alltwentytwo) of NFL Twitter. Without a lot going on in the NFL world this week, the discussion focused on defensive scheme and Bill Belichick’s scheme in particular.
Some topics we hit on during the episode:
- Betz being called out by one of his football heroes, Hal Mumme
- His ‘scheme > talent’ take and how that applies to Belichick’s Pats
- My article on the Patriots defense and the concepts behind it
- The schematic evolution of NFL defense
- Betz lists his favorite NFL defenses to watch
- Betz puts together his ideal defensive scheme
The discussion centers around my post on the Patriots defense. I would recommend giving that a read before listening to this episode, as we review some of the concepts I cover in that post.
If you’re unable to read it, here are some helpful visual aids for the two main concepts we cover: Divider rules and position maintenance.
First the rules for the divider:
And the rules for position maintenance:
And here is an illustration of position maintenance in action:
My series on the NFL’s defensive evolution from last offseason is another helpful appendix to the conversation I have with Betz. We cover a lot of the ground that I covered in the four-part series.
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