Memphis defense...2 man front?

Patriots did something SIMILAR vs Colts in playoffs last season, to get more coverage on Colts receivers since they weren't worried about Manning scrambling.

Years ago Houston played a 2-6-2 vs Homer Rice's prolific pass offense at Rice University with Tommy Kramer at QB.

The Don Shula Miami Dolphins (in their perfect 17-0 season of 1972) play a 3-5-3 coverage scheme out of a "34" look.

In ALL these - some of the underneath coverage people have runs reads (for example the OLB in a 9 tech in Shula's 3-5-3 read run if TE blocked & pass if TE released. That way he could be a factor in the pass defense & vs. running game. That is the way these type of defenses are PLANNED! Sometimes they don't get executed (vs run) as planned!

All of these are just ways teams try to confuse somebody's pass offense.

If your DE's are strong in a 2-6-5 look you could hold up the tackles and create good movement to the ball. I have seen a junior high team do something similar 2 this.

Rush,
As I said above there is of course a time and place for an unconventional defense like this to be ran.

Rush,
It sounds like you guys had a great game plan.