Outside of the flexbone offense found only at the service academies, it's rare in this day and age to truly see a scheme as unique as the one rolled out against Ohio State's offense last Saturday in the 'shoe. Nearly everyone at the NFL and college level runs some version of a 4-3 or 3-4 defense, often playing with five defensive backs as the base personnel package.
Purdue's Ryan Walters has long employed a 5-1 Penny front, however, hoping to deter opposing run games. While many teams in the NFL employ it as a change-up meant to slow down zone-heavy run games, Walters plays it more than anyone at the college level.
This is Fangios 5-1 Penny front package that the Eagles use extensively and have great success with. Also applies to Vikings, Broncos, Chargers, Rams, Packers, and some Seahawks. pic.twitter.com/ewtp2lrhUD
— Honest NFL (@TheHonestNFL) October 10, 2022
As we all witnessed, the Buckeyes were well prepared for this tactic, tallying 433 total yards in a dominant 45-0 victory with 173 yards coming on the ground. TreVeyon Henderson benefitted most from Chip Kelly's game plan, amassing a season-high 146 total yards of offense and sharing the field with Quinshon Judkins on multiple occasions.
Here's what we go over in this week's video breakdown:
- How Purdue's Penny front initially stuffed the OSU run game
- Throwing play-action passes from 12 personnel
- Setting up three different concepts from the same initial action
- OSU's growing reliance on 2-Steal blitzes
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