We've been in a 6-3 all season. It's been very successful. The #1 team tore us up with their jet sweep, off tackle action. Looking at a 4-4 as a change-up defense that allows us to remain much the same.
This is an additional D, not a replacement. We will still base out of 63.
We are small in our league, a couple great athletes, alot of good athletes. We play with great attitude. Lots of ball hawks, even if they don't have high ability.
In our 6-3. Here are our position setups.
Mike - #2 D player. Smartest, and great nose for the ball. Good speed. Not real Big. Sure tackler.
W LB - #1 Athlete. Athletic ball-hawk, plays slow if he needs to think. (That's why he isn't the Mike)
S LB - Younger LB. Good nose for the ball. Solid tackler, decent speed. Has "Want to"
W DE - Small kid. Built like a CB, but super aggressive, so he is really good at attacking the edge.
S DE - Big Kid. (My RG for UBSW) Does good at compressing sweep and blowing up lead blockers.
Note - As you can see, i balanced my D, by putting my best kid on the W OLB along with my smaller DE. My best DE is matched with my smaller LB.
W DT - Oldest kid. Big tall, aggressive. Best with hand in dirt.
S DT - Similar to W DT, 1st year playing, he has progressed well and does a great job of attacking through the line.
DGs - I rotate here. I have a couple younger kids that start here, that will be good DEs/DTs next season. Rotate about 6 kids in here.
CBs - One CB is a long fast kid, decent tackler. Natural Safety. I have 2-3 more kids that are kinda all the same. Not real fast, but good tacklers and can read and play the ball well.
My thoughts are basically, when i switch to the 4-4 stack. The natural thing is to just move my DEs to OLB. The biggest threat against us from the #1 team is sweep, off tackle, and counter out of their jet-sweep. Essentially every formation consists of a play with a QB keeper option off of it. Based on my kid descriptions above, see what you think about my position moves.
Looking to put my 2 best defenders at the OLB spots. Then my S LB and my big S DE at Mike and Will. DT's become the DEs, DGs, the DTs. My Speed CB is moving to Safety. The W DE will go back to CB.
So after that big diatribe. My tendency is to put my top athlete at R (WOLB), my smaller younger LB at Will, my Big Smart Aggressive DE at Mike, and my 63 Mike at S (SOLB).
I appreciate your thoughts.
Kent Sugg
Bridge Creek, OK
Personally I dont see how it will help. I would suggest you look at the Split 4-4 of JR Titan. Secondary is very similar to Jacks and, at least for me, the transition back and forth was fairly easy to coach!
Just Sayin! 😉
Not MPP... ONE TASK! Teach them! 🙂
Personally I dont see how it will help. I would suggest you look at the Split 4-4 of JR Titan. Secondary is very similar to Jacks and, at least for me, the transition back and forth was fairly easy to coach!
Just Sayin! 😉
Agreed.
"Whether you think you can, or cannot, you're probably right."
Revisiting this. Looking back my motive was really a personnel adjustment more than anything. It helped against the off tackle but opened up the sweep some. Wasn't a productive switch for us. Only ran it for a couple series. Didn't like what I saw. Lesson learned for me.
Kent Sugg
Bridge Creek, OK