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DEFENSE
3-5-3
2015
11 Year Old Defensive Playbook
Philosophy
- Aggressive yet sound
- Similar to 5-3 but Stud and Tomahawk
do not rush the passer
- Sam, Will, and Mike are stack LBs
we will send Sam and Will 75% of the
time or more to create confusion
among the offensive line
- Seahawk tackling methodology
- Never man coverage we dont want
to ever turn our back to the LOS.
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TH
QE
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N
TEMPLATE
AE
BC
ST
FC
2 Gap player
Fire off low and hard from a 4 point stance
Drive Center backwards and blow up counter
Get stalemate at worst! If being driven back, grab cloth and sit down!
Get to heels of OL and hunt ball
Eyes on FB after snap get head on FB side of C
Anchor End
Mike
Heels at 5 yards over C (or middle of formation vs.
unbalanced Take read steps with key
Must be able to take on FB and/or wedge and be
very physical
Sideline to sideline player
Must make strength call quickly
Sam
Align in stack over Anchor End at 4y and creep on
snap count
Go opposite gap as Anchor
Get to heels of OL and hunt ball
Play Downhill must be a player willing to run
through contact
Tomahawk
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BC
FC
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MLB
TH
BC
W
TH
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M
S
N
TEMPLATE
AE
STUD
ST
FC
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DL Calls
Pinch DEs slant to B, Sam
and Will slant into C
Fan DEs slant to C, Sam and
Will slant into B
Right DEs and NT slant right
Left DEs and NT slant left
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TH
QE
S
N
AE
ST
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FC
We will not honor trips with a man to man match up. Stud splits distance
between EMLOS
and inside receiver. He robs slant and attacks tunnel, gets to flat after
checking slant. Will blitzes weak while Tomahawk is free rusher on pass.
Will and Sam are force (QB defender) on option to weak side, Tomahawk
and Stud have pitch man. FS is 10-12
on inside receiver. He still has deep
TEMPLATE
middle on pass. And must drop at 45 degree angle if reading pass. 13
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TH
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BC
M
FC
We will not honor twins with a man to man match up. OLBs between
EMLOS and inside receiver. OLBs rob slant and attack bubble, get to flat
after checking slant. Will blitzes weak, Sam blitzes strong. Will and Sam
are QB force on option, TH and Stud are pitch back on option. If OLBs
read option he gets QB NOW and forces a quick pitch. FS is normal depth,
deep third. Mike has RB on read option
and /or speed option.
TEMPLATE
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Bama 3-4
Cover 4
F
TH
W
QE
S
N
AE
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BC
ST
FC
If playing a team that throws the ball often, and efficiently, we can make a
Bama call to become more sound against the pass. Our Mike will drop to
be our 2nd safety and we will be in base Cover 4. The 2 corners and the 2
safeties will divide the field into vertical parts. This is an easy adjustment
because all of our alignment rules are the same with the exception of the
safeties which play over just outside of the offensive EMLOS at ~10y.
TEMPLATE
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Hokie 3-4
Inverted Cover 2
TH
W
QE
M
N
F
S
AE
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FC
1 0
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1 5
BC
ST
Against teams that want to primarily run the ball and we have trouble
stopping with the 3-5 front, we can add another defender to the box with our
Hokie call. Our Corners align at ~ 8y and split the field. Mike aligns as in the
3-5 front and our free safety aligns over the strong side TE at 6y.
TEMPLATE
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