How do you stop off-tackle power?

a special note about the wing t teams... Have the Pull side OLB yell as loud as he can "PULL" when any guard or tackle pull away from him. This helps the front side olb and mlb read through the misdirection of the backfield.. IN A WING T, RUNNING BACKS LIE, BUT LINEMAN RARELY DO...

Coach, Against Wing-T teams, we employed a defense we call "stinger" this year, and it was successful for us. You have a NT, 2 DT's and 2 "Stingers" on the front line. The nose is shaded to power, and his job is to "root" (take out the legs) and drive the center back into the backfield to get in the way of the misdirection and the pulling guards. The DT's are angled in toward the center on a tight 3 techniue on the guards. Thier responsibility is to stop the pulling guards. On the Buck Sweep, the first guard will probably get through, but the second gurad should have a chest-to-chest collision w/ the DT. The OT should not be able to down block the DT. The stingers are wide, and angled in toward the center. They shoot into the backfield off the snap of the ball, and attack the first thing they see (guard or running back. They never go deeper that the deepest man into the backfield). Linebackers read the guards, and flow that way. So, the tackles stop the guards, the "stingers" don't let anything develop outside, and the linebackers read the guards. The goal is to bunch everything up. It is really effective against the inside trap as well. You are vulnerable against the weakside ISO though.

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