3 Reasons Why the 3-5-3 Stack Defense is a Great Defense 

I’ve met guys that already have a base defense they want to run before even meeting, let alone seeing the skill set of their players. Huge mistake every time. Build your defense around your talent. Wise words J.D

Thanks!

definitely could.

I think it's called YOUTH FOOTBALL ONLINE, not HIGH SCHOOL AND UP ONLINE.

I'm a high school defensive line coach...we run the 3-3. The key word you used is "IF" they have a good qb...the other part of that is they also have to have good receivers. We've survived playing cover 3 vs 2x2 because the reality is our pass rush was solid, qbs didn't have the luxury of simply sitting in the pocket, holding the ball, looking directly downfield while 4 wide receivers run a route with no obstruction. We also have our defense backs line up the same each play...only to bailout when they see the ball snap (zone cv)...and jam to inside (man cv). In those cases we went against a good pass team, we played a sort of inverted cover 4...both CBs bail deepest, single high safety bails twds strong side, will linebacker bails weakside (like a cover 2 drop but deeper)...defensive end on will lb side rushes b-gap, nickel safety rushes from c- gap. Like the offense, it's all about mixing it up so offenses don't automatically know how youre going to cover them in specific sets

@Brandon Knight You could also play quarters coverage by dropping 8 or sending one of the linebackers as the 4th rusher. It’s more versatile than you think.

coachschro20 hey coach, I coach kids ages 12-13.

R (Rip Linebacker)- right stack linebacker. L (Leo Linebacker)- left stack linebacker.

Depends on the offense. Wing T teams we might.

@@YouthFootballOnline well do you have them read either one is what I'm asking? Like if they aren't blitzing do you have them read the backs or do you have them read the guards? Or neither? Thank you for the response by the way

I wrote an article about how we defend the Double Wing Formation. Here you go- youthfootballonline.com/defending-the-double-wing-offense-monday/

The R is our RIP linebacker. He's our right stacked linebacker. When we want him to blitz we just say RIP.

Isn't it the Rover Line backer?

@@bobbyjohnson540 yeah that's what my highschool calls him

Na not really. You can go a cover 2 on this scheme and your blocking now becomes irrelevent.

I use it on the youth football level. However, several HS teams run this defense as well.

Pretty broad statement, how would you attack it? Care to elaborate? I’m guessing not... lol

What do you run offensively?

You sure about that??? I'm a high school defensive line coach. We run a 4-2-5 and a 3-3 stack....the number of tackle for loses and qb pressures we get from the 3-3 vs 4-2-5 are night and day. This guy is correct about how playing gaps in a 4 man front put your D-tackles at a disadvantage. So, we decided to line them head up over the guards....problem solved. The o linemen seem to play on their heels vs head up alignments and stacked looks. Hell, we rode the 3-3 to being conference champs..the school hadn't seen one since the 90s. It helped to have a damn good qb and running backs on the other side of the ball, but our defense gave up the fewest points in the conference. And the install of this defense and it's blitzes are so easy it's crazy.....having very good athletes (which we had) just makes it that more effective and faster

@@aoccham7214 Yes, the 3-3 is great, allows you to easily adjust to pretty much any offensive formation. Stacking the defensive linemen is great because you utilize a bunch of different slants and stunt combos. As you said, it keeps the O-linemen on their heels. Congrats, on a great season!

Couldn’t disagree more. This is a pretty solid defense. The trick is to coach up the D-Line on defeating the double team that would be inevitable at the point of attack and teach the skinny kids to read the double teams to ID the point of attack. The slants and stunts and movement would sow chaos and indecision in O-Line.

Paul Orr I like drawing the D on the top. Just my preference. Its common practice to draw D on the bottom, but in actually it doesn’t matter.