Question on OLB play

I don't mean to sound "stupid" but just how wide do you align him? A yard outside the TE or outside foot outside the TE's outside foot? Have you ever gotten into some big mismatches with a TE on your OLB?

Thanks for the response.

Coach,
We play a small kid at that spot (very fast and mean). We play him one yard outside and one yard off. They even get wider if they feel the need to. Our stimulus response is.

Down == Close Look for traper
Reach == Shuffle Keep outside free
Base == Squeeze We are going to hit and lock out..

We have a big stud who plays that position. We actually teach him as if he were a stand up d-lineman. He gets about 2 yards off of the TE head up. He reads feet. His goal is to beat up that TE.

PGOLLA

Coach,
Yes, this is how we play it... We play our ends on down trap and make the ball bounce as a rule. but...... here comes the but, we can also change it up by telling the linebacker and end that...
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Down = outside rip (wrong arm)

LINEBACKER
Down = outside force

They will read same guy then play off him to keep a change up for the offense. You can call this anything you want... but in our base our end is like an old 50 end.
GOLLA

Coach Hawk,
That's how our spurs play that also. Like I said earlier, we see a lot of double tight fronts, so our "old school coaches" love to teach the old 50, they say it's nostalgic.

If you would see double tight, would you have different players prepared to play the "spurs" or keep the same guys plays it???

When playing the 46 out of the 33 against double TE with a flanker, how do you play your CB's? I know from talking with Rex Ryan he likes to play corners over adjusting the same way that he would against a twins formation. The LB who normally aligns on the TE to thestrength call is now head up on the weak side TE. Others I've talked to do just the opposite leaving the CB on the weak side and having the LB align to strength. Also when aligning from the 33 to the 46 is the LB to the strength call head up on the TE or is one LB designated to play it who is better playing the pass than the run?