the 33 vs. the 31 front

Lou -

I never play a 33 front vs a two back set for the simple reason of the A gap ISO. I had a team run that play everytime we lined up in it and it ripped us bad. Great angles for the offense....turn out on the guards and they take nice 3 foot splits. Center blocks the BS ILB....FB is all over the FS ILB and now they have parted the sea.....

Some teams also like to line up in 2 TE and turn out on the guards and fold the tackles underneath and give the ball to the FB.

You gotta be prepared to stop these types of attacks or it makes it a long day. From the B gap out I loved the defense....But when someone is committed to running inside as I mentioned above, you need to find ways of stopping them. So now, I will run the 33 vs a one back set only.

vs 2 TE's and 2 backs.....we play a 3,7 to the strong side with a 40 LB and a normal alignment for the OLB

to the weak side, we make a small adjustment: we play a shade on the center, 4i (instead of a 5) and walk the OLB into a 9. Mike LB stacks on the 4i.

and of course cov 3 over top