Because nobody will throw the ball on you, theyll just run it. Gambling problem? Orlando said the Big 12 is unparalleled nationally when it comes to offensive playcalling. We continue to progress in the pass, Orlando said of the group. A four-run fourth inning broke the game open for the Longhorns, but they gave it all back and dropped the series opener. Georgia and Texas used the front and similar coverage schemes as a base, with both finding themselves in BCfToys.coms top 10 in Defensive Efficiency (adjusted for the strength of opponent offenses faced UGA was #5 and Texas #6). His role evolves into something else over these next few weeks. I dont know how theyre going to play it, but thats going to be worth watching against a quarterback (Jayden Daniels) who is a veteran.. Herman brought Orlando along with him to Texas, where a brilliant Year 1 netted the Longhorns defensive coordinator a raise to $1.7 million per year through the 2021 season. 3. - Rudolphs Cowboys managed a season-low 13 points (All-American wide receiverJames Washingtonmanaged just 32 yards in the win). Todd Orlando's defense has been getting exposed all year long Share this article 31 shares Matt Wadleigh October 13, 2021 4:15 am PT After the opening weekend for USC, things looked good for. That style of play didnt transfer to the NFL and the NFL didnt understand what type of player this guy was. The real issues went beneath the surface. Orlando utilizes a number of disguised blitzes and coverages out of his 3-4 front, which can cause havoc for an offense trying to sort through things quickly. He also spent two years covering preps for the Orange County Register and Torrance Daily Breeze. Theyre not only making plays, but theyre trying to help other guys. It rotated just one inside linebacker (Kanai Mauga) in, and that was only for a handful of plays. Will Alabama transfer Ishmael Sopsher be healthy enough to do so? Theres a reason why he was let go. With his ability to teach fundamentals to raw athletes, train and equip defenders to attack offenses with disguise and pressure and adapt his tactics around the strengths of his roster, Orlando is proving to be a cutting-edge coordinator. I said I understood why we were running what we ran.. that headline is click bate..but Ill learn how to word things differently so my words cant be mixed up. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. It left a big void in our defensive line, experiencewise, Pili said. A Michigan native and University of Michigan graduate, Kartje previously wrote for Fox Sports Wisconsin and the Bloomington (Ind.) Jackson played with his hand in the ground a bit, just not as frequently as he did last season. Thats important to know, because Orlando turned down an opportunity to be Pittsburghs DC in his hometown that offseason. (213) 740-4204. I feel the 4-3 will help those guys to show their talents and more people will come out of Texas.. The way you practice is the amount of plays youre going to get. You have to look at the film and say, This guy can wreck a game, Orlando said. I just feel 3-4 didnt let us showcase our abilities the way we wanted to. Are Dejon Benton and Kobe Pepe ready to play? And now former defensive end Malcolm Roach, as he prepares for the NFL Combine, reflected on how much he would have liked to play in Ashs scheme and how much he thinks it will benefit the 2020 Longhorns. The Longhorns base out of a 3-4 that utilizes the Tite Front (404) and a stand-up hybrid DE to the weak side, or away from the passing strength (this is Mint in Saban-speak). He would have. Players retained more than he expected, and coaches got to know players better than they would have otherwise. The only two Pac-12 schools behind them are Cal and winless Arizona. In Orlandos scheme, the Mike is the plugger and will go away from the Nose. This allows the B backer to be a free player and essentially go get the football! The Longhorns base with a true Nickel as well, and align him opposite the Jack, primarily with the passing strength. I just feel like now that burden is on me, being the veteran.. Theres a little bit of schematics into it. Orlando said USC utilized 70 to 75 percent of its defensive package against the Sun Devils. His defensive system poses an extreme challenge to offenses., You cant practice soft and play hard.New DC Todd Orlando is looking to up the physicality on the USC practice field. We understood the reason why we were running what we were running, Roach said. Theres no favoritism. The rover is the tip of the spear for the Orlando defensive scheme, and he uses that position as a solution to the main problem for the 3-4 defense in the modern era: How to create a multi-pronged pass rush from a nickel package. So in addition to having a blitz package, Orlando teaches his rover how to disguise insert blitzes through the A and B gaps. No. USC had problems getting aligned on Saturday, and one of its alignment busts led to an Arizona State touchdown in the second quarter. 