re: Why You Can't "Stack the Box" vs. Auburn (with graphics/pics)

quote:

---

Stacking the box means having more defenders than they can block

---

Oh really? So that defines stacking the box? No, not really.

good post, however i would have at least considered using a 5 man front, that's the thing that I was most dissapointed in.
You mentioned pick your posion... for Au it is cam newton and this guy is a runner.
Hes not a bad passer, but as he has proven, his strength is carrying the football.

Take away one aspect of their offense and dare them to beat you with the other.
It was at least worth a look.

quote:

---

We chose to play them with 5 DBs most of the game. If you went "big" in terms of bringing in LBers, you have major liabilities in pass coverage.

Yes, our secondary is the best part of our team, but even an unaccomplished passer like Newton would dissect a defense leaving 2 WRs uncovered.

---

you took the biggest leap of faith, basically ever here

just b/c you have LBs in, does not mean you're leaving WRs open

OSU is perhaps the best team at shutting down the spread option now, and they typically go with a 4-3 look to do it

quote:

---

If we stacked the box, everyone on here would be asking why the frick we allowed Cameron Newton to throw for 300 yards and had WRs running wide open down the field all day.

---

why would either happen?

other than the fact that newton looks to adams 1st, 2nd, and sometimes 3rd, it's not like our LBs and coverage just say "frick it" and forget about WRs

quote:

---

3) It becomes a game of pick your poison.

---

newton: great runner, mediocre passer

we picked to shut down the passing game

quote:

---

What's even more difficult is picking whether to zone or man up. if you man up you can bring more pressure, but your outside defenders will have their backs to the ball. if you zone, he can run for chunks of yardage as he did saturday.

---

man outside and zone inside, essentially

quote:

---

good post, however i would have at least considered using a 5 man front, that's the thing that I was most dissapointed in.

---

Now that is something I would have liked to see.

We did it against WVU with a front like this:

Sam Drake Brockers Pep Ag.

And then Shep or Baker was lined up outside Ag. That probably would have given us a better chance at controlling the LOS with still giving us the option of having defenders spread out to cover their WRs.

there was no reason for us to play with a deep safety

quote:

---

You are going to say "having 8 in there is stacking the box."

---

You trying to say 5 is stacking the box....not hardly man.

quote:

---

Dan, with all due respect, we didn't "Stack the box" and gave up over 400 yards rushing...we will never know if stacking the box would have yielded a different/worse result.

---

all i know is the safe, deep/soft zone, contain DL has never worked against a good spread option team as far as i know

and i've watched a ton of teams run spread option offenses

plus 1

quote:

---

You are going to say "having 8 in there is stacking the box."

People put 8 in the box to counteract two TE sets etc. Which would make it a 7 man line, which would give you more defenders than they can block... thus stacking the box...

---

uh

typically "Stacking teh box" means you play with 4 LBs and 4 DL, with your SS moving up to the LB level