About the 3-4
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The 53 and what it was/is
Part of the problem here is by the 1970s, there were strong and weak 4 man fronts. In these fronts, there is a gap between the DT and one DE; sort of like this:
Now we know that Manny Fernandez was a nose tackle in the 53, and that Bob Matheson was playing in the normal position of a defensive end. There is no way, just looking at the reports we have now, of knowing whether the 53 lined up like this:
or like this:
or like this:
I suspect, however, that the 53 was more like my 2nd diagram than the standard 3-4s of today. And given that kind of fake "over" lineup that it did cause a lot of confusion in the pro ranks.
David.
Part of the problem here is by the 1970s, there were strong and weak 4 man fronts. In these fronts, there is a gap between the DT and one DE; sort of like this:
Now we know that Manny Fernandez was a nose tackle in the 53, and that Bob Matheson was playing in the normal position of a defensive end. There is no way, just looking at the reports we have now, of knowing whether the 53 lined up like this:
or like this:
or like this:
I suspect, however, that the 53 was more like my 2nd diagram than the standard 3-4s of today. And given that kind of fake "over" lineup that it did cause a lot of confusion in the pro ranks.
David.
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Rack;1219800 said:
Yeah I learned that if a guy lines up at DE (all the time) as part of a 4-man line but stands-up instead of being in a 2-pt stance then it's still a 3-man line.
Yeah right.
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Rack;1219812 said:
For some reason Rack...
I just don't think that's right.
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dwmyers;1219819 said:Standing up instead of a 2 pt stance?
Isn't that what Ralph Macchio did in the Karate Kid? The Crane Technique?
Hyaah *wap* *wap* *wap*
LOL!
Yeah, I sorta screwed that one up.