Coachbob, what are you running on defense? Maybe I missed it.
Our defense is variable from season to season.
Our defense is dependent on the number of kids we HAVE to play as interior down linemen. It is a brutal fact that in our league with the substitution rules we have that D-Line is the place to "hide" certain types of players.
The common thread with our various alignments is the use of "Stingers" (We call them OLB's, but the style of play comes directly from Roark's description of Stingers in the Wide Tackle 7 defense).
The other thing that we do in all of our defenses is jam (or stone) TE's. No TE ever gets a free release off the LOS. We don't want the TE's to be able to block our MLB or Safeties or to run down the seam for an easy pass completion.
We prefer to use:
3 down linemen (NT and 2DT's)
2 OLB's (Stingers)
1 MLB
2 CB's
2 Safeties
1 Rover (hybrid Safety/LB)
We also run:
1 NT
2 DT
2 OLB (Stingers)
1 MLB
2 SS
2 CB
1 FS
If we HAVE to use 4 down linemen, we will run a 4-3 (See DC43)
2 DT
2 DE
2OLB (Stingers)
1 MLB
2 CB
2 Safeties
All of the defenses are high pressure, attacking style defenses with minimum reads. We are bringing at least 5 (but usually 6 or 7 or
every play.
Inspiration for the defense comes from:
Wide Tackle 7 and 7 Diamond
46 (DC46 and Buddy Ryan)
John Reed's GAM
G.A. Moore's 10-1
DC-43
Double Eagle Flex (Desert Swarm and Dick Tomey)
"The Radar Defense" by Jules Yakapovich
"The Power 6 Invert Defense" by Duke Pasqualini
and dozens of other books and publications
