"It's called the Tite Front, and it's a real nasty look to face if you're a team whose entire identity is based on the wide zone run. It's a 4-0-4 front, which means you've got two big defensive linemen lined up in the 4i technique smack dab between the offensive guards and tackles in the B gap and an even bigger nose guard staring the center eye-to-eye."
"Kelly, the offensive mad scientist, cooked this scheme up back in his Oregon days. He made it to stop his own offense. Seriously. His run-pass-option scheme became so dominant, he had to invent a defense to counter all the teams that were ripping it off. It turns out that defense is just as good at making life miserable for the wide-zone mafia that dominates the league."
Brandon Staley deploys the Tite Front, a 4-0-4 alignment that places two 4i defensive linemen between guards and tackles and a massive nose guard over the center to clog A and B gaps. The scheme forces offensive tackles to deal with 4i ends, creating interior traffic and removing horizontal running lanes for wide-zone concepts. The Tite Front originated as a counter to dominant run-pass-option offenses and now presents a difficult matchup for a 49ers attack built around stretching the defense horizontally, especially with a backup quarterback and depleted receiving corps.
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