Instead, Ryan coined the term 46 defense because his strong safety on that Bears team, Doug Plank, wore number 46. The 46 defense in football, created by long-time coach Buddy Ryan, propelled the Chicago Bears teams of the 1980s. As hard as it is to pressure a spread offense normally, its extra hard when theyve seen your gameplan blitzes for three quarters and your big men have been chasing them around for 50+ snaps. He lined up directly in front of the weak-side tackle and a couple yards back. The Mike will be in the 40-Tech to the field, and the Will now aligns in the 40-Tech to the boundary. Its very effective when teams use compressed sets, where they line up with two backs in the backfield, and two or threetight ends(what's called a 22-or 23-personnel grouping respectively). It was designed to leave the cornerbacks in man coverage 90 percent of the time, while the FS was left on an island playing a deep zone. Old becomes new with the inverted Tampa 2. You can actually observe a similar dimension to Iowa State this season, who began to mix in more zone blitzes into their package last year and this year regularly dial up big pressures. The 46 defense can quickly crumble if the personnel doesnt fit the scheme. ESPN SportsCentury, "Bears' 46 Defense" (2004) [TV]. Because their aggressive blitzes are paired with the ultra-conservative inverted Tampa 2 structure and style, it tends to work out pretty well. With Wisconsin that flexibility comes from always having four linebackers on the field, the linebackers are versatile and can blitz into any gap or drop into any (or most any) of the underneath zone roles. Could Be Thrown Against - The 46 defense was designed to create pressure, but if the offense is able to withstand that pressure, it could be a long game ahead for the defense. Force major adjustments in run and pass-blocking schemes. The obvious key to pressuring modern spread offenses is to do so as efficiently as possible and without having to involve the guys on the back end in transparent fashions. In 20 pers., the offense can use the "H" to attack either side of the defense, reading the overhangs to determine . The free safety is really the key to the secondary in a 46 defense. Zone coverage could be deployed as well, and in many of these cases, the strong safety might drop back into coverage to help out. The 46 defense was an innovative defense with a unique defensive front, designed to confuse and put pressure on the opposing offense, especially their quarterback. The 46 defense moves quickly and wears out the offensive line with many pass rushers. Buddy's son, Rex Ryan, and the New York Jets ran it occasionally in 2009, but its not their base defense and they have a very gifted secondary. But even though its a defense that was designed for the most skilled players at the most advanced level of the game, the 46 defense can still be used by youth football teams. The Jack and Sam will have responsibility of pulling the OTs to them in pass protection. That leaves two cornerbacks and a free safety to cover the rest of the field. The secondary is also down a man in a 46 defense, with the strong safety at the line of scrimmage and acting more like a defensive lineman. The Rover is an. Ronnie Perkins and Jalen Redmond are both smaller DL that could get into trouble if regularly caught with double teams and shoved around over the course of the game, but its hard to get double teams against the 5-1/46 defense. The eight-man front made it extremely difficult to run against the 46, but it was vulnerable to short passing routes. Defensive coaches are often very aggressive in temperament, and TO as Wells affectionately refers to his former assistant Todd Orlando, is certainly an energetic and aggressive figure. The Badgers draw Ohio State in the coming weeks and if they pass that test and reach the playoffs theyll eventually face Alabama, LSU, Clemson, someone that can really test whether their coverages are going to hold up or not. The 46 defense, sometimes written 4-6 defense, is still used today, but not very often. All rights reserved. The D-Line can be defined as a Defensive End, a 3-Tech and a Nose. Steve Dykes. By running the ball effectively, you can open up your passing game against the 46 defense. Both players will line up about five yards off the line of scrimmage, directly over the offensive tackles. Again, the defense can play Swipe or Exchange. Here are some of the hangups with the Wisconsin method, though. Up front, teams still use the concept of the "T-N-T" alignment, where two defensive ends are covering (lined up directly across from) the guards, and a nose tackle is covering the center. But that tackle has quite the blocking task, as he could see intense pressure from either the defensive end or the Sam on any given play. Hard to Fully Grasp - While the 46 defense can be implemented