Where do we begin??....
1. First the St's (Stingers) Notice they are aligned 5-7 yards from the last man on the interior Line of Scrimmage. Their aiming point is the near hip of the closest running back. Their objective is to explode straight through and attack the the outside number of the running back by ripping through the number with their inside arm. We want the arm to come through the rear number. By doing this, we are creating an explosion that will bounce the stinger to the outside. This helps with containment. If stinger sees a wing to his side he is to attack through the hip knowing that the wing will disappear down. This means he is looking for the next back which will be the ball carrier on the sweep or the pitch on the option. The stinger notseeing a wing will aim at the nearest back in the backfield realizing that the back will either run away on the sweep in which he aims for the upfield shoulder of the QB on the waggle. If the Back leads straight up he squeezes looking for the number 2 back on the belly.
2. The LB's are in a man to man technique. First , they must always deny the inside release. (We are referring to the TE). By staying inside if the TE releases for the waggle it is a easy read and the LB will be in a good position to run with him. If the TE trys to block him down, the LB is to anchor the C gap. If no TE, LB plays Back in the backfield. This means if Back disappears on the sweep, the back will follow in the defensive backfield running with him. If Buck Sweep, LB will be meeting him in the hole. The only weakness is the inside reverse, however, the penetration of the Defensive Tackles will slow everything down for LB to react in which case one LB will fill immediately and the other LB will be in a position for cutback.
3. The Mike Backer plays the fullback. If the FB dives he tackles him. Again, the back is faking so by tackling him you eliminate the switch on the waggle pass. Staying on the Mike eliminates the dive, Helps fill the hole in the belly and means Mike has Dive on option.
4. Defensive Tackles and Nose Tackle.The alignment and penetration denys the Offensive Guards to get outside. If the Defensive tackles cannot get off the ball, we have problems. The coaching points are as follows: 1.Inside hand on the ground spliting the gap between the Guard and Tackle. This will mean the inside foot is back. They are in a sprinter's stance. They must drive outside arm hard on the snap. This will make the Tackle move past the Defensive Tackle who might try to cut him and get into the Guard's path. We do not want to wrong shoulder. We want to get chest to chest and make a collision if he is pulling into us. If he is pulling away, we want to run on his outside hip. When he runs into the collision we will be in position to run by the trash.
5. Cornerbacks.They will play hard man to man denying the inside release. We want them to be forced outside the play. This means it will take longer to run the flag with hands on them and it will also put us in good man to man position. If 2 tight Ends, they play the wing and Back TailBack. This is mainly to play size on size with the TE's. If they shift to a split end, the corners go with the wide receiver6.Free Safety.The Free Safety has it easy. Sit at 10 yards and wait for the ball to show. FS can play games, he is able to lock on the QB and play a 0 coverage. This puts even more pressure on the QB.
Ok fellows, let me have it. I know somebody will figure out how to run something so let me hear it!