Untitled - Fast and Furious Football

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advocates. and that is to throw an onside screen
pass to the back, who must always block one of
the flve mshers. Maling the
liable threat puts five receivers into six defensive
backs and makeB the advantage of pass defendersjust
over 17%. Agure 12 shows a dropback
pass from a formation with a tight end split. ff
the tailback is in a double-read on the right side,
and ifthe tullback is a viable screen threat on the
leli, the defem€ mu.st defend against five rcceivers.
Mouse Davis, th€ leading advocate ofthe mnand-shoot,
has perfect€d a way to get a blocker
on any defender cov€ring a screen rcceiver manfor-man.
The screen is very important in getting
lhe ratio between pass defendem and recervers
back to where it favors the offense.
Gonclusion
A bigger problem than finding plays for the basic
forrn olthis Double Eagle defense is frnding plays
for the vadations ofii. The creatorofthe defense
uses the basic look as a base fmm which to iaurco
all kinds of forays into other designs.
Throughout football hiBtory defemive coacheg
have tried to poBition their playe$ so l,tat blocking
is more difficult than shedding blockers. The
46 defense has shut down offenses that had comparable
talent and plenty oftime to practice. Most
offensive coaches can defeat defenseB as long as
they have the chalk, but this defense Beems to
hold its own on the chalkboard without a defensive
coach in the rcom.
-1988 Summer Manual. Cocch Snith b offewive coordinato. at the Univercity ofAriz w"