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It makes me very happy to see Flores and the defense doing as well as they are. My only fear is him bolting for an HC job after the season. I'd like a few years of this.
I think the FO/Execs understand the duality of Brian Flores. Amazing DC and a floor raiser of defensive play even with mediocre talent. But def not HC material with the results he turned when given more responsibilities on different sides of the ball. Offenses are still key in the modern NFL and Flores' inability to assemble a staff for that side of the ball will set him back for now.
@@sumitino Flores claimed he was treated differently as a coaching candidate due to his race. Regardless of where you fall on that issue, the fact is, that probably severely harmed owners’ perceived trust in him.
I also like how Flores is allowing players to succeed that would otherwise not in other schemes. He knows how to use even the players deep in the depth chart in a way that is productive. He knows how to use each player. Ed Donatell on the other hand was using a hammer to fix a window last year.
To be fair this is actually par for course in getting a mediocre talented defense to over achieve. When Wink Martindale became the DC of the Giants their defense wasn't proven and had a young core. So his bread and butter was dialing blitzes even on late passing downs when opponents were in the red zone. The secondary was not built for zone under Donatell last season and despite the turnover of talent, the guys the Vikings picked up this season are built for tackling. The real underrated aspect about Flores is he's a much better game planner and adjuster as a coach than Donatell ever was.
Wink was always a blitzer. LONG before he even got to the Giants. It's not something that's par for the course of over achieving, as they've done the same thing (both B-Flo and Wink) with every team they've been on. It's just them doing what worked with other teams and doing the exact same thing but making it better.
I remember the brain was the head coach of the Dolphins he would run a lot of zero coverage, but to see him use that same scheme while also giving a defense that was supposed to be even worse this year (lost Kendricks, Peterson, Dalvin and smith) the freedom and trust is just amazing to watch. For the first time since 2018 the vikings finally have a defense that we can trust. I hope that we get to keep brain for the next 2 years but seeing how well he is doing I wouldn't be surprised to see him leave this offseason. whatever team gets him will be lucky too have a coach like him. (also its nice to see a black head coach in these league other than Mike Tomlin Lolll)
Flores was seemingly over the top with his allegations about black coaching hirings. Very little of it passed scrutiny. Doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement, but people don’t get to just make stuff up
Just adding some more insight, I play collegiate ball, MLB. My DC also installed the 0 blitz package. We call it “flat top” great pressure defense where we always have one more rusher than offense does blocker. The secondary for us plays a “platinum” technique, sit at roughy 8-10 yards and always reading the QBs eyes, not your man. Since we’re bringing pressure the ball has to be thrown out quickly and allows the DB’s to break on it the second they see the QB start his throwing motion. Also for the blitzers, we have a rule depending on the call where if you get “2 hands 2 eyes” from an oline man, drop in coverage(hicks dropping to slant window is exactly how this is done) or against a RB/TE we do a snatch technique so that can’t late release. Only true counter to this is a slide protection roll out that way quick pass concept
@@BiteNuk3r Tanking doesn't work in the NFL... look at history of the Lions, Texans, Browns, Bears and so on. When it comes to draft picks in the NFL no one truly knows anything so throwing it all away to get a top 5 pick means nothing.
@@michaellindgren9653 Except when it does like it did for the Colts in the 90s, The Packers in the Early-mid 2000s, and the 2010s Eagles. All them tanked, got their generational player(QBs in their case) and got their Superbowls.
One thing for sure. The Vikings Offense and defense got exponentially better compared to the first few weeks. Then Kirk has to get hurt. I'm sorry Minnesota fans for doubting you on being unlucky
@@AD-ur1fk garbage take. His defenses have stunk for most of his career that lost a whole lotta games. He played great last year (13-4 season, biggest comeback in NFL history, etc etc) which wasn't a contract year despite having one of the worst defenses / schemes in the league that made Daniel Jones look like a Pro Bowler. You're delusional if you think having a bad defense is gonna win you playoff games. And don't even start with those false narratives that are flatly made up.
As a loooong time Vikings fan, I have to say it is awesome to see the first defender make a tackle. They can even make an open field tackle! Something I have not been used to for the past 20+ ? years....Go Coach Flo!
I believe the Vikings could easily have been undefeated right now. All 4 of their losses are 7 points or less. Addison is a stud that's only going to get better especially with a healthy Jefferson on the field, holy geez defenses are gonna have to be honest with those 2 on opposite sides of the field. The only downside I really see with the team is RB. If y'all had a stud RB again you probably would be undefeated
The thing is, this isnt new. Flores did this in Miami too. They were trotting out practice squad dudes on defense and he maintained a middle of the road defense despite undoubtedly a bottom tier defensive roster that year.
