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

2. 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)

3. 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

4. 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?

5. 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

6. 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?

7. 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. 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?

9. 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.

10. 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)

11. 8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE
(42) X
s/s E T N T
B B E

12. 8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE
(3-5) X
s/s T N T
E B B E

13. 8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE
SPLIT-6 X
E T N T
s/s B B E

14. 8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE
STACK X
E T N T
s/s B B E

15. 8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE
Wide 6 X
E T B N T
s/s B E

16. 8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE
WOODY X
E C T B N T
s/s B E

17. 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

18. 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)

19. 8-MEN IN THE BOX DEFENSE IX. Stunting Game-
We took our stunting terminology from our 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.

20. QUESTIONS
VIENNA
EAGLES
2008