2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament. Orlando turned down that job, too. Nothing went right for Texas and the principles Orlando instilled all offseason seemed to evaporate. LOS ANGELES USC has its new defensive coordinator, Todd Orlando. The Trojans run defense would be better with defensive lineman Jay Tufele, who opted out of the season a few months ago and entered the NFL Draft. The goal of Orlandos defense is twofold: 1. Greg Johnson is the veteran returner at nickel back. Theyre the best in the country. So its difficult to judge just how good the defense truly is at this point. The arrangement wasnt ideal for anyone involved, least of all the new defensive coordinator tasked with toughening up a unit that, for seven months, was barred from standing next to each other, let alone colliding. For most of training camp, Jackson was limited by a hamstring issue, which caused some worry for Orlando, who thought the lack of reps might impact the edge rushers tackling. At Utah State, where he worked in 2013 and 2014, Orlandos defenses also finished in the nations top 20 in fewest points allowed. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) 3 Kansas. How Todd Orlando's scheme will unleash the Texas LBs Orlando is a linebackers coach in a defense that asks the linebackers to be the primary playmakers on the team. Orlando believes the only way a team will play fast and hard is if they do so in practice. Under Orlando's direction last season, Texas run defense jumped to eighth nationally from 76th the year prior. Most people know what to expect from USCs offense from game to game. Orlando, who last coached defense at Texas, called the virtual install time a blessing in disguise. Even if it might only take his new defense so far. To me, thats recruiting. Theres a little learning curve for him just the speed of the game and all that, but then Stanley also being very new to the position has his own learning curve.. From Georgia in the SEC to the Longhorns and Cyclones in the Big 12, the new-age Double Eagle took flight as one of the top ways to contain high powered Spread offenses. Lets start with the base defense. Sign up for the Trojans Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Though Todd Orlandos (DC, USC) time at Texas came to a screeching halt after the 2019 regular season, one thing is clear, the man can create pressure. The biggest breakthrough of the spread offense was in creating a clearer pre-snap picture for the offense and the QB in particular so that he had a narrower menu of options and threats to scan through after the snap. We kind of talked about this going into it. Chase Williams has turned into a leader at the position while delivering physical blows when he attacks the ball. Continue reading Attacking the Tite Front. The name of the game for Orlando is attacking opponents where they are always weakest -- in their ability to handle pressure and confusion with little reaction time. Then well get an idea of what the defense is truly capable of after losing contributors like DT Marlon Tuipulotu, CB Olaijah Griffin and Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Talanoa Hufanga. 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Hes at his best when hes trying to get into the backfield, and thats what he was mainly asked to do on Saturday. Previously, he spent three years at the Clarion Ledger in Mississippi, where he covered Ole Miss for two seasons and Jackson State for another. Los Angeles Times USC beat writer Ryan Kartje offered this extended answer: Its important to remind everyone listening that I havent actually seen Todd Orlandos defense other than one practice during the spring Weve seen it all over the country that these offenses are running roughshod over defenses. This "lightning" package was built off a "robber coverage" and an alignment that looked like this: Basically, the Longhorns traded a man up front for the ability to play Cover 2 to either side of the formation with a "robber" in the middle who could read the play and then serve either as inside help against the dreaded double-post combinations that Oklahoma State liked to run or as an extra man coming just a touch late in the run game. The Longhorns tried a few different alignments in the secondary, ultimately reverting back to their standard starting group while inserting tweener senior Jason Hall, a 6'2", 220-pounder with physicality and some coverage ability, into the dime role and then expanding that role beyond the robber alignment based off his particular skill set. But full contact could always force further change. Texas Football: Todd Orlando Is a Cutting-Edge Defensive