I like what flores did in MIA and hope he gets another shot. a great defensive mind and he has the vikes playing. I love how these coaches find a way to not re-invent the wheel but turn it in a sense where it revolutionizes or changes the games
With Dobbs playing unexpectedly good, I think the Vikings are gonna win a lot more than ppl think. Our awful start to the season was some flukey bad turnovers. 4 game win streak and Flores defense is playing amazing
The vikings scheme isn’t that innovative. It’s what Lovie Smith and the Bears ran at Payton Manning in the super bowl two decades ago. The vikings have just evolved it
Well I could've told you Brian Flores was gonna do exactly what you talked about in this video before the season even started....he dialed up that Blitz as head coach of the Dolphins as well. Good video regardless but I already knew what Flores was gonna do with this defense, I told my friend who's a Vikings fan and even explained to him why that was gonna improve their defense
This is literally the 2019 pats defense. Cover 0 on most passing downs, having DB’s play inside leverage while rushers who a blocked drop into coverage to get a free runner to the QB. It’s a great coverage against lesser QB’s like Fields, Bryce, and Baker. I love the old Aaron Rodgers method, call max protect when you see that tight cover 0 and throw that deep post, cus even if they don’t play cover 0 they still have no one in the deep middle so it’s free real estate. It’s pretty typical for defenses to throw blitzes every other play when their defense is mediocre, the giants did it, the pats did it, the jags did it, it’ll win you games in the regular season but will get torn apart in the post season.
Exactly. Exotic blitz heavy looks are nice especially on late pass downs to scare non elite QBs (perfect for the NFC North). But it also says a lot about the roster on that defense not having the stars to do versatile things.
As a Vikes fan but not knowing all the X&O’s nuances I love watching this style of defense. I would also like to think that this defense could be the future OP defense (until OC’s find a fail safe counter). All you need is a team that can tackle and stay on the same page. If you add top tier talent to this style of defense it could be sooo dominant. Outside of the X&O’s what’s so powerful about this defense style is it gives the QB very limited chances to know the coverage pre snap.
This is part of the sea change in football defenses, in my opinion. I’m forgetting which team, but another DC is doing something similar…confuse the QB. I played competitive Ultimate for 26 years and coached along the way. Laugh all you want, Ultimate is now a professional sport. I started playing Ultimate because I needed an intense physical activity after quitting martial arts. At the time, I was also touchy about intensely hierarchical organizations, and Ultimate before it became professional was anything but hierarchical. Historically, teams played defenses as either person-on-person (aka “man”) or zone. I prefer zone because eventually a team will always encounter an opponent with better physical talent, and if you haven’t played zone a lot it’s hard to play it well, especially against better physical talent. In promoting zone play, I observe a lot of players during zone that would stick to their zone area, instead of covering the closest player. So I tried to coach players to play zone conceptually, but in practice play transient person-on-person. The competitive players were sure that it was one way or the other, man or zone. But the teams in city league or in pick up play would actually listen to the idea. I had a difficult time teaching this approach, in large part, because the majority of the players were simply having fun. Getting them to focus and be intense is a challenge. And forget regular practice sessions once I left competitive ultimate. Bottom line is that I see the same concept being used by at least two NFL defensive coordinators. And I believe it’s a better way to play defense.
I agree and am a big fan of the hitman… but I still can’t get over that eagles game when they torched him over and over. Lol I’m just a typical sour Vikes fan.
Yeah or the referee shenanigans at the end of the chiefs game... Pass interference CLEAR AS DAY and they even threw the flag for it but then all of the sudden they all grouped up and it went to commercial and then they came back and said there was no penalty. 🤦😡🤬 That flag they changed their minds about would've put us at 1st and goal on the one and we could've gone into overtime. I love the Chiefs, second only to my Vikings but even if they were my number one team i would still be upset about having a win stolen and just handed to them.
Vikings got some new younger players that are only developing through this season and they have been playing much better every single game improving. Future looks great for the D. And against the chargers. A missed pick would've only gave the charger 21 points. And that pick would've sealed it. Young squad and they got a lot going for them
Not just going from the 24th to 16th ranked defense, but when on paper the talent is objectively worse than last year. Flores needs to be a head coach again in this league
The end of that Chiefs game had some referee shenanigans like none I've ever seen and it should have gone into overtime. They were saved that day by the refs...
Nicely done 👍. Brian Flores is indeed a problem lol. Hope he gets a head coaching shot now with more and more jobs coming available. I love a coach that will go down swinging. Make adjustments when things aren't working. Don't be Josh McDaniels, Steve Spagnuolo, Pete Carmichael, trying to stick with the same thing. Change it up, give your players confidence in knowing they have the responsibility to get it done.
Crazy how Madden concepts have made it to the NFL. The read rush where a defender drops into coverage if blocked has been done in Madden for over a decade before Bill Belichick implemented it. The motioning of a wr to block has also been done in Madden for years. I never understood NFL offenses lining up in a spread formation, seeing the defense line up in cover 0, and not shifting formations or motioning. Instead, they snap the ball and hope the QB can consistently beat the coverage with a free runner.
