2LD Defense - Gregory Double Wing

The Tackles should play a tough Eagle technique against their opposite numbers.The Strong Tackle will get double-teamed from either direction, trapped orwedged. He must play under control, hitting and reacting. His initial chargeshould rip the inside shoulder of the tight end. The best response to the doubleteam is to submarine and cause a pile-up, grabbing ankles along the way. If theman over him disappears, he must think "TRAP", stay low, and anticipate theangle block. A Wedge play should see him submarining again to cause a bigpile-up.The Nose faces a similar situation, if anything more likely to see Traps andWedges coming his way. He will also face a down-block from the insideoffensive tackle when the offensive guard over him pulls on the Sweep or Off-Tackle play, and possibly a down-block from the center on a delayed Trap.Again, play it low and slow -- that is, under control -- and pile things up whentwo or more men try to block you.Your 2L defenders in the Core should play at least five yards off the LOS. Quickhitting plays are not the threat here, and that extra split-second to read andreact can make all the difference against the delayed misdirection of the SingleWing. Your Mike and Will 2L defenders share a common key triangle. Don’t betoo concerned about false keys -- the reads I'm about to give you are nearlyfoolproof, because very few Single Wing teams can be bothered to install truekey-breakers for these keys. The Mike and Will defenders read both offensiveguards (the men over your Nose and Weak Tackle in the diagram on Page 1)through to the blocking back (the back just between and behind the inside andoutside offensive tackles) for Mike and the fullback for Will. They are headingwhere the ball is going, especially when all three move in the same direction.When all three head toward the wingback, it's Sweep, Off-Tackle or RunningPass (a naked Reverse is possible, but that's why your Backside End is trailingthe play). When all three head away from wing, you're looking at an outsideplay to the weak side -- maybe a Spin Reverse. When any two of the threemove in opposite directions, think Trap and Counter inside.Len (or Ron against a Single Wing Left formation) has his own key triangle -- thewing, the tight end, and the blocking back. If the wing tries to clip the StrongEnd, Len yells "CRACK-CRACK". If he goes in motion weak or disappears to theweak side at the snap, Len yells "WING-WING". If the wing, tight end and/orblocking back release outside or straight downfield for a pass, Len yells "PASS-PASS" and executes his Max or Cover assignment. If Mike and Will hear Len call"WING-WING" and observe their key triangle moving weak-side, the Reverse ison; if the key triangle splits and moves in both directions, it's an inside CounterTrap.84