Pressure Up The Middle?

[I. Melvin]

One of the keys, imho, is to pressure Brohm (quickly) up the middle.

In fact, I'd sacrifice pressure from the wings if we could get a hand in his face in time to disrupt their timing plays.

Do we have the personnel and/or scheme to accomplish this? Sure didn't seem to get much inside pressure against Kent State (but those were some big, holding rascals ... ) ?

Thoughts?

[MSU Cat]

One of the keys, imho, is to pressure Brohm (quickly) up the middle.

In fact, I'd sacrifice pressure from the wings if we could get a hand in his face in time to disrupt their timing plays.

Do we have the personnel and/or scheme to accomplish this? Sure didn't seem to get much inside pressure against Kent State (but those were some big, holding rascals ... ) ?

Thoughts?

I think we should mix up our blitz packages. I'd come from the middle and off the edge. I think we need to keep their offense guessing when it comes to where the pressure is coming from. Hopefully we can get the pocket to collapse a few times and make Brohm have to run for his life. I want to see us knock him around a little. Actually, I want to see us knock him around a lot. We definitely have to contain the run in order to pressure Brohm, though.

[Flyingkat]

If you notice in the first two games, when Brohm was pressured he threw off his back foot and did not throw the ball well. Unfortunately MTSU and Murray did not have the corners to take advantage of this. If he does the same against UK, our corners are good enough to take advantage. But if UK's line does not get pressure on him or slow down the running game, it will be a long nite for the UK defense............

[gsb315]

One of the keys, imho, is to pressure Brohm (quickly) up the middle.

In fact, I'd sacrifice pressure from the wings if we could get a hand in his face in time to disrupt their timing plays.

Do we have the personnel and/or scheme to accomplish this? Sure didn't seem to get much inside pressure against Kent State (but those were some big, holding rascals ... ) ?

Thoughts?

We definitely need to blitz, off the edge and the middle. All the offense has to do to stop the middle blitz is tighten up their offensive line splits. Keep 'em guessing.

[gerntz]

The blitz has to a surprise or they adjust to the lack of coverage where it comes from. I'd say no more than 20-25% of pass situations.

[F4F]

One of the keys, imho, is to pressure Brohm (quickly) up the middle.

In fact, I'd sacrifice pressure from the wings if we could get a hand in his face in time to disrupt their timing plays.

Do we have the personnel and/or scheme to accomplish this? Sure didn't seem to get much inside pressure against Kent State (but those were some big, holding rascals ... ) ?

Thoughts?

My thoughts I.M.? My thoughts are that you are dead on 100% correct.
You can talk all about your blitz package brilliance all you want6 but against perhaps the most sophisticated QB still in college, you have to win the middle. If you don't Brohm will slice and dice like a kitchenware commercial. Winning the middle is what makes the blitz packages work. If we don't get pressure up the middle we have to match them on offense and beat them with special teams.
Fancy hammers won't do didly if you can't hit the nail.

[gerntz]

Instead of having Christian Johnson sit on the bench, put him on the DL over the C and have him continually shove him back into Brohm.

[teamchemistry09]

I say we blitz with either Woodyard or Johnson until we lay a huge hit on him. They are probably the two hardest hitters we have. I say even lay one on him if we have to take a roughing the passer call lol. Just lay him out one good time and make him feel it the whole game

[gsb315]

Instead of having Christian Johnson sit on the bench, put him on the DL over the C and have him continually shove him back into Brohm.

I've seen this technique employed in high school football when using an odd front (50) defense. The best UK could do would be to put someone in the 1 technique in the even (4) front they use without giving up a huge gaping hole.

Also, the QB to center exchange is so quick in college football, I'm afaid it would take someone of a higher athletic caliber than C. Johnson to execute. He's strong enough, but not quite quick enough. Even if it worked, I think the Cards would go to the shotgun were they are equally or more dangerous on offense.