As a Viking fan I love this defense it’s night and day from last year but Camren Bynum michi Blackman dj wonnum rookie Ivan pace jr Harrison Phillips akayleb Evan’s they are all playing their roles so great nfl sack leader now one of nfls interception top tiers in Bynum it’s amazing to see
Maybe I am overexposed as a Bills fan but this isn’t anything new and is Flores’s MO at Miami. Plus regarding the motioning a catcher/blocker across point, that’s how the Bills used to play the Miami 0 looks in the Flores days
This is what every nfl team needs to be successful dont care who the quarterback is you need to have good defense to win in the playoffs dont believe me look at the scores in last years playoffs all of the successful teams have one thing in common
I feel like if you also have crafty receivers who can nod and stack you can run posts against cover 0 and they're pretty fucked. Offense definitely has to have reads for the WRs built in for this. Definitely a clever set up and in the UW vs. ASU (I want to say it was ASU and not Arizona) game they ran a very similar defense to this and confused the shit out of Penix. They had no answers for it.
The fact that the Vikes are middle of the pack defense. With only 2 first rounders on their entire defense, one being 34 year old Harrison Smith, and the other being Marcus Davenport who is considered a bust and has been injured all year. Really shows how elite this system is. Imagine giving him some top level talent on top of this! Bummed we didn’t acquire one of the pass rushers from the Commies. 10 of our 21 sacks have come from Hunter.
Ehh... you saw that with his time with the Fins. Josh Allen always had his way with Flores' Fins defense playing mostly man coverage. Even when Flores had a good game plan and the blitzes did fluster Allen whose really good at playing against it.
@@t4d0W yeah but you didn’t have any elite pass rushers on the edge at that time. You had Wilkins and that’s about it. And a very up and down secondary due to injury and a bad LB core. Basically he’s never had truly elite level talent to work with. Which is why they immediately fell defensively after Flores left. Even tho they added top level talent to the defensive side of the ball after he left! I think if he was coordinating the 49ers they might be undefeated with multiple shut outs.
If we can keep Flores for one more year and we get Kirk back healthy and playing like he’s been playing, we’ll be scary. Unfortunately, Flores is hc material and he is showing it
@@linktown-blue907that is an incredibly tall order. Even if he heals up Krik will always have that Achilles in the back of his mind on every hit and scramble in the pocket
Please, they have one of the weakest schedules of any team this yr. Thus far the only good team they have beaten was the 49ers. They started the season 0-3, even lost to practically a 3rd string QB in Baker Mayfield and the Bucs. They need to blitz 7-8 to get to the QB's while other team only uses 4, maybe 5. This is not a good defense my friend. Good teams with receivers with speed usually find a way to counter man blitzes with this speed and great scheme. Love your video break downs though. Keep up the gr8 work.
For this year, this might be great to get to the playoffs. What happens when you get there? If the top qbs are in the playoffs generally and your scheme struggles against top qbs....
Honestly we didn't struggle against any of them. We went toe to toe with them all and lost by only one score with each of them and most of it was because of our own mistakes with fumbles and interceptions and then against the chiefs the refs took away our chance at what CLEARLY should have been an overtime game. But other than us "struggling with good QB's", everything else this guy said was great.
I think it is less that it struggles against top QBs (though we did struggle against Justin Herbert) it is more that we just dominate less than elite QBs which is something this team really needs with how the offense has been playing to our opponent
I would imagine that if a team runs a Cover-0 defense it might get hurt by a team with a quarterback with a big arm and a low Time-to-Throw (TT) number, especially if he’s really accurate. I was thinking about maybe Jacksonville since Trevor can throw 70 to 75 yards with a TT time of I think 2.44 this year, one of the lowest, and somewhere in the high-60s for a completion percentage. The Vikings gave the 49ers a lot of problems, especially Brock Purdy, but Brock’s TT was I think 2.6 last time I looked - very good for a second-year guy - but Brock isn’t known to have a big arm. But I’m just thinking a big arm helps because the QB, under a heavy rush, will have to throw quite a bit off-platform.
Flores is definitely doing very well, but I am not sure about front runner for Coordinator of the Year. The much less experienced OCs for Commanders, Colts, Texans and Ravens, the OC for the Lions, and Big Lou for the Bengals are all excelling.
@@jameswallace5133the thing is like said in the video, the Vikes had the 28th worst defense last year in points given up and 31st in yards. This year it's 15th and 11th with arguably a worse group talent wise. That's a big jump all because of 1 guy calling the defensive plays. The Lions had the 5th best offense in terms of points and 4th best in yards. This year it's 8th and 2nd. So the Lions offense really hasn't changed in the rankings from last year. If anything I'd say the Lions DC has been more impressive, going from 28th most points given up last year and 32nd most yards to this year being 18th and 7th. What's weird is Vikings and Lions both have up 427 points last year lol.
@@RFantasyFB8675 Defensive team performances year to year is definitely a bigger variance in the NFL and the Lions in a sense is proof that this season. Yes its good key players for them like HUtchinson, McNeill (DT) and their secondary are taking big steps to improvement but their strength of schedule def helps the defense to look good even in DVOA stats. I saw this in the previous recent seasons with the Pats where its hard to overlook their impact on defense when they have a cupcake schedule. Outside of Mahomes (week 1), Geno (playing like a top 10 qb) and Lamar the Lions defense have taken on QBs like Jimmy G, Baker Mayfield, Bryce Young, Jordan Love and Desmond Ridder.
