How Arkansas can stop Missouri offense.

[TexasHog]

Missouri likes to run a spread type of offense the reason for this is it spreads the defense out and makes it easier to run the ball.
It's also easy to throw quick passes and screens.

The key to stopping this offense is matching the offenses formation playing lots of press coverage and having the Free Safety and Strong Safety play closer to the line of scrimmage and closer to the middle of the field then normal.
Reason for this is the Safeties are gonna be needed to help stop the run and short passes.
If it's a pass the Safeties need to help with coverage obviously but on a run they need to come in and help shut down the run and the closer they are the faster they can help.

Now the reason for matching the offenses formation is simple you don't want linebackers covering wide receivers because they are too slow and it creates a mismatch Missouri knows this which is another reason they run the spread.

We are gonna need to be playing a Nickel or Dime defense a lot against them as they run a lot of 3-4 wide receiver formations.
Corner backs need to always be covering the wide receivers and linebackers should be covering the Tight ends and running backs.

I believe this would shut them down as long as our Safeties are playing well and our corners can cover their assignments for a few seconds.

Press coverage takes away the short pass
Safeties will help stuff the run
All they will have left is to throw it deep which will be difficult because of no mismatches and safeties that were hopefully paying attention and are there to help.

Mix in a press coverage man blitz every now and then and some heavy zone coverage on obvious passing downs and we might pick a few off too.

If we play 3-4 the entire game they may not be able to run the ball but we will get torched through the air with Mizzou dominating us yet again.

[SultanofSwine]

Better option might be to sprinkle something on their pre game meal that gives them a case of the runs.

[Pigsrus]

Better option might be to sprinkle something on their pre game meal that gives them a case of the runs.

The best strategy I've seen so far on this board.  Franklin, Moore and Johnson all are burners and Lock loves to throw 50+ yard patterns.

[TexasHog]

The best strategy I've seen so far on this board.  Franklin, Moore and Johnson all are burners and Lock loves to throw 50+ yard patterns.

Won't have time to wait that long hence the press coverage and even if he did the safeties should have had time to see it's not a run and start moving back to help with the pass.
Also wouldn't have linebackers covering those wide receivers.

The majority of the time you see someone get burnt it was either a linebacker covering a wide receiver who is much faster or the guy playing coverage tripped and fell.


What's your plan come out in 3-4 and get burnt every play?

[Pigsrus]

Won't have time to wait that long hence the press coverage and even if he did the safeties should have had time to see it's not a run and start moving back to help with the pass.
Also wouldn't have linebackers covering those wide receivers.

The majority of the time you see someone get burnt it was either a linebacker covering a wide receiver who is much faster or the guy playing coverage tripped and fell.


What's your plan come out in 3-4 and get burnt every play?

Have you watched them?   Most of MU's deep passes come on a corner and safety getting burned by one of their two primary wideouts.  Franklin can't catch with his hands but is great on long ball basket catches. 

[moses_007]

Our team could just go fishing and forfeit the game. 

[TexasHog]

Have you watched them?   Most of MU's deep passes come on a corner and safety getting burned by one of their two primary wideouts.  Franklin can't catch with his hands but is great on long ball basket catches.

Well then our guys are gonna have to dominate them at the line of scrimmage and our dline needs to get pressure which I haven't seen all year.

Maybe you're right maybe it's futile lol.

[31to6]

Missouri likes to run a spread type of offense the reason for this is it spreads the defense out and makes it easier to run the ball.
It's also easy to throw quick passes and screens.

Land mines in the red zone?

Trumps Wall?

Using the hot tub Time Machine to bring in the '85 Bears defense?

[Murr]

Two words: Food poisoning

[Hogwild]

try running a 4-4-5 defense

[sickboy]

Don't play them. If they don't have a defense to oppose, their offense can't gain yards.

Check mate.

[RebelliousHog]

Play better?

[RebelliousHog]

Ill grant you the D did better last week. Not sure if that was because it was  bad game by Miss St or us playing tough. Some of both. They never had any long drives.  The O  helped MissSt out a lot, which hurts the D. Too long on the field

[TheGrove68]

I'd walk up a OLB on the LOS and bring heat from different sides at various times,also 3 man pressure with delayed blitz...I'd play a lot of  disguised cover 2 and 4 to take away the deep pass and give up the short crap.....I know you will give up a ton of yards underneath and probably a bunch of FG. But making us drive the field and sustain that over 4 qrts will hamper and slow our offense a ton,and once the field shrinks then it will be easier to stop TD's. Beating spread teams is about stopping points and not worrying about yardage! If you try to press us or Blitz to much we will go over the top or hit a WR/TE in the vacated area that you blitz from. Also Lock can scramble a bit if blitzed

Best strategy is to  keep our offense off the field with a grinding Offense of your own.

[Inhogswetrust]

a spread type of offense the reason for this is it spreads the defense out and makes it easier to run the ball.
It's also easy to throw quick passes and screens.

Really? Thanks for information we all knew.

[Inhogswetrust]

Better option might be to sprinkle something on their pre game meal that gives them a case of the runs.

We need to stop runs better.....................and passes.

[Sow Lancelot]

The best thing we could do would be to actually move the ball consistently on offense and score.

If our offense is as anemic as it's been the last 4 weeks, we're toast.

[Hogindasticks]

Watch the ball being thrown over our secondary and shooting it out of the sky with a missile.

[code red]

Better option might be to sprinkle something on their pre game meal that gives them a case of the runs.

Agreed nice analysis only problem is....our players won't execute it. 

[BoynamedWooPigSooie]

Oh it can't. Hogs are gonna get torched.

[Potosihog]

Lots of well timed blitzes and solid open field talking are out only hope.  If we rush 3 and play soft coverage Lock will own every Mizzou and lots of SEC records by the end of the day.

LB must hit ISH hard before he gets going.  He is a jitterbug in space and could bust some big runs if our LB get out of position.

If our DB don't have good eye discipline they will be watching rainbows drop into the endzone.

Play disciplined but emotionally fired up football and who knows what could happen.

[alohawg]

Sneak in Spaight, Flowers and Wise Jr.?

[Dwight_K_Shrute]

Would love it if knowing it's their last game the coaches went total WTH. Bring out every gadget/trick play they have. Play CK and AA together split Cole out wide. Make it crazy, fun, and entertaining as hell

[alohawg]

Would love it if knowing it's their last game the coaches went total WTH. Bring out every gadget/trick play they have. Play CK and AA together split Cole out wide. Make it crazy, fun, and entertaining as hell

Well, they certainly got the crazy started already last week.

[Dwight_K_Shrute]

Well, they certainly got the crazy started already last week.

Yeah loved the kick the ball to the end zone play.

[DeltaBoy]

Play 14 on Defense Blitz 7 7 in coverage!