defensive preparation

After scouting an opponent, we want to know what their favorite plays are by formation. Sometimes it might simply be the plays they run most frequently from each formation. As we breakdown an opponent, we look for what plays are run primalrily to the SE or slot and what plays are run to the TE. During practice that week, we will spend a large block of time in some kind of 1/2 line drill running SE-side plays and TE-side plays. Some day we will spend more time running half line than we do in team. Team will focus on the particular plays we feel we must stop and any special plays or formations (reverses, screens, etc). Sometimes we'll spend 10 minutes vs nothing but one-back formations. This has been very good for us.