If they try that against the lions this week they’re gonna slash them in the running game not much backer help so one hole and you got 10 yards guaranteed. I understand that this is more in long down situations but wouldn’t put it past the lions to audible and give it Gibbs with this look.
Ahhh the Belichick-Flores Cover-0, I thought it was dead after Lamar solved it😂 I watch an HOUR seminar about it once, the details in the scheme get crazy based on different factors😭
QBs the Vikings face the rest of the year Taylor Heinicke Derek Carr Russell Wilson Justin Fields Jimmy Garoppolo Joe Burrow Jared Goff Jordan Love Jared Goff A lot of QBs who you wouldn't consider to be a "top" guy but a lot of these guys have been around the league a long time. If the Vikes do make the playoffs it's gonna be because their defense. Which kinda stinks cuz the odds Flores leaves for a HC job increases.
Flores is your uncle's jerky friend who coached HS football and killed you in madden on PS2 every thanksgiving by just blitzing his free safety through the A gap every single play, and bailing for easy user picks when you tried to throw a hot slant or cross.
I think it's genius. Hey, you're going to give up scores in 2023/2024. Especially if your defense isn't particularly good. Might as well blitz the shit out of the offense and try to get a turnover or a 2nd and long to get that punt once in a while. This whole idea that it's better to better to bend and not break is ridiculous. You wear down your defense. If you're only giving up 3 pts now and again, fine.. but if you can't stop anyone, and they couldn't last year, then send the house.
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The Taysom Hill .5 passes thrown projection is an insane number to play, but, WE HAVE NO FEAR.
It makes me very happy to see Flores and the defense doing as well as they are. My only fear is him bolting for an HC job after the season. I'd like a few years of this.
owners are all in on “protect the shield” so there’s very little chance flores ever gets another HC gig, at least not in the immediate future
@@McNutEVDI don’t understand what does protecting the shield have to do with giving him a HC job?
I think the FO/Execs understand the duality of Brian Flores. Amazing DC and a floor raiser of defensive play even with mediocre talent. But def not HC material with the results he turned when given more responsibilities on different sides of the ball. Offenses are still key in the modern NFL and Flores' inability to assemble a staff for that side of the ball will set him back for now.
@@sumitino Flores claimed he was treated differently as a coaching candidate due to his race. Regardless of where you fall on that issue, the fact is, that probably severely harmed owners’ perceived trust in him.
Yeah he is definitely getting a HC job sooner than later
I also like how Flores is allowing players to succeed that would otherwise not in other schemes. He knows how to use even the players deep in the depth chart in a way that is productive. He knows how to use each player. Ed Donatell on the other hand was using a hammer to fix a window last year.
To be fair this is actually par for course in getting a mediocre talented defense to over achieve. When Wink Martindale became the DC of the Giants their defense wasn't proven and had a young core. So his bread and butter was dialing blitzes even on late passing downs when opponents were in the red zone. The secondary was not built for zone under Donatell last season and despite the turnover of talent, the guys the Vikings picked up this season are built for tackling. The real underrated aspect about Flores is he's a much better game planner and adjuster as a coach than Donatell ever was.
Wink was always a blitzer. LONG before he even got to the Giants. It's not something that's par for the course of over achieving, as they've done the same thing (both B-Flo and Wink) with every team they've been on. It's just them doing what worked with other teams and doing the exact same thing but making it better.
That audible to zone is brilliant
Such a shame we've lost Kirk when the Defense has really stepped up
Sure is and he's such a good dude. Injuries suck, they need to make people invulnerable already. This is bullshit
I know right it’s always something lol
Its fine, the Passtronaut has stepped up. Kirktober is done. Its Dobbvember now.
@@shanetuma3845 Amen
We’re better off without him. Kirk is trash boats.
I remember the brain was the head coach of the Dolphins he would run a lot of zero coverage, but to see him use that same scheme while also giving a defense that was supposed to be even worse this year (lost Kendricks, Peterson, Dalvin and smith) the freedom and trust is just amazing to watch. For the first time since 2018 the vikings finally have a defense that we can trust. I hope that we get to keep brain for the next 2 years but seeing how well he is doing I wouldn't be surprised to see him leave this offseason. whatever team gets him will be lucky too have a coach like him. (also its nice to see a black head coach in these league other than Mike Tomlin Lolll)
Yeah I really wish we had more white corner backs representation is hella cool
Flores was seemingly over the top with his allegations about black coaching hirings. Very little of it passed scrutiny. Doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement, but people don’t get to just make stuff up
DeMeco Ryans was black last time i checked
Antonio Pierce (black).
I can't figure out what Smith you mean...
