The 46 Bear Defense vs no-back sets. (Football).THE 46 OR BEAR DEFENSE is a highly flexible scheme that expands or constricts with the offense. As explained in my article in the January January: see month. 2002 issue, it is highly efficient against power sets, but-as will be explained-it can also be highly dynamic against no-back and three-back sets. Many variables are involved in defensing the no-back empty set. Before finalizing the game plan, you will be required to answer the following questions: 1. Do they use normal personnel? 2. Do they substitute personnel? 3. Does the offense come out in no-backs or do they motion or shift into them? 4. What protection scheme does it use? 5. How well can the QB run? 6. Do they keep the QB under the center or do they favor the gun? The answers to these questions will determine the defense. The best way to attack no-backs is with a Cover Bears (men free) with a 5-on-5 blocker/rusher ratio. The middle of the defense must have a 3-on-3 ratio with edge rushers facing the offensive tackles. Diags. 1 and 2 show the Cover Bears (man free) vs 3 Left and 3 Right. The cover rules are very simple: * Corners (C) -- man to man on #1. * Strong Safety ($) -- man to man on #2 weak. * Bandit bandit: see brigandage. (B) -- man to man on #2 strong. * Sam (1) (Security Accounts Manager) The part of Windows NT that manages the database of usernames, passwords and permissions. A SAM resides in each server as well as in each domain controller. See PDC and trust relationship. (S) - man to man on #3 to the three-receiver side. * Free Safety (FS) - hole/deep middle. Should the defense desire more than a 5-on-5 rush, it can apply more pressure by inserting in·sert tr.v. in·sert·ed, in·sert·ing, in·serts 1. To put or set into, between, or among: inserted the key in the lock. See Synonyms at introduce. 2. Sam into the rush and covering up with the Free Safety. This scheme would take the hold player out of centerfield n. 1. (Baseball) the part of the outfield directly ahead of the catcher. Noun 1. centerfield - the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center" center field, center , but with a 6-on-5 ratio the defense will be able to get a free runner runner or stolon, slender, creeping stem capable of taking root where its nodes touch the ground and thereby producing new shoots. The runner itself usually dies at the end of the season, leaving independent new plants. on the QB (Diag. 3). Diags. 3 and 4 show Weak Sam A/Cover Bears Sam vs 3 Right and Bears Sam Go/Cover Bears Sam vs 3 Left. Any motion to empty is easily handled. Vs back motion, the adjustment is made by Sam, who takes the back man to man. On motion toward the tight end (Diag. 5), we may choose to bump the back and have Bandit pick him up and Sam lock onto the tight end. Diag. 6 shows how we blitz blitz n. 1. a. A blitzkrieg. b. A heavy aerial bombardment. 2. An intense campaign: a media blitz focused on young voters. 3. to motion. The call ("blitz the motion") allows us to check into a 6-on-5 rush by inserting Sam into his gap responsibility and using the Free Safety to cover up on the motion man. The Bar package has various change-ups or tools with which to combat no-back sets. It also has other coverages, linebacker stunts, and line games that are highly effective against empty sets. (For more information on the 46 Bear Defense, refer to my book, Football's Attacking 46 Bear Defense, published by Harding Press.) |
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