a friend and me are going to be playing an od game over the next couple of days in our fcs od (cupcake roster template). he runs an air raid offense, using 4 wide for basically every down, except 3rd and longs, which he often comes out in a 5 wide. when we played in year one of this od, he beat me on a last second touchdown from 4 yards to beat me by 4.
i'm using a 4-2-5 defense as my base, but i feel i have to abandon that gameplan and call plays out of the dime formations, just to have better coverage. he's a good pocket passer and knows how to make progression reads.
i know it'll be impossible to completely shut his offense down, but all i need are probably 2 defensive stops and i'll end up winning. he's fairly conservative on defense and i know i'll be able to throw on him. what are some things that i can do to at least somewhat slow him down more than just playing simple man coverage the whole time?
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