Just adding some more insight, I play collegiate ball, MLB. My DC also installed the 0 blitz package. We call it “flat top” great pressure defense where we always have one more rusher than offense does blocker. The secondary for us plays a “platinum” technique, sit at roughy 8-10 yards and always reading the QBs eyes, not your man. Since we’re bringing pressure the ball has to be thrown out quickly and allows the DB’s to break on it the second they see the QB start his throwing motion. Also for the blitzers, we have a rule depending on the call where if you get “2 hands 2 eyes” from an oline man, drop in coverage(hicks dropping to slant window is exactly how this is done) or against a RB/TE we do a snatch technique so that can’t late release. Only true counter to this is a slide protection roll out that way quick pass concept
This defense will keep the Vikings in the playoff hunt despite recent injuries
So... worst case scenario.
@@BiteNuk3r Tanking doesn't work in the NFL... look at history of the Lions, Texans, Browns, Bears and so on. When it comes to draft picks in the NFL no one truly knows anything so throwing it all away to get a top 5 pick means nothing.
@@michaellindgren9653 don't forget the Raiders and the Jets
@@michaellindgren9653 Except when it does like it did for the Colts in the 90s, The Packers in the Early-mid 2000s, and the 2010s Eagles. All them tanked, got their generational player(QBs in their case) and got their Superbowls.
@@michaellindgren9653 We alredy have too many wins to tank anyway.
One thing for sure. The Vikings Offense and defense got exponentially better compared to the first few weeks. Then Kirk has to get hurt. I'm sorry Minnesota fans for doubting you on being unlucky
In some ways it's not a curse. The only ones who get disappointed are those who have expectations lmfao
Kirk was gonna suck eventually. He was playing great for a contract 😂
@@AD-ur1fk garbage take. His defenses have stunk for most of his career that lost a whole lotta games. He played great last year (13-4 season, biggest comeback in NFL history, etc etc) which wasn't a contract year despite having one of the worst defenses / schemes in the league that made Daniel Jones look like a Pro Bowler. You're delusional if you think having a bad defense is gonna win you playoff games. And don't even start with those false narratives that are flatly made up.
The broussard dig had me rolling😂
What's the context though?
@@milleribsenalbeefan look up chris broussard james harden and itll be the first thing that pops up
@@milleribsenalbeefanhe called someone retarded😂
As a loooong time Vikings fan, I have to say it is awesome to see the first defender make a tackle. They can even make an open field tackle! Something I have not been used to for the past 20+ ? years....Go Coach Flo!
I believe the Vikings could easily have been undefeated right now. All 4 of their losses are 7 points or less. Addison is a stud that's only going to get better especially with a healthy Jefferson on the field, holy geez defenses are gonna have to be honest with those 2 on opposite sides of the field. The only downside I really see with the team is RB. If y'all had a stud RB again you probably would be undefeated
Babe wake up Alex Rollins just posted a Video
I’m awake babe
Babe go back to sleep this vid sucks
Same
@@robdoesweather6758aww so sweet. You guys make a great couple
Let Him Sleep.
The thing is, this isnt new. Flores did this in Miami too. They were trotting out practice squad dudes on defense and he maintained a middle of the road defense despite undoubtedly a bottom tier defensive roster that year.
Kind of amazing that Harrison Smith, at 34 years old, is still an amazing DB.
Waiting for that gold jacket for the hitman
Dynamite presentation once again. Startling insight so well explained with gripping visuals to match. Sweet.
I like what flores did in MIA and hope he gets another shot. a great defensive mind and he has the vikes playing. I love how these coaches find a way to not re-invent the wheel but turn it in a sense where it revolutionizes or changes the games
The coach spamming mid blitz 😂
So cool!! Thanks for a denfese video Alex! These are always cool to watch
Flores just stole nickel double a gap mid blitz from madden play book 😂
And it works
With Dobbs playing unexpectedly good, I think the Vikings are gonna win a lot more than ppl think. Our awful start to the season was some flukey bad turnovers. 4 game win streak and Flores defense is playing amazing
The vikings scheme isn’t that innovative. It’s what Lovie Smith and the Bears ran at Payton Manning in the super bowl two decades ago. The vikings have just evolved it
Byrum is playing out of his mind this yr too
He did this on the dolphins too and was very effective
Reminds me of the early zimmer years teaching them to believe in the scheme. They all turned out pretty good. Who will step up next for MN
Seeing the Vikings do Defensive audibles....never saw that before.
The best part is, this defense is improving as they get experience in the scheme.
Well I could've told you Brian Flores was gonna do exactly what you talked about in this video before the season even started....he dialed up that Blitz as head coach of the Dolphins as well. Good video regardless but I already knew what Flores was gonna do with this defense, I told my friend who's a Vikings fan and even explained to him why that was gonna improve their defense
I don't think people want to play the Vikings right now. Hottest team in the NFL.
This is literally the 2019 pats defense. Cover 0 on most passing downs, having DB’s play inside leverage while rushers who a blocked drop into coverage to get a free runner to the QB. It’s a great coverage against lesser QB’s like Fields, Bryce, and Baker. I love the old Aaron Rodgers method, call max protect when you see that tight cover 0 and throw that deep post, cus even if they don’t play cover 0 they still have no one in the deep middle so it’s free real estate. It’s pretty typical for defenses to throw blitzes every other play when their defense is mediocre, the giants did it, the pats did it, the jags did it, it’ll win you games in the regular season but will get torn apart in the post season.
