BOTTLING UP THE RUN Complete D-Line Drills to Eliminate the Middle Running Game

by Ned Panfile
Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Line Coach - Mendham High School (NJ)
American Football Monthly May 2014 Issue Online

We run the Virginia Tech G defense as our base. We have melded that into the 4-2-5 and added 3-4 to our schemes. However, the G is where we start everything. Everything builds on the G. Our league has not made the transition to the spread offense, so we are part of a Delaware and I-zone league. We are not stopping the run on the way to the quarterback; rather, we are a read and react defense. Trends will change and we have adapted some new things to defend the spread offense. But, in our basi...Login to Read More

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