50 vs. 40 DL play

HosHos
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50 vs. 40 DL play Jan 3, 2005 10:11:47 GMT

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Post by HosHos on Jan 3, 2005 10:11:47 GMT

I have run a 50 slant for 5 years and ws looking at a 4-3. Could someone tell me how you play your DL. I'm looking at a 5, 1, 3, 9 shade with the front. In the 50 we just told the DL to aim for the neck of hte OL you are slanting towards, in the 4-3 they are in a gap so how do you teach your DL to play?

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50 vs. 40 DL play Jan 3, 2005 12:25:41 GMT

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Post by Coach Nicholson on Jan 3, 2005 12:25:41 GMT

HosHos,

There are probably coaches on here who could explain this better than I but I will tell you what I know. If you are having your DL play as one gap players then I would suggest the following. Tell them they must maintain their gap responsibility at all costs. They can never allow an OL to reach them and turn them out of their gap. If an OL is trying to push them away from the play then they should fight through the pressure while maintaining their gap responsibility. They should only leave their gap once they are sure that the ball carrier has reached the LOS. Once this happens then they should fly to the ball and get in on the tackle.

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50 vs. 40 DL play Jan 3, 2005 12:57:22 GMT

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Post by HosHos on Jan 3, 2005 12:57:22 GMT

We have taught our DL in the 50 to rip across the face of the trapping OL, I would guess that is the same here as well? I thought about having the DL go head up 5, 0, 2, head up on TE. The 2 DE's would have their outside gap, the Nose would rip to WS A gap and the DT would rip to SS-B gap, LB's would take other gaps. This way the N and DT are playing a slant and going to the neck of the next OL. I don't know if that makes sense. In what case would you have a 2 gap player in the 4-3?

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50 vs. 40 DL play Jan 3, 2005 15:16:34 GMT

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Post by Coach Nicholson on Jan 3, 2005 15:16:34 GMT

Coach,

We mainly play out of a 44 defense. We use to always have our DT's play in 3 techs. In a base call with no blitz or stunt they were two gap players. They had both A and B gap. Of course we blitz most of the time so more often than not they were slanting to either A or B gap. Next year we are going to use them as one gap players because as im sure you know it is much easier for a DL to control one gap as apposed to two gaps. What I am getting to here is that after getting advice from many coaches I have come to the conclusion that if at all possible I never want a DL to play two gaps. I hope I have made sense here.

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Post by HosHos on Jan 3, 2005 10:11:47 GMT

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