in a base formation without a lot of wrinkles, it is most effective when those wrinkles are implemented. Its just not meant to be a base defense in todays game, where more and more teams use some version of the spread offense. Those kind of guys are hard to come by. (Moving on) Umm, thats a solid question, I respect that. There are three things we talk to our defensive players about in regards to the spread and defense in general - numbers, leverage, and matchups. Since the spread offense is so common, it would be challenging for a 46 defense to succeed. So the Sooners arent exactly blitzing, really theyre using the 46 defense as a starting point on passing downs and an ending point on standard downs. Thats because in addition to the nose tackle, defensive tackle and two defensive ends, the strong safety and Sam will align themselves at the line of scrimmage on every play. Not adjusted to the offensive formation. They cannot get beat, or the offense could have an easy touchdown. This concept allows the Defensive Coordinator to put pass-rushers in a position to be successful in one-on-one pass situations. The first thing we'll look at is the line D-Tackle right on the nose (For Michigan this is Mike Martin, for the 85 Bears it was William "Refrigerator" Perry). Most 46 defense run man-to-man coverage against the pass. This is also a great front to run vs. the Zone Read teams, as the stack backer can sit for cut-back on flow away. Instead of calling 3Z, we make a Tracy call, which tells the Strong Safety to now drop inside of #2. This blitz notably used BJ Foster (lined up on the line) and Brandon Jones (out at nickel) to get a free run at Burrow for middle linebacker Jeff McCulloch, who couldnt get there in time. Many a Big 12 QB will see single-high and just fire off a fade route to whichever of his receivers have the best matchup, or whichever one is furthest from the deep safety. Regardless of whether or not a Tight End is part of the formation, we will have one defender to defend each gap presented by the offense. The Sooners play some quarters and some cover 3, they aim to win games with their play up front like Wisconsin and they rely in particular on having athletic linebackers around the box all the time. We do this with our Hawk (Jayhawk) and Cub (Ace) fronts. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); [] like the 46 Defense was named after the stout defense of the 1985 Chicago Bears, the Tampa 2 defense was named after []. Most other defenses get their names from the number of defensive linemen and linebackers, but the 46 defense gets its name elsewhere. Another key feature of the 46 is that both outside linebackers tend to play on the strong side of the formation. On a lot of plays, there will be too many defenders for the offense to block. Is that what the direct question was? No defenders are placed over the offensive tackles, instead a defensive end is placed to the outside shoulder of the left tackle and old number "46", who is a cross between a linebacker and a. If you watch the coverage behind Wisconsins pressures you can tell that they regularly benefit from how effective that pressure is at confusing the QB and forcing him off his spots. Quarters coverage can solve for that problem by getting more safeties in the deep field and putting the free safety on the hash mark. As you can imagine with this alignment, thats a whole lot of bodies up front. No other Defensive alignment can do that. The middle linebacker lines up about four to four and a half yards behind the line of scrimmage and directly in front of the strong offensive tackle. This is another reason Buddy was an innovator. It can be advantageous when the 46 defense has all the right parts working. Then theres the looks that theyre always creating after the snap on first and second down: Heres how that confusing mess looks on the chalkboard: After the snap, Oklahoma creates a 5-1 front with the middle linebacker (Kenneth Murray) blitzing into the place where a 46 defensive tackle would be and the safeties dropping down to match the inside receivers (TE Y and slot H) and clean up behind while the nickel drops as the single-high deep safety. In Chicago, he had Dan Hampton lined up over center, and in Philadelphia, the defensive tackle over the center was the late, great, Reggie White. Responsibilities for all players in the secondary are pretty simple and similar to what they are in other defensive alignments. West Virginia has been running a fair amount of fire zone this year, obviously it hasnt saved them. Both of these men were so strong, and such excellent pass rushers, that they could collapse the offensive pocket by themselves, even when they were taking on two blockers. And therefore, would only be a good fit for youth football teams who defend the run more often, or for more advanced teams against run-heavy