03-23-2008, 06:44 PM
Question:
I happened to be digging in a pile of dusty books back in some PE roomat the school I coach at and found a classic, Installing FootballsWishbone T Attack. We're actually a broken bone team so I'm lookingforward to reading it.
On to my question. How do you defense the spread double slot tripleoption. I started by mirroring the defense which ended up looking likea 5-3. Can I still have the required balance of 3 defenders on themidline by sliding the nose back and playing a 4-4? Is it feasible tohave outside linebackers manned up on slots with option responsiblity?Is he in a position of conflict where he can't be right? Theathleticism of our OLB's isn't a concern at our level. They are similarathletes to the slots. Obviously zone pass defenses such as a Cover 3keep the safety from tackling at the line which is required if the QBis a runner. What other ways of defensing this attack are there thatI'm missing?
Homer Smith:
My manual on Optioning contains my ideas for defending againstoptioning. First, you line up to mirror, as much as possible, theoffensive formation. Then you move when they move. You cannot have asafety and you cannot man-up on deployed receivers. The triple beatsthis concept because it allows the QB to occupy two defenders,essentially. But you can line up to take away the triple-option read.
I happened to be digging in a pile of dusty books back in some PE roomat the school I coach at and found a classic, Installing FootballsWishbone T Attack. We're actually a broken bone team so I'm lookingforward to reading it.
On to my question. How do you defense the spread double slot tripleoption. I started by mirroring the defense which ended up looking likea 5-3. Can I still have the required balance of 3 defenders on themidline by sliding the nose back and playing a 4-4? Is it feasible tohave outside linebackers manned up on slots with option responsiblity?Is he in a position of conflict where he can't be right? Theathleticism of our OLB's isn't a concern at our level. They are similarathletes to the slots. Obviously zone pass defenses such as a Cover 3keep the safety from tackling at the line which is required if the QBis a runner. What other ways of defensing this attack are there thatI'm missing?
Homer Smith:
My manual on Optioning contains my ideas for defending againstoptioning. First, you line up to mirror, as much as possible, theoffensive formation. Then you move when they move. You cannot have asafety and you cannot man-up on deployed receivers. The triple beatsthis concept because it allows the QB to occupy two defenders,essentially. But you can line up to take away the triple-option read.