FishDuck Article Administrator No. 1 Share Posted September 15, 2022 You will often hear the phrase, “setting the edge” or a reference to the “force defender” when you watch television football games, and it makes sense to take a few minutes to observe how the new Oregon defense under head coach Dan Lanning, and defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi fulfill this important mission. How important is it? A Pac-12 team recently won ... Setting the Edge in Oregon's Lanning/Lupoi Defense FISHDUCK.COM You will often hear the phrase, "setting the edge" or a reference to the "force defender" when you watch television football games, and it makes... 1 1 2 1 Two Sites: FishDuck and the Our Beloved Ducks forum, The only "Forum with Decorum!" And All-Volunteer? What a wonderful community of Duck fans! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notalot No. 2 Share Posted September 15, 2022 This is a good teaching tutorial. Thank you, Charles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyToBeADuck No. 3 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Charles, thank you for taking the time to put these tutorials together. Your love and passion for teaching and sharing, once again shines thru. These plays happen so fast during the game that is hard to see the full execution of each defenders assignments. Thank you and well done. GO DUCKS! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman No. 4 Share Posted September 15, 2022 This is really good. Thanks for putting it together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic No. 5 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Once again, I repeat: these tutorials are what brought me to FishDuck in the 1st place. Excellent piece, Charles. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 6 Share Posted September 15, 2022 My thanks to all of you for your words. I will admit that these analysis take twice as long, or longer than Op-Eds to create, but it will now be in the Analysis Library as an important resource. And it will be fun to watch for this in future games; as it was--there were plays where our perimeter was broken and it was interesting to see why, and who could not defeat the blocks. A key component for every defense! Every Thursday over the next five months will be an analysis by either Coach Boles, or yours-truly. Learn more football! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywarduck No. 7 Share Posted September 15, 2022 And Manning got absolutely smashed by the 270 lb. TE, but set the edge. At 190 lb. it was impressive to see Dontae get his job done and sacrifice his body to do it. We will need to see that type of effort more and more to win going forward. Great stuff Charles, once again, or should we say always. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrw Moderator No. 8 Share Posted September 15, 2022 As always, a valuable lesson, clearly put together. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Haulin No. 9 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Defending the run hasn't changed much since I was young and playing d end. Control your lane, take away the perimeter and your linebackers will love you. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic No. 10 Share Posted September 16, 2022 (edited) On 9/15/2022 at 4:06 PM, Log Haulin said: Defending the run hasn't changed much since I was young and playing d end. Control your lane, take away the perimeter and your linebackers will love you. Good edge players (or Force Defenders) help LB's get all those tackles they rack up for stats. It's teamwork, but the LB's get to lead the team in tackles. As long as the fans know how it all works and why just having good LB's is not enough for a team to stop the run. Edited September 16, 2022 by Mic 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...