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Sturm’s Email Bag: 1-technique? 3-technique? Explain!
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Bob Sturm Follow @sportssturm Email sturm1310@me.com
Published: August 20, 2015 7:58 pm
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Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Nick Hayden (96) puts pressure on San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) during the San Francisco 49ers vs. the Dallas Cowboys NFL football season opener at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Sunday, September 7, 2014. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)
Here are a few emails that are similar that I have received recently from readers just like you:
#1 – Hi Bob I know that occasionally you will do a series that helps us lay football fans better understand some of the nuances of the game. In that same vein I have a question for you regarding the defense of line. What is the five technique, And what does he do? I sometimes hear media types like yourself referred to that position but not go on to explain exactly what it means. Love the show thanks for all that you do in educating football fans like me who want to understand the sport better.
Chris
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#2 – Bob,
Since you are currently breaking down the Defensive Tackles, I would like to hear your philosophy on what YOU look for in a 1-technique and a 3-technique. Also, could you shed some light on why the Cowboys operate with such undersized interior linemen and seem to have such a low regard for the 1-T. This has bothered for years. If your 1-T can be single blocked, then your leading tackler is probably a safety because your LB’s are fighting guards and centers every week. If you find a 1-T that can split double teams and wreck havoc in the backfield, well, then you’ve got a monster. But, I’ve heard Bryan Broaddus and others talk about how this staff doesn’t value spending a high pick on a 1-T, and they’ve proven it, not only passing on Sharrif Floyd(not a 1-T in my book) or Sylvester Williams in the first round of ‘13, but taking at TE with Johnathan Hankins on the board in the second. Wouldn’t Hankins look pretty good next to Crawford in the middle of this thing. To me, not spending a high pick on a 1-T is crazy talk, along the same lines as taking a guard in the first round will get you 8-8 every year. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks.
-Rich in Euless
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And #3 -
Sturm – Please show me the alignments of the 1-techniques and the 3-techniques so I can spot them on television.
Thanks!
Steve
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Ok. 3 emails about similar topics. So, I decided to put together a little visual aid to help us along this morning.
Above, please find the alignment locations of a typical NFL defense. Yes, there are several slight variations in this chart through the years with different systems, for instance, several utilize a “2i” and a “4i” inside the 2 and the 4, and then move the 3 and the 1 technique’s closer inside still. They also will have the TE as the “6″ technique in some systems, but for this one, we will go with the traditional charts that are used in several places.This chart shows that if you line up directly on the center, you will get the “0″, directly on a guard would be the “2″, and for somewhat confusing reasons, straight up on the nose of a tackle would be called the “5″ (of course, in the 3-4 the 5-tech is the DE, but here the 5 is actually to the outside of the T where I placed the #6 -
Any other football terminology questions can be directed to sturm1310@me.com
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Bob Sturm Follow @sportssturm Email sturm1310@me.com
Published: August 20, 2015 7:58 pm
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Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Nick Hayden (96) puts pressure on San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) during the San Francisco 49ers vs. the Dallas Cowboys NFL football season opener at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Sunday, September 7, 2014. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)
Here are a few emails that are similar that I have received recently from readers just like you:
#1 – Hi Bob I know that occasionally you will do a series that helps us lay football fans better understand some of the nuances of the game. In that same vein I have a question for you regarding the defense of line. What is the five technique, And what does he do? I sometimes hear media types like yourself referred to that position but not go on to explain exactly what it means. Love the show thanks for all that you do in educating football fans like me who want to understand the sport better.
Chris
=====
#2 – Bob,
Since you are currently breaking down the Defensive Tackles, I would like to hear your philosophy on what YOU look for in a 1-technique and a 3-technique. Also, could you shed some light on why the Cowboys operate with such undersized interior linemen and seem to have such a low regard for the 1-T. This has bothered for years. If your 1-T can be single blocked, then your leading tackler is probably a safety because your LB’s are fighting guards and centers every week. If you find a 1-T that can split double teams and wreck havoc in the backfield, well, then you’ve got a monster. But, I’ve heard Bryan Broaddus and others talk about how this staff doesn’t value spending a high pick on a 1-T, and they’ve proven it, not only passing on Sharrif Floyd(not a 1-T in my book) or Sylvester Williams in the first round of ‘13, but taking at TE with Johnathan Hankins on the board in the second. Wouldn’t Hankins look pretty good next to Crawford in the middle of this thing. To me, not spending a high pick on a 1-T is crazy talk, along the same lines as taking a guard in the first round will get you 8-8 every year. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks.
-Rich in Euless
=====
And #3 -
Sturm – Please show me the alignments of the 1-techniques and the 3-techniques so I can spot them on television.
Thanks!
Steve
=====
Ok. 3 emails about similar topics. So, I decided to put together a little visual aid to help us along this morning.
Above, please find the alignment locations of a typical NFL defense. Yes, there are several slight variations in this chart through the years with different systems, for instance, several utilize a “2i” and a “4i” inside the 2 and the 4, and then move the 3 and the 1 technique’s closer inside still. They also will have the TE as the “6″ technique in some systems, but for this one, we will go with the traditional charts that are used in several places.This chart shows that if you line up directly on the center, you will get the “0″, directly on a guard would be the “2″, and for somewhat confusing reasons, straight up on the nose of a tackle would be called the “5″ (of course, in the 3-4 the 5-tech is the DE, but here the 5 is actually to the outside of the T where I placed the #6 -
Any other football terminology questions can be directed to sturm1310@me.com
http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***/2015/08/sturms-email-bag-1-technique-3-technqiue-explain.html/