offensive formations. Heres a hint for Tom Herman, its not the zone blitz. Football 101 - Spill vs. The coach says Set- Go, and the WRs run their routes. Spread Option - In a different way than the heavy passing of the air raid offense, the spread option looks to run the ball first. While the spread looks to use space and options to attack their opponent rather than size up front, the 8-3 defense eschews trying to "line up sound and make 'em beat us" and instead looks to win on a mental level through disguise, dictation, and disruption. And thats a major challenge not for Keith Patterson, not for Todd Orlando, but for every D-coordinator in this league every Saturday, which makes it a big challenge to play defense in this league. However, their normal formula has been off of late and the competition is going to be tougher in 2020 than it ever has before. The entire basis behind the alignment is that different defenders will do different things every play. Spread Formations; Coaching the Rat in Cover 1; SCIF vs. Seam; Diguising Blitzes in the 3-3 Stack; 4-2-5 Basics: Run Fits vs. 2 Back Formations The defensive ends line up at each end of the defensive line. Cover all possible pass patterns while continuing to pressure the QB. Too many defensive coaches these days move into a front where they cover both guards and center, and say we are in the 46, but they are not. A weakness of the 46 defense is that with eight defensive players lining up near the line of scrimmage and only three in the secondary, it leaves areas open for receivers to catch passes. One the weak side, the defensive end lines up outside of the tackle. "- Buddy Ryan, Chicago Bears former defensive coordinator and creator of the 46. In fact, I don't know whether we're good enough to put it on with a four-man rush. The defense put a defender directly in front of every lineman, making it difficult to execute second level blocking. TOs gonna bring 7, were gonna bring 7 at times, which means there aint no free safety back there, my man. The best drill for working Swipe and Exchange is simple. Wasnt the 46 what Virginia Tech used to beat Ohio state in 2014? In many ways its a more flexible system and more safe on the back end than what Wisconsin runs, but the cost is that you have fewer 220+ pound dudes that can rip through a RB or poorly set OL and go get the QB. But you have to run on it. The goal of this defense is to attack the quarterback with overwhelming numbers. The 46 defense keeps offenses on their toes and makes them adjust their game to an alignment they probably havent seen too often. The four defensive linemen allow the defense to stay even and adjust with the linebackers and secondary. The only difference between the 4-2-5 and the 4-3 defensive schemes is that the strong side Defensive End will play head up or shaded inside against a Tight End, handling the C-Gap, as opposed to crashing from the outside of the Tight End. Six men line up on the defensive line. This player is the last player you want to have to make a play. Outnumber the tackle-to-tackle blocking schemes at the point of attack. The primary tactic is to rush between five and eight players on each play, either to get to the quarterback quickly or disrupt running plays, although dropping some players back into pass coverage after seemingly indicating that they will blitz (see zone blitzing) is another method of creating confusion. However, with the players who have the necessary . The weak-side defensive end will have C gap and outside contain responsibilities. Concerning Sports, [] Patterson is in better shape. [4] The eight man line that the 46 presented was most effective against the two back, two wide receiver sets common in the 1980s. No part of this site may be reproduced in whole or in part in any manner without the permission of the copyright owner. The underneath droppers need to understand they can be late to coverage, as that puts them in great underneath trail position. This player needs to be able to read plays quickly and effectively and react. Tactics: Anti-spread schemes Chavis' 4-3 defense is pretty standard and similar to what you see at other programs across the country. Since the offense has the ball, they can choose how to run plays. Sam: Zack Baun, 6-3, 230. Instead of the normal 3Z, where there are 7 droppers, we will now just drop 6, with the Jack and Sam Spying the back. In addition, its easy to drop either the strong safety or Sam back into coverage, either to allow the Mike linebacker to blitz or to provide extra protection against passing plays. It can still be helpful today if used in the right situation. The Sam Safety needs to be a bigger Safety type, that can drop down in the box, and play a #3 WR man-to-man. In reality, the 46 defense is an iteration of the 4-3 base defense. 