FSU football: Three thoughts on how Adam Fuller coordinates his defense
By Kelvin Hunt
Matchups In the Nickel
No disrespect to the last two defensive coordinators, but we would not have gotten such a detailed description on the fly the way Fuller described it in the clip.
It’s easy to see Fuller understands how he wants things to work in certain situations. However, more importantly, he has to know what his players are capable of before they can do this sort of matching up or plug and play types.
That’s why they are putting these players in a game like scenario like the clip below:
Jarvis Brownlee is one of the breakout players of camp. He's consistently received praise all preseason.
— Brendan Sonnone (@BSonnone) August 20, 2020
Here he is going up against Terry, and winning. pic.twitter.com/TCLiaaNIki
As I said on Twitter, this is probably interference, but it’s live-action for Jarvis Brownlee against one of the best wide receivers in the country.
These situations are the type of action that allows the coaches to evaluate their players. So when it’s game time, they know who’s the best player to insert according to the situation, instead of just rolling with who plays that position. He said a key thing, “they want to play enough zone coverage, so they are not definable by who’s on the field.”
That’s something the previous coordinators struggled with, as they ran mostly a base defense with very few wrinkles.