How many defensive fronts is really needed?

Coach,

Thanks for the reply. Would you mind to tell us how you align in your two base fronts?

Coach Ack27,

Thanks for the reply. Good point about kids ability to understand/handle multiple concepts.

Oneback,

Thanks for the info. What things cause problems for you in your system? Why have you evolved away from Cover 3?

Oneback,

Do your CB's have any run responsibility? Do you play press man or off man?

Oneback,

Robber is a great coverage. At the moment, we are most likely going to base out of 3-4 and mix some weak eagle vs two backs.

We use DISGUISES from our 2-3 basic looks:

11 men up but back out & PLAY base. 11 men up & BRING 7 or 8.

Show base & PLAY base. Show base & BRING the house (7 or 8).

Coaches,

What about coverages? How many do you think that HS team needs during one season?

I think that is correct. I think in sixteen games last year, we played a total of 4 coverages. The first was man with no free safety. The second was man free. The third was 2 deep. The forth was 3 deep. I like to play around with changing what we look like pre-snap and the coverage we actually play. I think that is one way to disguise what you are doing in the secondary. We will either line up in a 3 deep look or a 2 deep look and play any one of those 4 coverages. I feel this has been successful for us. I do tend to lean on man coverage because I think it is easier to teach man coverage than zone. Also, we like to blitz and bring pressure from everywhere.

On the topics of fronts, there is only 2. An odd front and an even front. How you accomplish those can vary. All of my fronts stem off of the 4-3. We basically have a base front, Nose-1 shade, Tackle-3 tech, Bull End-6 tech, End-5 tech. A "G" front, Nose-2 inside, Tackle-3 tech, Bull End-6 tech, End-5 tech. I then have 2 others where the Sam linebacker or Will linebacker will roll up on the line of scrimmage and play from there. It gives us a fifty look. Just some thoughts.