Bear front

I am a big fan. However, if you are going to use it extensively against even a decent passing team, you must be able to rotate coverage.

That said, it is great vs. a pro-I running team.

How much Bear are you going to play? Are you going to stem in and out of it, or just sit in it for the duration of the game? Do you run any reduction? The reason that I ask is because as Tiger one said going from a 4 man shell to a 3 deep, puts a lot of STRAIN on the 3 guys in the back...If you reduced down on the split side, and move your nose to a strong shade, and your strong tacke to a 5, you can attack the run and keep your secondary in tact....quarters gives you 9 men in the box........:music;

Coaches thank you for your replys

To answer a few questions, the reason I liked the bear front because of how easy it is to stem into it from a base look. I also like closing down a bubble on the back side and have that backer free to run to the ball. I am considering it as a change up to my base look.

This team does not run any option. they are an ISO, Power, Toss, Draw team. The TB gets the ball 30+ times per game. Every year, they have a TB well over 1000 yards. The all-state back is gone. He went to Wake Forest, however, his replacement might be better when its all said and done.

ACK27... I actually slant to the eagle front you were talking about. Since we work so much on slanting, I feel this disguises what I am trying to do. We are a quarters team as well. We rep man coverage hard and luckily I have had the corers to do it. We do have cover 2/3 in for the nights that you cant run with the No.1

I guess the question I have is HOW EXPENSIVE is the bear front to put in. I am a big beliver in when you coach a 50 front with guards uncovered, the LB's get in a comfort zone reading through the guards into the backfield. with that being said, this takes a ton of reps in practice. Is it to EXPENSIVE to have this front as a change up or should I just pinch my line down hard to the next man?