4-2-5 vs. 33 stack personnel

Coach, my base defense is a 5-2 monster ,even though, I am rarely in this front. This year in pass situations I am installing a 4-3-4, which I call Nickel Big, and a 4-2-5, which I call a Nickel-Small. My question has to do with the alignment of the downlinemen and LBERS in the 4-2-5. How do you align your front vs no TE's, one TE, and two TE sets?

Coach Sonny - this is the "max blitz" package we use from the 4-2-5. Following is an outline from my lecture at the Mega Clinic in Atlantic City (3/20/06). Sorry the diagrams won't come thru, but you can draw it from the description.

NOTE: OBJECTIVE: Bring one more than the offense can block:

“TIGERCAT/COVER 0”

STRONG DE: 7 Technique – Power rush thru offensive tackle. Maintain slight outside leverage for containment should ROVER come off rush and absorb #3. Be alert for “I’ve got him” call from ROVER vs. Trips formations (ROVER covers #3). “I’ve got him” changes your rush to definite contain rush.

STRONG DT: 3 Technique – Lateral step and bull rush A gap unless Sam LB’er designates you to rush B gap (“switch” call). CHECK RUN FIRST.

WEAK DT: 1 Technique – Bull rush A gap unless Mike LB’er designates you to rush B gap (“switch” call). CHECK RUN FIRST.

WEAK DE: 5 Technique – Power rush through offensive tackle. Maintain slight outside leverage for containment should WILL come off rush and absorb #2. Be alert for “I’ve got him” call from Will vs. sets where #2 is aligned out to your side and not in backfield – such as Doubles. “I’ve got him” changes your rush to definite contain rush.

ROVER: 8 Technique (CHEAT LATE TO LOS) – Rush from outside to hip of the near back. Be alert to absorb #3 on any outside release (outside of DE). “I’ve got him” call to DE if #3 aligned out to your side and not in backfield – such as Trips. You take an “off man” alignment on #3.

WILL: 8 Technique (CHEAT LATE TO LOS) – Rush from outside to hip of the near back. Be alert to absorb #2 on any outside release (outside of DE). “I’ve got him call” to DE if #2 is aligned out to your side and not in backfield – such as Doubles. You take an “off man” alignment on #2.

SAM: 30 Technique – Rush B gap unless you give DT a “switch” call, then rush A gap. Be alert to absorb #3 on any inside release (inside DE).

MIKE: 30 Technique – Rush B gap unless you give DT a “switch” call, then rush A gap. Be alert to absorb #2 on any inside release (inside DE).

CORNERS: Cover 0 (M/M on #1 to your side).

SAFETY: Cover 0 (M/M on #2 to call side).


NOTE: ON “TIGERCAT” – YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET THERE EVERY TIME, BUT YOU MUST HAVE THE MIND-SET THAT YOU ARE!!!!!


PS: I must give credit for this to Jim Bates - Interim Head Coach of the Dolphins in 2004. He used quite a bit of this to beat the Super Bowl Champion Patriots in regular season!

we ran our "Nasty" check blitz, which is Mountjoy's TIGERCAT quite a few times (installed it this last year) and can be seen twice in the first 7 plays of the highlight reel (in the above link).

We showed the kids video of how Va. Tech ran this last year (2004-2005) against Miami in their final regular season game, and Va Tech versus Auburn in the bowl game to illustate how someone will always come free.

video.google.com/videop...98082594684506&pl=true

jkeeper....

we run something similiar to a 52 monster out of a 42 defense....if you want check out the above hyperlink....ALL MY STUFF IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD. We get into 34, 35, 43, 52, 53 fronts pretty easily out of our defense.

coachsonny,

Realistically, we should've run a 33 this year with our personnel, but for the sake of the program (consistency) we stuck with our 42. No biggie, IMO. Personnel, IMO, is all dependent on what you have on the roster....fit the system to the kids and not the other way around. Our WDE was an all conference SS the year before. We put him at DE and he had 13 sacks with limited playing time (3 games last year) and full time this year for 15 sacks.