Defensive Front Recognition

4-3

O O V O O O
E T T E

W M S


Pro 4-3

O O V O O O
E T T E S

W M


5-3

O O V O O O
E T N T E

W M S


6-2

O O V O O O
E T N N T E

B B


4-4 (Tight Eagle)

O O V O O O
E N T E

Q W M S



Eagle

O O V O O O
E T N T E

W S

Double Eagle


O O V O O O
E T N T E

W S

Coach,

Our center recognizes the interior of the defense - man on any part of center no mlb - "odd" / no man on - no mlb - split / Mlb whether there is a man on or not - Even

It is our QB's responsibility to recognize the perimeter - By this I mean that if you have a 50 with a 3 deep look the side to the ss is treated as a seven man front / howver the other side is actually a reduced front.

To be successful you need to be able to classify interior and perimeter.

Hope this helps

John Iannucci

Coach,

The interior of a defense helps our linemen define their rules. (That and the fact they call out defensive techniques.) I'll give you one quick example. Suppose on one of our traps the playside tackle has a rule of "1st backer from center" and he has a lber over him. Is that the first backer from the center? Well if it is an "eagle front" Odd call by our center it is. If it is a 4-3 Even call by our center he knows he must come down on the middle linebacker.

Since we are a true 3 back option team our QB must put us in the right perimeter blocking. We do not count a noin - support player (Player who would take the defender deep) We count from the handoff key out. (Handoff key defined as 1st defensive man on the Line of scrimmage from "on" the tackle out. Simply put - if #3 is outside the tackle it is non - reduced. If #3 is inside the tackle it is reduced.

Hope this helps

John Iannucci