piketon football....please change your defensive package!!!!

[Bozworth]

coach gullion face it man,
the 4-4 package is crap. we got dominated with it this year by 4 teams we were supposed to beat because we were outplayed defensively. its not because our defense is weak, its because our players were set up in the wrong formations, especially against westfall.

what do you guys think???

[vladimir]

The 4-4 is a good defense, but if you are facing a spread team you'll get cooked b/c you're in cover 3 all night. They'll just run 4 seam routes and look off the FS. There are variations of the 4-4 you can use to defend the spread like the 4-2-5. Your CBs are going to have to man up and play press coverage and you're OLBs have the flats and D gap support. The FS is a Center field player unless there is a TE. If you CBs cannot handle the man press, the only way is to go to a 4-3 with a two deep safety shell.

[Trooper]

Boz,

I don't think it would've mattered what defense Piketon played against Westfall. The outcome would've been the same.