Football For Dummies by Howie Long & John Czarnecki

Author:Howie Long & John Czarnecki
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119553014
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2019-06-12T00:00:00+00:00

3-4 eagle

Fritz Shurmur started using the 3-4 eagle defense with the Los Angeles Rams in the late 1980s. Shurmur’s defense used another linebacker in the role of the nose tackle, as shown in Figure 11-3. Instead of having a 300-pound player over the center, Shurmur inserted a 240-pound linebacker, a player who was susceptible to the run because most offensive centers outweighed him by 60 pounds. To succeed against the run, this linebacker needed to use his quickness and guile to shoot offensive line gaps. However, this linebacker was a solid tackler and was also good at dropping into pass coverage. The remaining personnel were identical to a typical 3-4 scheme, so it was sometimes referred to as a 2-5 eagle because of the five linebackers.

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FIGURE 11-3: The 3-4 eagle defense uses a linebacker (LB) in place of the nose tackle.

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