Jerry Gordon Split Eagle vs. Run Cover 4 Read/3
Potomac Falls HS
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Why Split Eagle? • Always +1 around the ball • Gap control defense. Mostly Outside Shades • Highly Flexible 3 down or 4 down (40 or 50) Option to flip/flop personnel
Why Split Eagle? • Allows us to play fast and aggressive – Tough to stay on doubles
• Have two Tandems 35, and 5,9 • Set it and forget • No easy release of TE • Not a lot of teams play it
When do we call Split Eagle 4/3 • TE is in the game • 2 Backs are in the game • Expecting Run • Vs. 2 backs Cover 4 • Vs. 1 Back 3
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What it looks like
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The player lined up over a TE is said to be in BANDIT Position
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Defensive Line Alignments • Dline- Ball hand down and Ball foot back • DT’s are in a 3 or a Shade • DE’s are in a 5 or a 7 – Crowd the ball – Line up as tight of a shade as possible without being reached. We are spill players
LB Alignments Depth- 4 ½ to yards 5 Mac-
Line up in a wide 30 Read OG to Flow Down, Pull, Reach, Pass
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Line up in a 20 never be leveraged Read Flow to OG Wide, Tight, Split, Pass
Rover Rules • Line up away TE or Boundary
Normal 1x7 off OT (2 backs and 1 WR) Low 2x5 off OT (2 backs Slot) Hip 2x2 off TE (Double Tight) Apex Two receivers to your side and 1 backfield (Cover 3 check)
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Sam Rules • Line up to TE or Field
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2x5 off OT (2 backs and no TE)
Two receivers to your side and 1 back in the backfield (Cover 3 check)
Let’s Get Set
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Let’s Get Set RIGHT, RIGHT
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Will now sets the front AWAY from the Sam and to him The tackle AWAY from the call is in a SHADE The Tackle TO the Call is in a 3
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DE away from call is in a 5 DE to Call is in a 7 or a 5
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Rover always align TO the call Free Always align to the MOST Receivers
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All Alignments are Ability Based And Game Plan Based The Free Safety is in a BANDIT Position
Let’s Get Set 2x10 1x8
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The Rover is in a Low Position The Corner is in a Bandit Position
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Sam is in a Low because of 2 backs
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Rover is in an APEX because of 2 backs We now check to Cover (3 or 1) because 1 back
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We make a SLIDE call. ONLY Time LB’s will move We now check to Cover 3 because 1 back NOTE: Backer Force for Will
What if Sam is Wrong? RIGHT Will MUST Set Front AWAY Sam
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Not what we want but it is still sound
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Force Calls • Sky- Rover Force • Cloud- Corner Force • Backer Force- LB Force • Read- TE inside release = Bandit Force TE outside release = Backer Force
Read Force TE Outside
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Sam has Pitch and Bandit has Outside half of the QB Remember: Bandit can be a Safety or Corner
Read Force TE Inside Release
S BA Sam is a spill player and has QB on ISV and Dive on OSV Bandit is a Pitch player
Power “B” Gap Open
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Power “B” Gap Open
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Backside Read
Power “B” Gap Closed
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Power “B” Gap Closed
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Sam Spill
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Bandit Over, Mac Under Mac Over, Will Under
Power “B” Gap Closed
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Backside Read
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Sam: Work to a point 2x2 and try to set an edge
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Mac, Will and X: Run inside out at a proper angle ALWAYS BALL BEHIND
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Bandit: Fill Where needed
TOSS Weak
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Bandit: Fill Where needed
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Mac Over and Will Under
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Bandit and Safety fill as needed
Counter 2 Man Side
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Counter 2 Man Side
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DE Spill: Take 2 if possible
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Safety Over and Will Under
Counter 2 Man Side
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Inside Veer To The TE
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Inside Veer to The TE
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Vs. Outside Release: Sam has Pitch We like to slow play and Bandit has Pass
Inside Veer to The TE
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Vs Inside Release: DE has Dive Mac Has QB (gap replace)
Inside Veer to the TE
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Will Over and Safety Under
Inside Veer to the SE
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Inside Veer to the SE
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DE has Dive vs. Inside Release
Inside Veer to the SE
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Will Has the QB and R has the Pitch
Inside Veer to the SE
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Will Has the QB and R has the Pitch
Outside Veer
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Outside Veer
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Sam to Dive Vs TE inside release
Outside Veer
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Bandit has Pitch Mac has QB
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Outside Veer
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Will Over Safety Best Path
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Mid Line Follow
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Will Has INSIDE half of QB Rover has OUTSIDE half of QB
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Trips Speed Strong
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DE has QB outside and W has QB inside Vs. a big speed team we would set the front to the Sam
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Mac, Sam, and CB have to fight over their blocks They are PITCH Players
Trips Speed Strong
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Rover plays Counter Free checks for pass and becomes a Fill as needed Player NOTE: Backer Force
Speed Weak Trips
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Speed Weak Trips
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DE has QB Outside Will has QB Inside
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Speed Weak Trips
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Rover has Pitch Note: Sky Force
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Speed Weak Trips
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Mac has counter and cutback
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Common Line Stunts- Clap Call side DT
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Clap Vs. ISO Weak
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Common Line Stunts- Clobber Call side DT and DE
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Common Line Stunts- Pinch DE AWAY from call
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Pinch Vs. Power Strong
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This Closes B gap so OG must Pull Wide
Common Line Stunts- Pirate DE and Sam AWAY from call
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Common Line Stunts- Raider DE away and Tackle to
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Alignment Variations Split G
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Alignment Variations Split 11
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Never Vs. Two TE’S
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Alignment Variations Split 33
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Alignment Variations Tight 5 LEFT, LEFT
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