Our Meeting With One Monstrous Coach!

[Reginald Rutledge]

run defensive schemes.

At least, one of your safeties are always in open space. Some teams run deep zone coverages where the safeties are 30 yards off the line coming forward. My defensive schemes are more aggressive with the safety playing 8 yards off the line and the other more in a roverback position keying on the tightend.

The middle is never left open in the D-Line unless I am baiting the coach to run a sneak. Sometimes you rather have a sneak happen on you instead of getting on the edge. That's where more damage can be done because you have less congestion.

But if you have a safety in open space at the start of the play, it at least lessen the likelihood of a team running a toss or sweep to that side of the field.

And like Raven Maniac said, there are still a lot of running lanes and passing lanes to do major damage in this style of play. You've just got to be able to execute when the time comes.

Reg