Coordinator Overall, the rotation was much shorter than what was utilized last year. He served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Texas at Austin from 2017 to 2019 and the University of Southern California (USC) from 2020 to 2021. Those four-man fronts are great at plugging gaps and helping a team defend the run, but they also mean one less defender on the second level to stop the pass and run to the football. A little has to do with the pace of the game too. Scrimmages will be over. FAU's defense . If the guard decides to climb for the Mike (illustrated), the 4i can easily get penetration and maybe even block or negate the pull (I have a clip of this later vs TCUs 11p single-back Power). Figueroa had a breakout 2020 season and since then has added 15 pounds of muscle to give himself the flexibility to line up at his natural defensive end position or slide inside to play tackle. If youre thinking in football, youre playing slow.. When youre giving up that many rushing yards, thats not a good thing with us, Orlando said. Safeties Talanoa Hufanga and Isaiah Pola-Mao are expected to take on more active roles in directing the defense. perspective, he's found Orlando to be a gem of an assistant for a variety of reasons. I wrote about Orlandos prowess as a DC in my article discussing how teams attack the Tite Front, the Longhorns base defense, but it is his use of multiple personnel packages within a game that truly shows his knack as a DC. His defenses would mix in three-down looks, but that was only about 20 percent of the time. Stilleto Boy wins the Santa Anita Handicap for trainer Ed Moger Jr. Sierra Canyon girls basketball team is two wins away from perfect season, Practical Move gives trainer Tim Yakteen a win in the San Felipe Stakes, Sam Farmers crystal ball: NFL mock draft 2023 version 1.0, UCLAs freshmen living up to the hype, carry Bruins into Pac-12 title game. As defensive coordinator at Houston in 2015 and 2016, he oversaw a defense that finished 20th and 13th in the nation in yards allowed. Herman starts most practices with a variation of the circle drill (essentially a one-on-one meeting in a small space that Herman calls out one by one) to ramp up the energy. The Tite Front was all the rage during the 2017 season. Get your first month for $1. Texas would not allow more than 29 points the rest of the season in regulation. Contact drills were reduced to virtual cues. This article appeared in Athlon Sports' 2018 Big 12 Regional Football Preview Editions. Among current players, defensive end TaQuon Graham was something close to ecstatic about the potential for rushing the quarterback in Ashs defense following the Alamo Bowl win over Utah. Weve got to be mindful of the stuff were doing or asking him to do. #FightOn pic.twitter.com/Jorj04g0b6, Orlando will take over a talented Trojans defense that progressively declined over Pendergasts four seasons. He wants to stop the run and make a defense one-dimensional. He knows the tendencies of the receivers, the quarterbacks, the linemen, what they have to offer. Locke. in the 80s, most NFL defenses also carry a hybrid DE, regardless if basing out of a three or four-down defense. Todd Orlando was announced as USCs defensive coordinator Friday, ending a lengthy search for Clancy Pendergasts replacement that had dragged into its fourth week. Orlando will get his first chance to determine the impact of the tradeoff when the Trojans begin their truncated season . A good run defense has been a calling card of. Orlando now resides in Los Angeles with the USC Trojans and it will be interesting to see how the PAC 12 chooses to attack the Orlando system. Texas OL spring preview: Here are your big humans, Despite recent struggles, bracketology projections still like the Longhorns, Longhorns Daily News: Former Texas HC Charlie Strong joins Alabama, Nick Saban as defensive analyst, Longhorns Daily News: Texas alum Bijan Robinson is toughest player Alabamas Will Andersons played against in college career. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. The football bona fides were clear. Its OKto fail, man. Two Former NBA Players Receive Prison Sentences For Fraud Scheme. Snow, at his fifth FBS post as defensive coordinator, has evolved his scheme to become more multiple and detailed. Todd Orlando - MatchQuarters // #ArtofX Tackling has been an issue, (as has) lots of defensive miscommunication. