5-2 Eagle

Coach,

A 52 eagle weak has the backside 5 eagling to a 4 and the 4 eagling down to a 2 from a "vanilla" look.

A 52 monster usually features a "monster" (ss) aligned on the strong side at 3 yds deep and 5 yds wide from the DE (split may vary).

Coach Easton

My team runs both.

Monster is better at stopping the pass and eagle for the run..

The key to stopping the run to the weak side of a 3-4 or 5-2 Monster look is the DE.

WEAKSIDE DE in a 5-2/MONSTER must drop just like the OLB in a 3-4 (EXACT SAME THING)!

PS: The Original "EAGLE" defense as played BY the Philly Eagles in the 1940's had:

2 = Loose 9 technique ends slashing down off the hip of the TE (or "ghost").

2 = DT's in 4I's PINCHING to 3 techniques (we just lined them up in 3's).

1 = 0 Tech. Nose (two gappping double A Gaps).

2 = ILB's in almost on LOS (about 18" deep) in 7 techniques to deliver a blow on the TE (on SE side the LB walked out & the DE came in to a loose 5).

SECONDARY: Various fors of the 4 deep "UMBRELLA" coverage - playing Cov. 4, Cov. 2, & Cov. 3/Cloud!

You can find THIS, as well as the ORIGINAL 5-2 Okie in "MODERN DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL" by Bud Wilkinson & Gomer Jones. Although written in 1957, it is STILL the best book I EVER read on defensive football!


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You are exactly correct - this was Greasy Neale's original "Eagle" defense. I knew some of his players (Dick Humbert, Pete Pihos, & Ken Keuffel). We used that as a back up to the base 5-2 Okie on passing downs in both HS & College! We ALSO ran a GREAT 6-1 out of the Okie by putting our biggest LBer in a 2 or 3 on one of the Guards & putting the Nose in a 2 or 3 on the other Guard. The quickest LBer became the MLB (the other 8 players remained the same as the Okie)!

The book I mentioned above is the FIRST to DETAIL both the Okie & Eagle defenses. It is a virtual ENCYLOPEDIA of Defensive Football, with chapters on the 4-3, 5-3, Wide Tackle 6, Tight Tackle 6, 7 Diamond, Goal Line Defenses, (as WELL as the 5-2 Okie & the 5-2 Eagle)!



PS: MANY 5-2/Monster teams in those days would "Eagle" the split end side (OUT of the 5-2 Okie) so the LBer could cover the back out (flat, etc.) & the DE could STILL rush. We mixed that in with DROPPING the 5-2 Okie DE opposite the Monster, depending on who we played, etc.!

Those were GREAT schemes in those days! Depending on HOW you played your secondary - it could be a little hard to adjust to shifts & motions (drop Ends became Rush ends; contain Tackles became inside rush Tackles; The Nose's pass rush lanes changed sides; ETC.). Much of this occurred when the Secondary checked a 3 deep Monster (or "3/Sky") from "LEFT" to "RIGHT" as the offense shifted and/or went in motion.

That's why we took Lou Hottz' advice in 1985 & went to a 4-4 (4 guys on each side of the ball with 3 deep behind it). No significant adjustments were necessary!

Additional note:

To be semantically correct in my training, the term EAGLE applies to the backside and the term REDUCTION is applied to similar action on the frontside. If both these actions occur simultaneously on the front and backside, then the term DOUBLE EAGLE is applicable and correct.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE