Defending Spread Option

Coast Union, when our D-End slants to one gap, and backer or a flank(spur) has other....So when you pinch your End in2 B, somebody has to exchange gaps with him and attack C....Gap first, Ball second.....When you slant to your D-end, insteaad of having him loop outside, have him attack the outside shouulder of the tackle just has he would aligned in a 5 tech....This will allow him to play the veer release of the OT much more effectively..........As 4 coverage, reroute all receivers (not just the slots), and get pressure on the Qb by overloading the offensive protection.....4 example, when they give you a 2 by 2 set with the back off set to one side, the back sets the protection....There4, if you aligned your sam outside the OT, and stacked your Will behind the OT(strong side), you could slant away from the Back, which would bring your End in2 B, your Sam off the edge, and your will would be the loader in C with Sam.....Shoot me an e-mail if you wish to get in depth with it...........coachack@bellsouth.net

We utilize line directions...This changes up Option Responsibilities hopefully to our adavantage....When the Offense knows who has what on any given down they will EXPLOIT your weakest link....As 4 your spur playing qb on the counter, what are your Backer responsibilities versus counter?

I guess the question I'm asking is what blitzes do you like and what coverages. We are for the most part speaking the same language and doing some of the same things. Are you guys playing base on run downs and taking a few more chances on passing downs? Most of the things that I've read above won't account for a very good pass rush. You can tell I've truly turned into a 3-3 guys over the last 5 seasons when I think 4 guys can't get to the QB in time.

We bring 4 man heat about 60 %, and 5 man 30%, and 3 man would be the remaing 10....We have success getting pressure on the Trigger Man by overloading the offensive protection, but we still bring 4 the majority of the time.....I'm about wining mano y mano match ups...The Angles we come from, matched with the Acceleration allow 4 us to be very DISRUPTIVE..IMO it's all about disruption, not getting sacks.....As 4 coverage, it's a quarters concept; however, we want it to look like Man....So instead of sitting back at 7 yds on the corner, we roll up and squat at 4 to 5 yds....Our Flanks would do the same...We want to collision, and get in phase with he WR B4 we get into a zone.....We Trade off any IN and Outs that occur B4 5 yds......For example, if 1 runs a slant, and 2 is vertical, the corner would give the IN trade off to the Flank and the corner would be over top of the vertical by number 2...Mike is in the Low Hole, Free has the High Hole....So as u can see, it's a little of this mixed with a little of that, but to keep confusion down we call it quarters.....We will use various alignments to get to it....1 safety look...2 safety look....0 safety look......Remember it's not what you do, but how it's done that makes you effective...... :light;