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<blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 833992" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>As far as hitting the TE, that's a simple concept. If you are the edge rusher to the TE side, you can get a better pass rush if you avoid the tight end. Swim, rip, whatever you need to do to split the double team and make a play. You'll likely get better pass rushing stats. The trade off is you'll have more TEs running free down the seam.</p><p></p><p>If instead, your job is to mug the tight end and prevent him from getting a clean release, you've made the coverage easier--he's late into his route, the QB might ignore him altogether. And in college, the threat of a quarterback run is there. Mugging the TE is part of good run defense. The trade off is you're going to get fewer free rushes.</p><p></p><p>This is/was a basic concept back when I was in high school...20 years ago. Damn, when did I get old?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The quality of the double team matters. Michigan has gone on record (and the film backs it up) that Gary took the tight end side of the offensive formation. In most offensive schemes, that is a higher quality double team than a back and tackle.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My understanding is the scheme choice wasn't about de-featuring Gary, but rather that he was really good at the job they gave him. And better at it than anyone else on the team.</p><p></p><p>At the risk again at taking Michigan's staff's comments at face value, this was Gary playing within the scheme, doing his job well, at the risk of his stats. Sounds like a team player to me. Not unlike Matthews moving over to ILB for a couple seasons.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It is and it isn't. While his projection as a <em><strong>pass rusher</strong></em> is projection, his play as a run defender is known. He does his job well. You certainly want more from a top-15 pick, but if we get his healthy, sophomore season, that projects to 6.5-7 sacks per a 16 game season. Coupled with his solid run defense, that's still a good pick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mradtke66, post: 833992, member: 4199"] As far as hitting the TE, that's a simple concept. If you are the edge rusher to the TE side, you can get a better pass rush if you avoid the tight end. Swim, rip, whatever you need to do to split the double team and make a play. You'll likely get better pass rushing stats. The trade off is you'll have more TEs running free down the seam. If instead, your job is to mug the tight end and prevent him from getting a clean release, you've made the coverage easier--he's late into his route, the QB might ignore him altogether. And in college, the threat of a quarterback run is there. Mugging the TE is part of good run defense. The trade off is you're going to get fewer free rushes. This is/was a basic concept back when I was in high school...20 years ago. Damn, when did I get old? The quality of the double team matters. Michigan has gone on record (and the film backs it up) that Gary took the tight end side of the offensive formation. In most offensive schemes, that is a higher quality double team than a back and tackle. My understanding is the scheme choice wasn't about de-featuring Gary, but rather that he was really good at the job they gave him. And better at it than anyone else on the team. At the risk again at taking Michigan's staff's comments at face value, this was Gary playing within the scheme, doing his job well, at the risk of his stats. Sounds like a team player to me. Not unlike Matthews moving over to ILB for a couple seasons. It is and it isn't. While his projection as a [I][B]pass rusher[/B][/I] is projection, his play as a run defender is known. He does his job well. You certainly want more from a top-15 pick, but if we get his healthy, sophomore season, that projects to 6.5-7 sacks per a 16 game season. Coupled with his solid run defense, that's still a good pick. [/QUOTE]
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