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Simple Way to Add A 4-2-5 Front in a Base 33 Stack Defense

Simple Way to Add A 4-2-5 Front into A Base 33 Stack Defense
By Coach Sheffer

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When running a High School Defense how many fronts should you have in your arsenal?  Some might say just run one front while others say it's best to carry multiple.  While I can see both sides I do tend to lean more towards being able to carry multiple looks in your defense.  Today's post isn't going to focus on why you should carry multiple fronts, but on one simple way you could carry multiple fronts.  If you run a base 33 Stack/3-5-3 defense, or want to know more about it, and you would like a simple way to get into a 4-2-5 look this is the post for you.  

Base 33 Box


This is our "base" Stack front with our Nose head up on the Center, Ends head up on the Tackles and our Backers "Stacked" directly behind them at 3-4 yards deep.  In this particular example I have set our strength opposite the Tailback (more on why later).  The terms I will use today is Sam (Strong), Mike (Middle) and Will (Weak).  In our base we do have the Sam and Will switch sides based on strength calls.  

This past season we had the personnel on Defensive Line that we felt comfortable bringing in 4 linemen for our 4-2-5 package.  This year we are a bit inexperienced on our line so we may or may not feel comfortable with 4 down linemen.  So how could a coach show a new front without changing personnel?

Storm (Over)


Vs a team that runs a lot of Inside/Outside Zone concepts I like the Storm Front or what many Even Front defenses might call Over.  Weakside end will take outside shade of the OT, Nose will shade to the weak side of the Center while the Strong Side end will move in to outside shade of the OG.  The Sam will walk up to outside shade of the OT to the strong side and now basically becomes a stand up end.  Mike will have Strong A gap responsibility while the Will will have Weak B gap responsibility.  I like this front VS IZ/OZ because theoretically if the front line can hold their gap there should be at least one Backer who can move freely and be a free hitter.  


Thunder (Under)


A second way to add an Even Front to your Stack Defense is to go Thunder (Under).  This is basically the opposite of the Storm front, where now we shift the Line over Strong and walk down our Will backer as a stand up end.  Now Mike has weak side A gap while Sam has Strong side B.  I would say that I prefer using the Storm front vs a team that likes to run IZ/OZ and potentially would like the Thunder front vs a team that likes to run Zone Read/RPO's.  

So to recap, if you run a Base 33 Stack/3-5-3 defense who isn't afraid to break the Stack and are looking for ways to present multiple fronts then the Storm and Thunder fronts might be worth a look at.  If you have any questions feel free to contact me on Twitter @darrinsheffer 

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