Exactly. Exotic blitz heavy looks are nice especially on late pass downs to scare non elite QBs (perfect for the NFC North). But it also says a lot about the roster on that defense not having the stars to do versatile things.
Great analysis, amazing video!
Reminds me of the early 2000s Jim Johnson Philly defense where they would blitz and do cover-0 on every 3rd down
As a Vikes fan but not knowing all the X&O’s nuances I love watching this style of defense. I would also like to think that this defense could be the future OP defense (until OC’s find a fail safe counter). All you need is a team that can tackle and stay on the same page. If you add top tier talent to this style of defense it could be sooo dominant. Outside of the X&O’s what’s so powerful about this defense style is it gives the QB very limited chances to know the coverage pre snap.
This is part of the sea change in football defenses, in my opinion. I’m forgetting which team, but another DC is doing something similar…confuse the QB.
I played competitive Ultimate for 26 years and coached along the way. Laugh all you want, Ultimate is now a professional sport. I started playing Ultimate because I needed an intense physical activity after quitting martial arts. At the time, I was also touchy about intensely hierarchical organizations, and Ultimate before it became professional was anything but hierarchical.
Historically, teams played defenses as either person-on-person (aka “man”) or zone. I prefer zone because eventually a team will always encounter an opponent with better physical talent, and if you haven’t played zone a lot it’s hard to play it well, especially against better physical talent. In promoting zone play, I observe a lot of players during zone that would stick to their zone area, instead of covering the closest player. So I tried to coach players to play zone conceptually, but in practice play transient person-on-person. The competitive players were sure that it was one way or the other, man or zone. But the teams in city league or in pick up play would actually listen to the idea.
I had a difficult time teaching this approach, in large part, because the majority of the players were simply having fun. Getting them to focus and be intense is a challenge. And forget regular practice sessions once I left competitive ultimate.
Bottom line is that I see the same concept being used by at least two NFL defensive coordinators. And I believe it’s a better way to play defense.
Harrison Smith should be a hall of famer
I agree and am a big fan of the hitman… but I still can’t get over that eagles game when they torched him over and over. Lol I’m just a typical sour Vikes fan.
You didn’t also 10:37 mention that all the turnovers the offense gave in those loses
Yeah or the referee shenanigans at the end of the chiefs game... Pass interference CLEAR AS DAY and they even threw the flag for it but then all of the sudden they all grouped up and it went to commercial and then they came back and said there was no penalty. 🤦😡🤬 That flag they changed their minds about would've put us at 1st and goal on the one and we could've gone into overtime.
I love the Chiefs, second only to my Vikings but even if they were my number one team i would still be upset about having a win stolen and just handed to them.
Vikings got some new younger players that are only developing through this season and they have been playing much better every single game improving. Future looks great for the D. And against the chargers. A missed pick would've only gave the charger 21 points. And that pick would've sealed it. Young squad and they got a lot going for them
Glad to see Flores recover from all he’s been thru …. Hope he gets another shot at head coach …
Not just going from the 24th to 16th ranked defense, but when on paper the talent is objectively worse than last year. Flores needs to be a head coach again in this league
Great breakdown as always man
The end of that Chiefs game had some referee shenanigans like none I've ever seen and it should have gone into overtime. They were saved that day by the refs...
somebody send this video to EA, so they can understand what a blitz is!
Nicely done 👍. Brian Flores is indeed a problem lol. Hope he gets a head coaching shot now with more and more jobs coming available. I love a coach that will go down swinging. Make adjustments when things aren't working. Don't be Josh McDaniels, Steve Spagnuolo, Pete Carmichael, trying to stick with the same thing. Change it up, give your players confidence in knowing they have the responsibility to get it done.
Wish Flores got promoted in Pitt him with that defense would be insane
love the content alex
Love blitz zero!
Flores is such a good coach
SKOL Vikings Defense show will up tomorrow
Always good stuff.
Crazy how Madden concepts have made it to the NFL. The read rush where a defender drops into coverage if blocked has been done in Madden for over a decade before Bill Belichick implemented it.
The motioning of a wr to block has also been done in Madden for years.
I never understood NFL offenses lining up in a spread formation, seeing the defense line up in cover 0, and not shifting formations or motioning. Instead, they snap the ball and hope the QB can consistently beat the coverage with a free runner.
As a Viking fan I love this defense it’s night and day from last year but Camren Bynum michi Blackman dj wonnum rookie Ivan pace jr Harrison Phillips akayleb Evan’s they are all playing their roles so great nfl sack leader now one of nfls interception top tiers in Bynum it’s amazing to see
Maybe I am overexposed as a Bills fan but this isn’t anything new and is Flores’s MO at Miami. Plus regarding the motioning a catcher/blocker across point, that’s how the Bills used to play the Miami 0 looks in the Flores days
Thanks for explaining this as if you're talking to normal sports people. Not either the die-hards or the complete casuals
This is what every nfl team needs to be successful dont care who the quarterback is you need to have good defense to win in the playoffs dont believe me look at the scores in last years playoffs all of the successful teams have one thing in common
Flores used this same concept in Miami, I believe
PUMPED for this one SKOL !