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. He knows everything thats going to happen. Figueroa served as the single down lineman and was joined on the line of scrimmage by Jackson, Echols and one USCs more traditional linebackers, either Ralen Goforth or Palaie Gaoteote. His $1.7 million annual salary is the highest in Texas history for an assistant, and only two assistants nationally earned more in 2017, according to USA Today. You have to use those guys. That safety, last year played by the hard-hittingJason Hall, helped support the run defending on his read. In this particular instance shown above, the Jack backer walls the play by climbing to the RB. Thats important to me. USC played just five defensive linemen against Arizona State. The image above shows the Longhorns base look against the ever prevalent Y-Off 20 pers. If the offense doesn't even know where the overload is coming from or who's dropping into coverage unless they can figure it out after the snap, they're more likely to have their own weak spots exposed than they are to hammer a favorable matchup with a pinpoint pass or run. He is the defensive coordinator at the University of South Florida . After the opening weekend for USC, things looked good for the Trojans. Todd Orlando sees USC defense as work in progress Orlando, 47, is considered a rising head coaching candidate, and his contract reflects that. Then the injuries and attrition reduced depth at linebacker while inexperienced players tried to fill in, resulting in Orlando moving his best natural pass rusher, B-backer Joseph Ossai, to multiple positions around the field that kept him from attacking downhill. The Longhorns sessions reflect that. Its very unique, added Texas senior safetyP.J. Todd Orlando, defensive coordinator, Houston. But Barry and USC opted not to continue their discussions, and Orlando became the leading candidate. But the play he makes at the end of the game, those are the two to three plays the really special players make. 3 Kansas in 75-59 win. It made it a lot easier for me to make that decision (to stay).. There's no better way to demonstrate that than to look at howTexas defended the run. USC's new defensive coordinator didn't waste time schooling Trojans on new scheme New USC defensive coordinator Todd Orlando didn't let the COVID-19 shutdown stop him from familiarizing the Trojans to his defense. After that hell usually return to the picture one last time before moving to the board to draw different concepts out of the same look. Hell then put on a video with several examples. It is not going to be participation awards. He dropped into coverage just twice against Arizona State, by The Athletics very unofficial count. Through spring and summer, the physical, hard-nosed brand of defense Todd Orlando promised to bring to USC remained strictly theoretical. groupings are being countered by many defenses basing out of a Nickel defense. The Trojans defense shifted into different looks, sometimes showing two down linemen with Jackson and defensive end Nick Figueroa standing up. Arizona State just out-executed the Trojans defense in the run game. Orlando has a long coaching career with multiple stops across the country. Orlando has previously doubled as linebackers coach, a position that USC split last season between Johnny Nansen, who coached inside linebackers, and Joe DeForest, who coached outside linebackers. Sometimes when youre a good player, youre just worried about yourself and making your plays, Orlando said. The 404 alignment does several things for the box: 1) the offensive line cant climb because of the 4is, and 2) it frees up at least one of the inside linebackers (if not both). Most recently, Orlando coached at USC for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Though it did prove to be the origin of one of college footballs best coordinator-head coach relationships. As expected, USC hired Todd Orlando as its defensive coordinator on Friday. Were not going to know the answer to that question until Nov. 7, but Todd Orlando seems very confident this defense will have everything straightforward and understood., Sign up for the Trojans Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. In the NFL, the increasing use of 11 pers. The 2015 and '16 Texas defenses had been defined by what could be called "youthful" linebacker play from former five-star recruit Malik Jefferson and former four-star Anthony Wheeler. 9 Texas 75-59 win No. Twitter: @tcpfootballIn this video, we learn about the origins of USC Football's Defensive Coordinator Todd Orlando's defense. After missing the first week of camp in health and safety protocols, Jackson was practically unblockable in practices, using his finesse moves on the edge to cause havoc in the backfield. The trickle-up effect is in full swing. Orlando was fired by head coach Tom Herman on Dec. 1 and Naivar the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the Longhorns who has worked with Herman across four different stops (Sam. Hands-on coaching was limited to distanced learning. Todd Orlando remembers feeling bad for Tom Herman. There were times when we said the same thing together at the same moment. One of his favorite ways to do this is with his overload blitzes