4-2-5 Defense vs Spread - 22 Formations. The "mike" backer lines up directly across from the strong-side tackle and two yards back. While this was a great alignment to stop the run and pressure the QB, it was tough to keep all the coverage rules in tact as now the Will and SS were in un-natural spots on the field in reference to strong and weak sides, and had to learn more. Those teams fielded some of the best front-seven defenses ever, and included such players as Jerome Brown, Mike Singletary, Steve McMichael, Richard Dent, Dan Hampton, Clyde Simmons, Reggie White, Otis Wilson, Seth Joyner, William Fuller, and Wilber Marshall. The idea was this, theyd play 3-down with eight defenders off the ball and then alternate between playing drop eight coverage or blitzing as many as six or seven defenders. Below are diagrams of Cover 3 against a pro formation and a spread formation. So, you would have to ask these defensive coordinators but, either you better drop back and try to defend him or you better go after him and try to pressure him. No modern team has the talent to run this defense effectively. Youre playing a base defense all the time but you can manufacture pressure by confusing the offense about which four are going to come and from what angles. No ball needs to be thrown, only work the drill to where the underneath defenders are in good position, and the deep defender is over the top, in good position. Rub or mesh our DBS when we are in man. The two cornerbacks are in isolated man-to-man coverage. He. This allowed the defense to keep all of the coverages in tact, without changing a lot of rules for the players. Uh, that was a straight 46 though backed by cover zero. This is largely because of multiple receiver and spread formations. He was a mastermind at disguising coverages and creating havoc in the backfield. If you play Single Coverage, you get a 5-man rush, again with the one-on-one match-ups up front. The strong-side LB joins the weak-side LB. You can run a simpler iteration that could still make your team famous for its ferocious defense. This was difficult for many teams at the time because most offensive passing games centered on the play-action pass, a situation that often favored the defense even further with the quarterback lined up to receive the snap from directly behind the center. That team was a dominating force, with its defense helping to lead the team to a 15-1 record and a Super Bowl championship. During run plays, his objective is to protect against reverses and counters. Weve seen a lot of teams try this in the Big 12, including teams with talent levels like Michigan, Penn State, and Ohio State can field (Texas and Oklahoma). The fact is, the 4-3 Defense also turns into a 4-2-5 look when you start spreading . Bump and run can allow the defense to take away the quarterback's immediate decision-making ability, by disrupting the timing of short routes needed to make a quick throw to beat the 46 defense.[5]. How do you create a safe pressure blitz in the Big 12? 5 TFL, 5 sacks, 3 PBU. The 4-6 defense was created by Buddy Ryan to stop the ground game in the 1980's as well as provide a pass rush that couldn't be stopped. The dual 3-techs will cause a problem for zone blocking schemes, and the outside rushers should cause the QB to give. One of the key cogs in the defense is the weak side defensive end. The 46 itself has three. But what made the 15-1 Bears so dominant? Five defenders will always be defending the pass, and one of the extra defensive linemen can always drop back into coverage, too. Cornerbacks: The corners will line up on the line of scrimmage in bump and run coverage, or at times will line up seven to eight yards off of the line in front of their receivers in man-free coverage. Learn more about the development of these juggernaut Big 12 offenses in my book: How different is Grinchs OU defense from what he was doing at WSU? Ryan also used the 46 defense as the head coach with the Philadelphia Eagles and as defensive coordinator with the Houston Oilers. Strong side, the defense has a 3-2 Mix with the Strong Safety, Mike and CB taking the 2 WRs. Ryan would use all of these rushers to out-man and overwhelm the offense. Covering up both guards and the center limits your ability to use double teams to get that strong vertical push up front. spread try to do. Find holes in our zone coverage. https://matchquarters.com, PsalmOneTree (political/theology blog) with the 3-5-3/3-3-5. As a result, offensive lineman must possess the ability to pull outside, receivers must be willing to block, and the quarterback should be able to tuck it and run in certain situations. The free safety lines up more than 25 yards behind the line of scrimmage and is the last line of defense. Jaworski, Ron, Cosell, Greg, and Plaut, David, Schweitzer, Preston & Tornabene-Zalas, Art. It hasnt borne the same kind of results that it does in B1G