Any defensive guys out there?
I didn't play football in high school. Too small, I enjoy watching college football and I like learning as much as possible.
It seems like there are a lot of books and write-ups on the different offenses, Air Raid, Pro style, Spread, Option, etc....I enjoy reading about the different types and learning as much as I can, then trying to apply it to this video game the best it will allow, is fun for me.
I'm currently working on the spread offense. I purchased a good read by Gus Malzahn The Hurry-up, No-Huddle An Offensive Philosophy. It's pretty good so far, about 1/2 through it.
My question is, it seems like there are a lot of books and theories on offense. Could anyone suggest some good books for the Defensive side of the ball? I feel like I'm starting to understand offense pretty well, I'm getting the hang of how to attack the defense while on offense whether it's cover 1,2,3,4, man vs zone etc...I have a pretty good idea of how to do it. My problem is on Defense...I feel like I'm picking random plays, to put it bluntly I feel lost and confused.
The basics I understand or attempt to do on defense are, if they are throwing and beating me up towards the sidelines I try and utilize cover 2, if they are wearing me out down the middle I go for cover 3. When it comes to shutting down slants I try and use Zone. If they are playing a lot of curls I try and use Man. Other than that, I'm lost.
One thing I like about this current book by Gus Malzahn is it simplifies the offense. It has you start out with 3 running plays then advancing to 10 basic plays. Same for the passing game it has you starting out with 8 concept and advancing to 33 (of which 16 are the base 8 just flipped). So it's a pretty simple offense it just has to be ran to perfection and attacks the defense at it's weakness.
I read a lot on here and other forums about making your own playbook. I mainly see people creating Offensive playbooks. I rarely see a user created Defensive playbook. One main thing I see w/ the offensive CPB is they all say they want limit their plays, keep the PBs from becoming clutter or overloaded with random play you never really use...basically like a default PB.....I'd like to do the same w/ a defensive PB. When I run the default 4-2-5 for example I don't really know when or when not to use normal, vs over, okie, etc...I don't know in each formation which plays to pick...it really feels like I'm not far off from closing my eyes and saying "There that one looks good....:dunno:"
So if anyone could suggest a good read, either book or online site or anyone here that is willing to help out, I'd really appreciate it. I want to learn.
In the reading that I have been able to find, I've seem to come to the conclusion that I want to run the 4-2-5. It seems to be setup to keep pace w/ spread style, or more importantly hurry-up face paced offenses. So if anyone would like to help point me in the right direction for knowledge on the 4-2-5 I'd really appreciate it.
Thank you gents. :up:
