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Stanley, he has natural mobility. One of the key subplots to USC's season opener against Arizona State is the performance of the Trojans' defense, more specifically the secondary. Orlando, 48, spent the last three seasons as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Texas, where he was one of the highest paid assistants in college football. Drake Jackson, who spent last season as more of a strict defensive. Contact drills were reduced to virtual cues. Are they going to be too complicated in the first game and have to scale things back, or are they going to keep it simple and then gradually add layers of intricacy? His defenses would mix in three-down looks, but that was only about 20 percent of the time. Orlando has 15 years of experience as a collegiate defensive coordinator in total, with previous stops at Florida International and Connecticut. USC needs more size, speed and athleticism at every level of its defense. No. Twitter: @tcpfootballIn this video, we learn about the origins of USC Football's Defensive Coordinator Todd Orlando's defense. And with depth limited at linebacker, Ralen Goforth and Kanai Mauga have emerged as top candidates to start alongside Palaie Gaoteote in roles theyve had to learn on the fly. Before heading to Utah State and learning the art of disguised zone blitzes and modern 3-4 defense from the Kyle Whittingham coaching tree in the early 2010s, Orlando was a traditional 4-3 coach. Adam Grosbard covers USC athletics for the Orange County Register and Southern California News Group. Orlandos scheme isnt complicated at least by memorization standards. If that sounds like the start of a football romantic comedy, it isnt you wont find two more hard-nosed personalities than Orlando and Herman. A safety begins with his role in installation before even glancing at another spot. You look toward the tail end of the game, our intent was to bring enough guys we could go at least six (defenders) for six (blockers) on them and force them to throw the football.. Last. After the second day of pads (last spring) we were like, Golly, we havent do this much hitting in a minute. Its just that mental toughness they instill in us. After holding Oklahoma State to 10 points in regulation, Orlando set about tweaking and retooling the base defense around the 3-2-6 lightning package and the robber coverage. Orlandos defensive turnaround in Austin stems back to that interview in Columbus. Overall, the rotation was much shorter than what was utilized last year. Since L.T. With one of the pass-rushing outside linebackers replaced by a nickel DB, the defense is left with only a single edge rusher on the field (the B-backer in Orlando's defense). Orlando used it during his media availability on Wednesday, too. Schemes aside, Orlandos defense is built on one thing above all his players flying to the ball. USC essentially ran a 4-2 front last season under former defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast. If the guard stays on the 4i (double team), both the Mike and Will are left free to flow with the play and what DC doesnt want is ILBs free-flowing to the ball? 3 overall pick),Baker Mayfield(No. At Texas, Orlando oversaw a defense that improved from 80th to 24th in points allowed. Herald-Times. 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. Its not likely to last forever. At the three traditional LB spots, converted safety Raymond Scott has grabbed control of the outside backer spot while Kanai and Ralen Goforth return inside. Orlando needs opposing offenses to be one-dimensional, and against great quarterbacks that means sacrificing numbers in the box. You hear about soggy eggs and burnt toast, but its the pad popping thats the real story of these daily efforts. Pola-Mao returns and has been a stud in camp, causing chaos in blitzing situations and making plays on the ball in pass coverage that he has not made in the past. 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.. 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. LOS ANGELES (AP) Todd Orlando has plenty of experience arriving at a new school and installing his defensive scheme for the first time. He wants to stop the run and make a defense one-dimensional. Practices under Herman and Orlando are hard. Weve got to be mindful of the stuff were doing or asking him to do. - Grier hurt himself early in the contest against Texas, but Locks 52.9 completion rate in the Texas Bowl was one of his worst of the year. Todd Orlando sees USC defense as work in progress USC defense showed positive signs in opening win over ASU Coach Todd Orlando of the USC Trojans during USC football practice at the. Theyre the best in the country. Written by Ian Boyd (@Ian_A_Boyd)for Athlon Sports. 20 Southern California, however, has been different because of the coronavirus pandemic. In Orlandos scheme, the Mike is the plugger and will go away from the Nose. https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/2021/10/13/todd-orlandos-defense-has-been-getting-exposed-all-year-long/. 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. But when the Trojans needed Jackson the most, they turned him loose and let him do what he does best at the end of the game: rush the passer. The goal of Orlandos defense is twofold: 1. 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. Some offense will come out and run the triple-option, which is really different and as a defense really strains us, Orlando said. When we sat down and started to talk it was just so similar, Orlando told 247Sports. After Utah State, Orlando made his way to Houston for the 2015 and 2016 seasons, where the Cougars were top 30 in scoring defense and sacks both seasons he was there. Two Former NBA Players Receive Prison Sentences For Fraud Scheme. Owl fans had seen this defensive scheme recently when defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer coached FAU in 2019 as part of the 11-3 Conference USA and Boca Bowl championship season. Through it all, Orlandos stayed on Hermans staff. Simulated Pressures From a Positionless Defense (2019 Sugar Bowl), on Simulated Pressures From a Positionless Defense (2019 Sugar Bowl), View @matchquarterss profile on Instagram, Simulated Pressures From a Positionless Defense (2019 Sugar Bowl), article discussing how teams attack the Tite Front, Georgia and Texas used the front and similar coverage schemes as a base, BCfToys.coms top 10 in Defensive Efficiency, Using an EXIT stunt to combat a zone heavy offense. 3 Kansas on Saturday to close the regular season. Up front, the Longhorns moved third-down specialist Breckyn Hager into one of the 4i-technique DE positions, where his scrappy playing style allowed him to battle bigger offensive linemen despite his smaller stature (6'2" 240). Its really hard to screw up a run play. As expected, USC hired Todd Orlando as its defensive coordinator on Friday. Put together, bad luck and some poor choices cost Orlando his job, in no small part because the defensive line wasnt positioned for success. (Liberty vs Arkansas 22), Dec. 22 Blitz of the Month Georgias Pod Alignment, Blitzing from the Odd Stack vs a Pro Style offense (Ole Miss vs Kentucky 22). Having a base, four-man pass-rush is less valuable for attacking any of those schemes, so Orlando determined that it was a worthy trade to give up a pass rusher up front in exchange for more coverage and blitz flexibility and disguise potential while also gaining a "free hitter" in the form of the robber. Examine Texas schedule last season, and youll see a murders row of quarterbacks:Sam Darnold(No. Herman clearly agrees. Innovation comes from desperation, and in the offensive gauntlet that is the Big 12, it has created an evolutionary playground for defensive (and offensive) football. The defense made the final stand to seal the victory, but it also gave up some big plays and surrendered 258 rushing yards to the Sun Devils. One thing to not overlook is the away side 4i who has leverage on the away side tackle. Todd Orlando has plenty of experience arriving at a new school and installing his defensive scheme for the first time. LOS ANGELES It was clear for most of fall camp. Theyre helping us as a coaching staff and that stuff, you cant put a price on those things.. Orlando now becomes the seventh defensive coordinator in seven seasons for FAU. Greg Johnson is the veteran returner at nickel back. You get those guys in the program, they make us all look great. During his time as defensive coordinator at Texas, his defense forced 65 turnovers and ranked in the top 10 nationally for . That will change Saturday, as USC takes on San Jose State in the 2021 season opener. What is the current state of play for one of the elite QB prospects on the board? He was more of Well keep things simple, well do the same stuff. It makes a QB think, said Texas senior defensive endCharles Omenihu. In fact, Gary Johnson and Anthony Wheeler combined for 10.5 sacks, nearly a third of the teams total. Were going to have to work the heck out of this. I think its a smart move. Orlando did present Arizona State with several different looks on Saturday. If you dont, its going to be limited. If that sounds like thinking, its because it is. Pili underwent surgery last week on some broken fingers, which forced him to miss the game. 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. A Michigan native and University of Michigan graduate, Kartje previously wrote for Fox Sports Wisconsin and the Bloomington (Ind.) Without a Spring Camp to provide real first-hand understanding of Todd Orlando's defensive scheme as well as Vic So'oto's preferences as defensive line coach, these are best guesses. 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. Arizona State still had some success against this front with a 17-yard touchdown run in the third quarter against the look. From there, the hits dont stop. Texas blows lead against Cal State Fullerton in 6-5 loss. 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). 