Is there a reason why we don't stunt our LB's on defense?

[penguinpower]

I don't recall seeing us stunt and back off into coverage.   We always show our hand.  Is that odd?

[HappyPenguin]

I don't recall seeing us stunt and back off into coverage.   We always show our hand.  Is that odd?

Same reason our D-line dont get their hands up when they dont get more than a foot of the ball....which is 75% of their plays.   

[Observer]

Stunts and blitzes make a good pass defense better, and a bad pass defense worse.  Stunts take long to develop leave gaps seams and open routes, Dropping a lineman into coverage is meant to confuse a hurried quarterback.  If you cannot get a rush with 4 or 5 down lineman, you certainly aren't going to get one with 3 or 4.   Those are personnel problems.   Coaching problems are very simple.  Confidence in diagnosing a gameplan.  A stunt twist or blitz the wrong way at the wrong time results in a huge play, its a gamble.  Some coaches are confident in their ability to study film and gamble accordingly.  Coaches without confidence auto-demote themselves to a "bend but dont break" philosophy, vanilla defenses that tackle pretty well, and they hope to hold teams to field goals using a shortened field as a cheat sheet for calling aggressive defensive plays.  Usually this kind of philosophy only works with an offense that can run up the score.  Opposing offenses will start making mistakes to try and catch up.  See Oregon ducks.

[Spiderlegs]

I think the D has to be simple.  Our guys are fast, but don't seem to be too quick. When they penetrate the opposition's backfield, the opposing QB just changes direction and they can't catch up.  Similar thing on running plays.  YSU D is always caught when the opposing RB runs a change of direction, and judging from the plays that our opponents call, everybody seems to know this except YSU. I think if YSU tries anything more complicated right now, things might actually get worse.