Don't want to steal Mike's preview thunder, but I'm getting antsy for this game to happen.
Coach Chesnut mentioned that Wagner runs a 3-3 stack defense. The stack allows them to cause confusion on what defender will cover which gap. For traditional veer, I'd expect to see us in a lot of unbalanced formations to get them to "break" the stack and bring down a S/LB to cover the extra OL/TE (which essentially forces them to declare gap responsibilities). I think the same principle applies to the zone stuff, although maybe not as critical. In any case, it probably helps us that we can throw tight ends out there now to further limit how Wagner can react to the unbalanced look. Another way to attack the stack when they put an extra defender on the LOS is to throw bubble screens. So maybe we'll see that short passing game get going, although I doubt we'll need it.
Coach Chesnut mentioned that Wagner runs a 3-3 stack defense. The stack allows them to cause confusion on what defender will cover which gap. For traditional veer, I'd expect to see us in a lot of unbalanced formations to get them to "break" the stack and bring down a S/LB to cover the extra OL/TE (which essentially forces them to declare gap responsibilities). I think the same principle applies to the zone stuff, although maybe not as critical. In any case, it probably helps us that we can throw tight ends out there now to further limit how Wagner can react to the unbalanced look. Another way to attack the stack when they put an extra defender on the LOS is to throw bubble screens. So maybe we'll see that short passing game get going, although I doubt we'll need it.
