MIKE RUDE VIENNA HIGH SCHOOL VIENNA, IL. 8-MEN IN A BOX DEFENSE 2 8

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE I. Questions to ask as a defensive staff. A. Who do you have to beat to win your conference? B. List the offensive sets you will have to defend during the upcoming season. (continued)

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE 1. What sets will you see more than once? example: Carmi- Spread-Power I-Wing T CZR- Wishbone DBL Tite-Slot/Slot Eldorado- DBL Tite T Elverado- Doesn’t matter Carterville- Army Fairfield- Spread (shotgun)- Spread I Hamilton Co.- Spread (shotgun)- no backs Sesser-Valier- Pro Split-backs Cairo- Doesn’t matter

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE C. Who will be more athletic and harm us? Who will have more speed? Who will be more physical than us?

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE II. How are we going to create 8-Men in the box- what will be our base? A. 50 Front/SS makes #8

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE III. What type of players will we need to run these multiple fronts- will vary from year to year. A. Do we have players who can play a 6 Tech and play a flat dropper or M-T-M on a slot?

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE IV. How will we prepare our players to play multiple positions? A. Teach technique: NG-0/shade/123- zero will be base DT-5/4/3/2- 4 will be base OLB-9/6/7/wide 8/Drop-6 will be base ILB-30/20/10/2/0 stack S/S-Basic SS tech-plus 20 Stack *Toughest to teach- 7 Tech

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE B. Will we teach all DE to play a drop or M-T-M tech or will we substitute? C. Will we Flip-flop- Ohio State theory- Field and Foundry players?

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE V. Teaching Block Recognition-players need to know what blocks to expect when playing certain techniques. Example: 5 Tech DT- T/TE DBL (expect to be trapped) 3Tech DT/NG-G/T DBL (trap down front OT) 9 Tech DLB- TE/T “X” Block TE Down/FB kick out TE Down/Play side G-”G” *We will spend most of our defensive practice time reacting to and defending offensive blocks.

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE VI. Defensive Fronts: Base (50) 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 s/s E T N T E B B (white 0= outside)

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE (42) 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 s/s E T N T B B E

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE (3-5) 0 0 0 X 0 0 s/s T N T E B B E

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE SPLIT-6 0 0 0 X 0 0 E T N T s/s B B E

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE STACK 0 0 0 X 0 0 E T N T s/s B B E

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE Wide 6 0 0 0 X 0 0 E T B N T s/s B E

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE WOODY 0 0 0 X 0 0 E C T B N T s/s B E

VII. Discuss stemming from one front to another. Extremely effective-will cause tremendous confusion for offensive blockers. A. Look at examples of stemming. B. Offense may shift and force you to stem

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE VIII. Pass Coverage- this must be tied in with the defensive fronts- Coverages: 3- 3 deep zone coverage using a drop end 2- 2 deep zone 21- 2 deep zone with man-to-man under 1- man-to-man with free safety over the top 0- man-to-man NO free safety help 8- Robber coverage ( change up)

8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE IX. Stunting Game- We took our stunting terminology from our 3-5-3 and converted it to be used by all fronts. Discuss examples of the same stunt from different fronts. Example- slant stg/bear/cov 1. slant wk/shark/sara/cov 1. base wk/snake/wanda/cov o.

QUESTIONS VIENNA EAGLES 2008