4-3 defense

[inWV]

Who knows what kind of front they will run (3-4, 3-3-5, 4-2-5, 4-3). Of the present players, this is how it might look.
DL - Cam L, RVP, Jeudy, Keona Davis
LB - Shavers, MaGahee, TBD

 

[Big bo fan]

Who knows what kind of front they will run (3-4, 3-3-5, 4-2-5, 4-3). Of the present players, this is how it might look.
DL - Cam L, RVP, Jeudy, Keona Davis
LB - Shavers, MaGahee, TBD

Don’t think you can run a true 4-3 any more. It’s likely a 4-2-5

 

[king_kong_]

Don’t think you can run a true 4-3 any more. It’s likely a 4-2-5

exactly.

 

[tro80]

Whatever it is, we need more speed at LB.

 

[headcard]

I think you have to be able to be adaptable. I really liked that about TW's defense, could easily change fronts and looks.

 

[cavalot]

Even at the HS level a defense has to be flexible. We are a 4-3 base but morph to a 4-2, 3-4, and 3-3 while still using the same terminology and teaching many of the same techniques. If you're not multiple you're in trouble.

I honestly think the college game is the toughest to defend on the whole. These offenses, athletes, and the evolution of the RPO game have made playing defense at this level exceptionally difficult. Throw in that you can't really punish receivers crossing the middle like you use to be able to and you have what we are seeing in the SEC. High scoring events.

 

[HBK4life]

Whatever it is, we need more speed at LB.

Dawson and Christian say hello.

 

[BigBL87]

I don't get caught up in the nomenclature much any more as far as base defense.

We ran a 3-3-5 this year, but a fair amount of the time we actually lined up like a 4-2-5, often with a stand up D-End. And even if we run a 4-3, with how prolific spread offenses are, we'll be out there in nickel coverage possibly more than base, so probably end up being 4-2-5 in practice. Hell, with the 3-3-5, we even sometimes lined up akin to a 5 man front.