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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
a 3-4 NT is asked to control the gap which means taking on double teams consistently, usually watching both A gaps. But they are looking to keep blockers off their LB's. They are space eaters and that is about it.
A tampa-2 NT is asked to split the gap. There is a difference. He is working upfield to disrupt the play and get into the backfield much. Omaha is correct your better and probably more important DT in this defense is the 3-tech. But you can have good DT's at both positions. Booger played the NT role for the Bucs a lot. There is a difference. But lots of 3-techs in this draft at the top, we should try to grab one considering the age of quality of our DT's. Your NT in this D wants to get upfield and also maintain gap integrity, meaning you don't want to allow lanes for the RB to squeak through.
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A much more eloquent way to put what I was trying to communicate quickly.
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Originally Posted by rcubed
In the tacks game, they announcers referenced our interior DL lining up a in the A gaps which was disrupting the run game a lot and was A-typical in a 4-3. I admittedly dont know a ton about DL positioning, but it seems to go towards what you guys are saying in that Eberflus doesnt stick to the "old norms"
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When they reference "gaps", they're referencing the space between OLs (or in some cases, a OL and a TE). What the announcer was pointing out by saying that the DTs were lining up in both A gaps was that the DTs were lining up on either side of the Center in the space between the Center and Guard (which is the "A gap" on either side).
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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
Yes, but not everyone knows the difference.
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I once found a really great article that really broke gaps and techniques down fantastically, but it doesn't seem to exist anymore. If someone could draw the diagrams for me, I could definitely do a similar thing at the very least explaining what the gaps and techniques are, and maybe even what defenses would use them and why, maybe even some pros and cons to each role.