Linebacker Reads and Drills

Put in a daily group session...one group is LB's and DL--rep the heck out of your stunts/blitzes/base, etc. The other group is LB's and DB's--basically running a 7on7 over there. Switch the LB's 1/2 way through. The key for the 33 is those stack backers are able to react and get down hill quickly. The weakness of the 33 is a team that can simply muscle up and stuff it right down your throat. In my opinion you need to have an Eagle-type reduction where you bring your DE's (one or both) onto the outside shoulder of the G and reduce your spur to a stand-up DE. Keys--I'm a person who likes to read guards. Many of the coaches here will tell you to read near backs. They are both effective, but I see the chances of false pulls from guards as less likely than false action in the backfield.

Either one. I am talking about reducing down a DE to outside shade of the G from a head-up technique on the T. The spur would then come down and play a stand-up technique as a wide DE. You can do it on one side or as a "double eagle" and it turns into a 53 defense.