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Erk Russell’s Junkard Dog Defense

Posted on April 4, 2009, 4:24 pm, by Joe, under Alignment, Scheme.

First, let me confess a couple of things. First, I’ve never run this defense. In fact, I’m only giving you what I read in the AFCA Defensive Football Strategies . Second, I don’t know how you can apply much of this to your defense. I see similarities to the 3-4 defense more than anything, though. [...]

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Advantages of the Odd Stack (3-5-3) Defense

Posted on April 2, 2009, 6:07 am, by Joe, under 3-5-3, Alignment, Scheme.

In my first year as a defensive coordinator, we ran football’s Odd Stack defense, or 3-5-3 (or 3-3-5, it doesn’t matter, they’re all the same). The year before that I had implemented it on the JV level. To be honest, as much fun as it was, we ultimately did not meet with success. I think [...]

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