country. Meanwhile, Oklahoma has a bunch of talented athletes up front that they love to bring on different twists and s, so Baylor better have Connor Galvin healthy and everyone well repped on picking this stuff up or []. A 46 defense is a type of defense used by the Chicago Bears in the 1980s to stop the run and create a dominant pass rush. Unlike most defensive formations that take their names from the number of defensive linemen and linebackers on the field (i.e. For example, the strong safety could assume either the charley or the jack linebacker role. A few years later, the 46 Alignment changed by keeping the SS to the TE side, putting him in the 9-tech, moving the Sam Backer to the 7-Tech, and keeping the Will backer to the weak side in the 40-tech. Its not a hard defense to teach as a base defense, because the responsibilities are relatively simple and straightforward, as well soon see. Stacks the Line of Scrimmage - In addition to the four normal down defensive linemen, two other players a strong safety and linebacker will start each play at the line of scrimmage. Don't let the fact that the Double Eagle Flex turns into a 4-2-5 Defense when you face Spread opponents. A basic principle of football is that the team on offense largely has control over the game. If the D-line is dominant, and Georgia's was, the defense can use the depth of the Safeties in a two-high shell to counter play-action, pre-snap motion, or RPO passes. There are really only 2 ways to pass block vs. a 46 front concept. In 1984 this system produced 72 quarterback sacks, and in 1985, when they made their Super Bowl run, the defense had a six game streak, where, on average they only gave up 4.5 points per game, and during the playoffs only allowed 10 points over three games. http://www.footballstudyhall.com, MatchQuarters.com (schematics on the ubiquitous over-quarters defense) The extra two players at the line of scrimmage can open up space for receivers to find. The basic Spy Coverage would be using the Sam and Jack (weak side rush backer) to spy the back (Jesse). Because of this, the 46 defense has been used in many different iterations at the professional and collegiate levels by coaches who wish to replicate its success. The 85 Bears defense set NFL records for most forced turnovers and the fewest yards, points, and first downs given up in a season. The 46 defense is just a 4-3 defense with a major wrinkle, and as such, it has many of the same strengths as the 4-3 defense does. Grinchs version is more disguised, has more counters, and is more conservative in general. Texas has tried it from 3-3-5 and 3-2-6 packages with a lot of negative results. Unlike other defensive alignments out there, the 46 defense is not named for the number of players at each level of the defense. Here is a bit of trivia before we get into how the 46 defense worked, and why we dont see it much anymore: The name "46" Defense didnt come from the alignment of the players on defense; it came from free safety Doug Plank, who wore jersey number 46, and was a hybrid free safety slash linebacker in Buddy Ryans system. The strong safety and Sam will be funneling runners back to the middle of the field, so the Mike needs to see where any hole develops in doing so, and then fill that hole. This would be the Wisconsin method but backed by quarters coverage rather than cover 3. The cornerbacks will line up over the wide receivers, with the free safety as the only man lined up deep. This is the only gap along the line of scrimmage that isnt occupied by a defensive lineman in a 46 defense. When the Miami Dolphins gave the Bears their only loss of the 1985 season, Miami exploited these weaknesses with quarterback Dan Marino's quick release of the ball, and their receivers' ability to beat the one-on-one coverage of Chicago's cornerbacks.[6]. Texas runs the tite front on defense, which utilizes three big DL across the front, so weve yet to see a team attempt to play positionless quarters behind a 2-4-5 like Wisconsin plays. All you need is your three defenders, and two WRs. As any good Coordinator will tell you, getting lined up correctly is half the battle. The cornerbacks will defend the receivers in man-to-man coverage or drop back and cover an area of the field in zone coverage. The strong side defensive end lines up on the outside shoulder of the strong side guard. This gives the illusion of Single Coverage. Thats because its associated with possibly the greatest defense in the history of the National Football League the 1985 Chicago Bears. The reality is that you dont have to run the 46 defense to the same extent that the Chicago Bears did. The formation was very effective in the 1980s NFL because it often negated a team's running game and forced them to throw the ball. Content copyright 2021. real46defense. With offenses taking a player out of the run game