Reminds me a little of Wink as DC of the Ravens
When i play madden i blitz all the time
Zimmer-esque
Make a video on Aiden O'Connells game, a few weeks from now. Would love to see how he's performing after a few weeks of starting at the QB position
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Well done. Someone bring a sign for coach
I feel like if you also have crafty receivers who can nod and stack you can run posts against cover 0 and they're pretty fucked. Offense definitely has to have reads for the WRs built in for this. Definitely a clever set up and in the UW vs. ASU (I want to say it was ASU and not Arizona) game they ran a very similar defense to this and confused the shit out of Penix. They had no answers for it.
Same chit that people run in madden now...
The fact that the Vikes are middle of the pack defense. With only 2 first rounders on their entire defense, one being 34 year old Harrison Smith, and the other being Marcus Davenport who is considered a bust and has been injured all year. Really shows how elite this system is. Imagine giving him some top level talent on top of this!
Bummed we didn’t acquire one of the pass rushers from the Commies. 10 of our 21 sacks have come from Hunter.
Ehh... you saw that with his time with the Fins. Josh Allen always had his way with Flores' Fins defense playing mostly man coverage. Even when Flores had a good game plan and the blitzes did fluster Allen whose really good at playing against it.
@@t4d0W yeah but you didn’t have any elite pass rushers on the edge at that time. You had Wilkins and that’s about it. And a very up and down secondary due to injury and a bad LB core. Basically he’s never had truly elite level talent to work with. Which is why they immediately fell defensively after Flores left. Even tho they added top level talent to the defensive side of the ball after he left!
I think if he was coordinating the 49ers they might be undefeated with multiple shut outs.
If we can keep Flores for one more year and we get Kirk back healthy and playing like he’s been playing, we’ll be scary. Unfortunately, Flores is hc material and he is showing it
Kirk will be 36 and less mobile than ever. Bringing him back is a bad call but MN loves these kinda stories so I can see that playing out
@@richborn6700 he was playing like an MVP this season get him back like that and I’d be happy
@@linktown-blue907that is an incredibly tall order. Even if he heals up Krik will always have that Achilles in the back of his mind on every hit and scramble in the pocket
Please, they have one of the weakest schedules of any team this yr. Thus far the only good team they have beaten was the 49ers. They started the season 0-3, even lost to practically a 3rd string QB in Baker Mayfield and the Bucs. They need to blitz 7-8 to get to the QB's while other team only uses 4, maybe 5. This is not a good defense my friend. Good teams with receivers with speed usually find a way to counter man blitzes with this speed and great scheme. Love your video break downs though. Keep up the gr8 work.
You Made a vid about the Cover 0 call fromm Dolphins against the Ravens with Brain as HC. I think we eher Ring the Blitz over 30 times
For this year, this might be great to get to the playoffs. What happens when you get there? If the top qbs are in the playoffs generally and your scheme struggles against top qbs....
Honestly we didn't struggle against any of them. We went toe to toe with them all and lost by only one score with each of them and most of it was because of our own mistakes with fumbles and interceptions and then against the chiefs the refs took away our chance at what CLEARLY should have been an overtime game. But other than us "struggling with good QB's", everything else this guy said was great.
I think it is less that it struggles against top QBs (though we did struggle against Justin Herbert) it is more that we just dominate less than elite QBs which is something this team really needs with how the offense has been playing to our opponent
Faster than fox will have to do with Chris Broussard- quotes
Guessing this has to do with his use of the R word
I think this is compensation for the fact that the Vikings defense last year was soft AF. Watched every game and it was like we never blitzed
Because we didn't. Edd Donnashell called it bend but don't break but really it was bend over and take it till they break it.
I would imagine that if a team runs a Cover-0 defense it might get hurt by a team with a quarterback with a big arm and a low Time-to-Throw (TT) number, especially if he’s really accurate. I was thinking about maybe Jacksonville since Trevor can throw 70 to 75 yards with a TT time of I think 2.44 this year, one of the lowest, and somewhere in the high-60s for a completion percentage. The Vikings gave the 49ers a lot of problems, especially Brock Purdy, but Brock’s TT was I think 2.6 last time I looked - very good for a second-year guy - but Brock isn’t known to have a big arm. But I’m just thinking a big arm helps because the QB, under a heavy rush, will have to throw quite a bit off-platform.
Flows 😌
Flores is definitely doing very well, but I am not sure about front runner for Coordinator of the Year. The much less experienced OCs for Commanders, Colts, Texans and Ravens, the OC for the Lions, and Big Lou for the Bengals are all excelling.
Def the OC for the lions, Vikings defense is alright but they’re still a team with a losing record and now now QB.