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Most recently, Orlando coached at USC for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Its going to be exciting.. In the NFL, the increasing use of 11 pers. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Orlando sorts film breakdown by position. Get full team. At Utah State, where he worked in 2013 and 2014, Orlandos defenses also finished in the nations top 20 in fewest points allowed. Odd-front defenses with nickel and dime packages on the back end are en vogue across college football. Tackling has been an issue, (as has) lots of defensive miscommunication. Jefferson went on to lead the team with 110 tackles, including 20 run stuffs, while anchoring the interior of the Texas defense in a 3-2-6 dime package that Orlando unveiled to the bewilderment of Texas' spread-oriented Big 12 opponents. By closing both B gaps, the offense has to either plug it up the A gap (which most Spread teams wont do) or run it outside. At the same time, it causes a lot of controversy for the guys on offense.. Coach Orlando is a real guy, Johnson said. Orlando's 3-4/quarters defense had to be tweaked and altered to fit the 2017 Texas football roster and the demands of playing against Big 12 offenses, but in the process Orlando simply proved what makes him one of the top defensive coaches in the country: In particular, his effective teaching, aggressive philosophy and high capacity for adaptation. Are Dejon Benton and Kobe Pepe ready to play? The result was a defense that failed to take advantage of the pass-rushing talent of players like Graham, Ossai, and Roach because once the scheme that Orlando spent the offseason developing was no longer effective, its extremely difficult to make those changes once the season begins. He said on the first day of practice that it was clear these guys knew more than they would have coming into a fall camp in a normal year, which is quite a statement when you consider they didnt have a spring. You have to use those guys. Even the NFL saw many of its teams embrace a more open style of play. After the opening weekend for USC, things looked good for the Trojans. But mostly, Halls role was to stay in the middle of the field to aggressively close on the many quick-hitting passes the Cowboys employed and discourage the posts that defined the offense. Nearly every defensive coordinator will say theyre multiple in the various looks theyll give an offense. Before joining Tom Hermans staff at Texas, Orlando was viewed as a rising defensive mind in college football. Rigid positional structures are giving way to a more fluid style of play. - Darnold completed 57.1 percent of his passes against Texas (third worst of the year) and threw a season-high two picks. We have the same mentality, Orlando said. The Spread offense has touched every corner of college football. But structurally, in our opinion, its still so sound.. Scrimmages will be over. However, that was so long ago and feels like a lifetime. I just feel 3-4 didnt let us showcase our abilities the way we wanted to. Orlando said he's already adjusted his scheme, which relies on mixed fronts and aggressive blitzing, to fit USC's personnel. Orlando lost both of his starting inside linebackers after the 2018 season and both were productive in his scheme. Coach Todd Orlando of the USC Trojans during USC football practice at the University of Southern California on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Hell then put on a video with several examples. #FightOn pic.twitter.com/Jorj04g0b6, Orlando will take over a talented Trojans defense that progressively declined over Pendergasts four seasons. The 2019 National Championship saw a battle of Spread teams that featured two of the most efficient offenses in the country (and two of the best QBs as well). In 2019, that all fell apart. The football bona fides were clear. They handled the defending Mountain West champion San Jose State Spartans with ease. We kind of talked about this going into it. As I wrote in early 2019 after Texas defeated Georgia, Orlandos defense uses hybrid players and different alignments to put pressure on offenses. As spread offenses became a prevalent force in the college game, Orlando knew he needed to adapt. One question I am asking to college football experts is this: Should Todd Orlando emphasize complexity of scheme or simplicity of scheme against Jayden Daniels and the Sun Devils on Saturday? This article appeared in Athlon Sports' 2018 Big 12 Regional Football Preview Editions. The notion that the Big 12 doesnt play defense is false. Lets start with the base defense. 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. The defense has numbers and is plus-one on the pulling guard. It made it a lot easier for me to make that decision (to stay).. You would think its hard to learn, but he made it so simple.. 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. 