re: Why isnt this strategy used for stoping the spread NFL runners

This is pretty much what Crutchfield did at South Plaq. It works if the other teams are terrible....

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You do realize that these guys (Newton, Wilson, & Colin) are not Tebow and can actually toss a football right?

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You put the kind of pressure the OP is calling for and the defense is still going to get slammed. It may work on a few plays but in the long run the big plays will frick them.

An NFL defense cannot man press on all receivers and not get beaten deep a lot. In college that may be different since so many QBs suck but none of the above and RG3 have weak arms either physically or accuracy-wise.

If you want to send LBs to blitz as opposed to spy in zone you are going to let TEs/slot receivers/backs annihilate you over the middle. NFL teams in this era have freaks at these positions.

Oh and every now and then a QB will still be able to squeak out of the backfield and RBs will still break into the second level (and if the LBs are overly aggressive and miss their gaps a would-be 3 yard gain turns into 12. Oh and your secondary is being roughed up playing man so make that 25 yards. Oh and maybe the ball carrier is the rested speedy all-purpose backup who's spelling the bruiser, make that a 60-yarder).

So yeah maybe you limit the effectiveness of the read-option but you cause systemic disaster that an NFL coaching staff can easily counter on the fly.

The best defense in today's NFL isn't a scheme, it's just to be as competent at as many things as possible. Same with offense.

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Oh and your secondary is being roughed up playing man so make that 25 yards.

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That's the biggest obstacle to playing man and sending pressure. You have one backer playing spy, etc but if the QB takes off and he misses the tackle, it's an easy first down and possibly 20 plus yards.

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Maybe they could teach the DE not to crash on the RB so easily on every option play

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Defensive ends should just knock the shite out of the quarterback on every option play just like in high school. 5 or 6 clean hits into the game on a teams 100 Million dollar guy will make them rethink this play calling.

4-2-5 is a nickle defense

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4-2-5 works in high school and some colleges. NFL is a different animal. You can't just run man all game that's just dumb

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Again, the OP is not describing a 4-2-5.

Even if he was, you seem to think that the 4-2-5 is obligately man coverage, when in realty cover 3 is used the more frequently (SS to strong side flat, weak CB to weakside flat, CB on strongside to deep 3rd, FS deep third, WS to deep third).

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GhostBuster6

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Ted Roof, is that you?

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That's a common misconception. The alignment of the nickel is 4-2-5, but there's also a defense specifically named the 4-2-5 (made famous at the collegiate level by Gary Patterson of TCU). It's not the same as the nickel because it actually uses 3 safeties instead of 3 corners. It's much more akin to a 4-3 defense, except the "Will LB" is more at rover depth, and this player is the strong safety. The equivalent of the SS in a 4-3 in the 4-2-5 is the weak safety.

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Wasn't it Bud Foster who made this famous

I was describing what he wanted to run the OP stated run bump and run man all game I didn't.

It really depends on the DC. Some coaches will use a Safety and some will not. But the safety really isn't a safety he's just like you said a rover. A combo LB/safety.

mind blown.