off the edges. Since Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman dismissed defensive coordinator Todd Orlando two and a half months ago and even before, to some extent its become clear just how much defensive line recruits and players disliked the front used by Orlando in his 3-3-5 defense. Todd Orlando looks to bring more physicality to USC's defense this year. Orlando has proven in previous stops that hes capable of a quick reboot; though, never quite under the current circumstances he now faces. What is the current state of play for one of the elite QB prospects on the board? Texas also got produced seven sacks from the secondary because the experienced group on the back end was able to cover long enough for those deep blitzes to get home. It's a testament to what a normal offseason has done for second-year coordinator Todd Orlando and his ability to install the defense and instill the mentality he wants from his players.. The point behind that question is not that hard to grasp: Is a complex scheme necessary to give USC a winning edge, or should a simplified scheme be used in Week 1, to not load players with too many assignments, reads, or details? But those arent the only areas that were to be evaluated starting Wednesday. Thats where our emphasis is going to be this week.. Some of the stuff he was about to say, I was already thinking. For instance, before the snap he might show a field overload to induce an audible from the offense only to drop those players back and bring the overload from the boundary: These styles of blitzes can really mess up an offense's protections, option reads, passing progressions or blocking schemes, but they have their own vulnerabilities, in particular the man coverage the defense tends to play behind them. Its a pretty substantial change in terms of what theyre doing on defense. Orlando's favorite scheme against the run in his multiple 3-4. Find out which 3 #USC players go to the Bears in an NBC Sports Chicago mock draft. Should USC's Todd Orlando use a simple or complicated scheme vs ASU? Considering how long players have had to learn the scheme, Orlando made clear he wont be as forgiving when it comes to forgetting assignments. You have pass rushers out there, TaQuon Graham, Marqez Bimage, Joe Ossai guys that can get after the quarterback. It wont get any easier, either, with the trojans facing Notre Dame right after their bye and still have games against UCLA and Arizona State on the schedule. His defensive coordinator would be Todd Orlando., hiring him from Florida International. Orlando usually sent four rushers when he used this package early in the game, and Sun Devils quarterback Jayden Daniels took advantage of the pressure on the first drive by ripping off a 38-yard run. From this ultra-quick 3-2-6 package, the Longhorns then unleashed a small part of Orlando's third-down package with such tremendous force that they started calling it every play against Oklahoma State and then expanded it over the rest of the season into a new base defense. The familiarity with the opponent will be gone. The defensive line lost more bodies in the offseason when Jacob Lichtenstein opted out of the season, and it was announced that Trevor Trouts season (and possibly his career) would be over with a back injury. Stanley, he has natural mobility. Thats where adaptability comes into play. The Cowboys averaged more yards passing than any team in the country. What I think were all starting to learn defensively theres some four-down stuff thats really good but the number of people you can get off the ball based on how the offense is attacking can be advantageous to you.. The Trojans didnt do it for every third-and-7 and longer, but in most of those obvious pass situations, Orlando employed a 1-4-6 look. Adam Grosbard covers USC athletics for the Orange County Register and Southern California News Group. Its going to be exciting.. During his time as defensive coordinator at Texas, his defense forced 65 turnovers and ranked in the top 10 nationally for . If you bring four and they have six back in there to block, its not good numbers for you especially if youre covering the heck out of everybody. With Gary Anderson and Dave Aranda's exit to Wisconsin in 2012, the door opened for then Offensive Coordinator Matt Wells to ascend to the Head Coaching position. The numbers back up that decision, as Texas tied for 66th nationally with 27 sacks in 2019, down five from 2018. Imagine if this actually happens. Theyre helping us as a coaching staff and that stuff, you cant put a price on those things.. One need only look at Texas Oct. 21 matchup with Oklahoma State for an example. He finished with three tackles and one tackle for loss, which counts as a quiet night for the sophomore linebacker.
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