and putting him into passing concepts, the defense has to adjust, so we need to take a run-defender out of the box to help in pass, yet still maintain the principles of the 46 to play great defense. Kenneth Murray wasnt great at diagnosing and filling in Mike Stoops two-gap defense, but hes hell on wheels in this scheme where hes turned into an attacking piece that regularly stunts and blitzes. Heres how their four starting linebackers are doing this season through six games: Jack: Noah Burks, 6-2, 241. With 7 defenders in the box, and only 5 blockers, this play should become invalid. -Designed by Thrive Themes| Powered by WordPress. It is a simple defense to learn and teach, and also allows your players to play fast and . The basic idea of the 46 defense is that the defensive tackle lines up over the center, the other defensive tackle lines up over the right guard, and a defensive end lines up over the left guard. The defensive tackle lines up on the weak-side guard. Do it! The 46 defense is most effective against compressed offenses but vulnerable on spread offenses since there are just three defensive backs guarding against the pass. The Wolverines are the most aggressive and exotic of these teams. The 46 defense was created by former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan in the 1980s. [10], Coaching Football's 46 Defense (The Art & Science of Coaching Series) (Paperback) by Rex Ryan, Last edited on 26 December 2022, at 02:00, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Maynard proud of record for most punts in Super Bowl", "One & Done: Thirty years ago, Dolphins ruined Bears' perfect season", A blast from the past: remember Chicago's 46 defense? If so, you'll love my daily "Football Coaching" emails. This allows him to contain runs on the outside, to blitz, or to drop into multiple coverages on the pass. Most of their best defensive performances in the last three years under Orlando have come either from playing more inverted Tampa 2 and not being as aggressive (Oklahoma State in 2016 and 2018), or going up against run-centric spread teams that couldnt protect very well (Iowa State and Georgia in 2018). By drop back and try to defend him Gundy meant the various drop eight schemes like the inverted Tampa 2 scheme introduced by Iowa State. 46 Defense Keys and 2-Back Run Fits Versus 2-Back formations, where the fullback inserts into the line of scrimmage is extremely important. For instance, theres the third down looks that Oklahoma plays and which I mentioned earlier this week: Thats a straight bear front that then morphs into a typical four-down pressure after the snap while the jack linebacker drops into coverage (reading the RB). The Bears' defense coordinator, Buddy Ryan, designed the 46 defense when he arrived in Chicago in 1978. After Buddy Ryan designed this play in 1978, the Chicago Bears went on to win the NFC Central in 1984 and 1985 and the Super Bowl in 1985. One of the big challenges though is simply that spread formations, tempo, and smart QB play tied to smart coordination make it hard for defenses to both disguise where a blitz is coming from and also to cover up all of the outlets the QB has in response. It's really the most singular innovation in defensive football in the last twenty years. I mean that your blitz package needs to have every type of blitz if you wanted to rely on it in your philosophy, because it seemed that Wells was suggesting that bringing only one, or a few, types of blitz means youre going to get caught and killed. A talented crew can make many a defensive formation work well. The Bears' run defense was top two in both run and overall defense every year from 1984-1988. I also had a brief back and forth with Matt Wells on this topic: Besides your berserker (Wells term of endearment) friend Todd Orlando, theres been a lot of coaches known for being on the cutting edge of blitzing. This is a really sensible way of doing things. TCU is the closest you get to that but they are more of a true 4-2-5, even though their DEs often stand-up and occasionally drop into zone coverage. When the offenses were huddling, you could find the TE, or Strong Guard, or 2 WR side, and make a front call to the offenses strong side, and get lined up. The weak LB now aligned to the strong side, inside the Tight End with the Sam Backer aligning outside the Tight End. In terms of approach, not personnel or results. The nose tackle will have A gap responsibilities, most of the time to the strong side of the offense. (Full Explanation), What is 21 Personnel in Football? Still, the 46 defense has its place in todays game. To note, there is nothing particularly innovative about this particular set of assignments. The weak-side defensive tackle and strong-side defensive end will have primary B gap responsibilities.
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