@@jameswallace5133the thing is like said in the video, the Vikes had the 28th worst defense last year in points given up and 31st in yards. This year it's 15th and 11th with arguably a worse group talent wise. That's a big jump all because of 1 guy calling the defensive plays. The Lions had the 5th best offense in terms of points and 4th best in yards. This year it's 8th and 2nd. So the Lions offense really hasn't changed in the rankings from last year. If anything I'd say the Lions DC has been more impressive, going from 28th most points given up last year and 32nd most yards to this year being 18th and 7th. What's weird is Vikings and Lions both have up 427 points last year lol.
@@RFantasyFB8675 Defensive team performances year to year is definitely a bigger variance in the NFL and the Lions in a sense is proof that this season. Yes its good key players for them like HUtchinson, McNeill (DT) and their secondary are taking big steps to improvement but their strength of schedule def helps the defense to look good even in DVOA stats. I saw this in the previous recent seasons with the Pats where its hard to overlook their impact on defense when they have a cupcake schedule. Outside of Mahomes (week 1), Geno (playing like a top 10 qb) and Lamar the Lions defense have taken on QBs like Jimmy G, Baker Mayfield, Bryce Young, Jordan Love and Desmond Ridder.
I can see the Pitts td(s) already lol
Hopefully Florez gets another head coaching gig soon. He seems to be a good coach.
F to the team hiring him as a hc
The only issue with him in Miami was that he wouldn't hire an offensive coordinator.
@@TJackson736 he is toxic to work with, most people quit after a year with him.
This is a terrible take, not everyone has to be a head coach. Defensive coordinator is a good gig
nah keep him as a DC he's brilliant there
Brocky Purdy was picking this blitz apart.
Still got two ints keep hating we beat that niners team anyways 🤣🤣🤣got the dubs 🤡🤡🤣🤣and sacked Purdy
O'really ? Who won the game ? I seem to remember Kirko picking the vaunted SF defense apart.
Lol, not even close.
@@DerrickRG91 to who 🤷♂️🤷♂️
@@joshuawilliams2447 Someone is defensive 😂. And they didn't pick up Purdy from the Blitz
You are a better film study than “fake elitist” Brett Kollmann
I remember when he was DC of Patriots… if you show the ability to audible and hit the Max protect deep post Flores won’t blitz again.
A lot like how people play in madden that’s crazy
The Vikings had no business losing that TB or SD game. Even with the Kirk injury, it's ridiculous they missed the playoffs.
u seen our last defensive minded hc didnt look good koc is our guy
Bengal Hawk
That's more like the videos I expect from thic channel.
If they try that against the lions this week they’re gonna slash them in the running game not much backer help so one hole and you got 10 yards guaranteed. I understand that this is more in long down situations but wouldn’t put it past the lions to audible and give it Gibbs with this look.
Woulda never expected to hear the word “spam” in a real football game but in madden it’s okay.
Hairy smith blitzes so much
We need B flo back pay him what ever he demands !
Ahhh the Belichick-Flores Cover-0, I thought it was dead after Lamar solved it😂
I watch an HOUR seminar about it once, the details in the scheme get crazy based on different factors😭
wait did you really watch an hour long seminar about it? or you were joking
I just watched Kollman's breakdown of that Miami Baltimore game. They ran zero blitz literally 35 times.
Heinicke plays better under pressure so the Vikings will implode this game.
@@LeaderOfTheNewSchool307 dead ahh, youtube search Brian Flores cover 0
@@maskcollector6949 Yeah I don't think we're scared of Heinicke. Nice guy, not a starter.
Im so happy we got rid of Donashell
So...Cover 0 Zone Blitz?
Herbert tore them to pieces
The last few years the vikes had awesome defensive talent but the coaching sucked
QBs the Vikings face the rest of the year
Taylor Heinicke
Derek Carr
Russell Wilson
Justin Fields
Jimmy Garoppolo
Joe Burrow
Jared Goff
Jordan Love
Jared Goff
A lot of QBs who you wouldn't consider to be a "top" guy but a lot of these guys have been around the league a long time. If the Vikes do make the playoffs it's gonna be because their defense. Which kinda stinks cuz the odds Flores leaves for a HC job increases.
Flores is your uncle's jerky friend who coached HS football and killed you in madden on PS2 every thanksgiving by just blitzing his free safety through the A gap every single play, and bailing for easy user picks when you tried to throw a hot slant or cross.
The Vikings defense didn't lose them the game. It was the offense that makes them lose the game lol.
This fast and loose scheme is a little to rich for my blood. I liked it better with the play it safe donnashell
This is 1985
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Should have traded for chase
I think it's genius. Hey, you're going to give up scores in 2023/2024. Especially if your defense isn't particularly good. Might as well blitz the shit out of the offense and try to get a turnover or a 2nd and long to get that punt once in a while. This whole idea that it's better to better to bend and not break is ridiculous. You wear down your defense. If you're only giving up 3 pts now and again, fine.. but if you can't stop anyone, and they couldn't last year, then send the house.