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. Orlando has a long coaching career with multiple stops across the country. Weve changed that.. But after successfully rebuilding the Texas defense in his first season, the Longhorns experienced a sharp defensive downturn in 2019. Herman isnt shy about issuing compliments to his defensive lieutenant. Lincoln RileyandKliff Kingsburycome from the Air Raid tree, but their systems look quite different in the same way Kansas States pro-style, option-heavy scheme varies from Oklahoma States spread. Todd Orlando seems very confident that the extra time they were afforded to work on film, to work on installing that scheme, really did help them. The rotation should expand when Pili returns, but at the moment USCs defensive personnel is what it is. Players retained more than he expected, and coaches got to know players better than they would have otherwise. Arizona, the Trojans opponent this weekend, had its first game canceled, so its difficult to predict what the offense will look like, but USC can probably expect a heavy dose of running back Gary Brightwell, who is stepping in to replace the departed J.J. Taylor. Saban has finally embraced the change as well, throwing the ball more than he ever has before with Tua Tagovailoa. Aggressive DCs like Orlando weren't having that for long, and his response is to teach his players to show a blitz to trigger the sideline glance and check from the offense before bringing another call entirely. Nothing went right for Texas and the principles Orlando instilled all offseason seemed to evaporate. Even for much of spring camp. Todd Orlando looks to bring more physicality to USC's defense this year. Spread offenses search for the B gap because that is where the conflicted player usually is for a defense. When interim defensive coordinator Craig Naivar finally allowed Ossai to play that role, Ossai produced three of his five sacks in the Alamo Bowl. He also spent two years covering preps for the Orange County Register and Torrance Daily Breeze. Thats important to know, because Orlando turned down an opportunity to be Pittsburghs DC in his hometown that offseason. On the back end, Orlando typically employs a quarters coverage that allows his defensive backs to break aggressively to the football while preventing big plays. Be sure to follow us on Twitter at: The time is now! Theres no backside meetings. - Mayfield completed a season-low 63 percent of his passes in the Red River Showdown. In 2021 most defensive coaches will tell you their defensive schemes are "multiple,'' which is true to a degree. We understood the reason why we were running what we were running, Roach said. Under Orlando's direction last season, Texas run defense jumped to eighth nationally from 76th the year prior. Previously, he spent three years at the Clarion Ledger in Mississippi, where he covered Ole Miss for two seasons and Jackson State for another. 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. 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. I just feel like now that burden is on me, being the veteran.. New USC defensive coordinator Todd Orlando, shown during his tenure at Texas, didnt let the COVID-19 shutdown stop him from familiarizing the Trojans to his defense. The Horns look to close out the inaugural season at the Moody Center with a 17-1 record. That style of play didnt transfer to the NFL and the NFL didnt understand what type of player this guy was. The Iowa St. Cyclones rose from #103 in 2016 to a respectable #32in BCfToys efficiency rankings in 2017. Thats where adaptability comes into play. It comes as no surprise that in a league that is at the forefront of the evolution of the Spread would feature unique defenses within the league to counter the offensive onslaught. football@usc.edu. To me, thats recruiting. The Tite Front is becoming a popular way to defend the Spread; its important to understand how teams are going to attack it on the ground. We need everyone to execute at the utmost level to make things work. We all saw how that worked. He is the defensive coordinator at the University of South Florida . He joined The Times after six years with the Southern California News Group. Hybrid players allow an almost endless amount of ways to blitz and pressure an offense without losing coverage ability (youre dropping a speedy LB/DB instead of a rigid D-lineman). Its really, really crazy to see., Asked to summarize Orlandos system, Texas senior cornerbackKris Boydsaid succinctly: Just run to the ball and hit.. A Pasadena native, he currently lives in the South Bay. Cody Alexander. 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. This positionless style of play allows hybrid players, primarily at linebacker and defensive back, to play a larger role. None of that stuff. His defensive coordinator would be Todd Orlando., hiring him from Florida International. Its very unique, added Texas senior safetyP.J. But returning veterans on the roster like safety Isaiah Pola-Mao and defensive end Nick Figueroa have made a point of helping the young players come along and be ready to contribute in 2021.

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