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  2. American football positions - Wikipedia

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    The strongside, or "Sam", linebacker lines up on the same side as the offensive tight end and often is responsible for covering the tight end or running back on pass plays. The weakside, or "Will", linebacker lines up on the side of the offensive line without a tight end and is often used to rush, or blitz , the quarterback or to cover a ...

  3. Strategy of American football - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the defensive strategy being used, a linebacker’s responsibilities can include helping to stop the run, rushing the quarterback, or dropping back in pass protection. Outside linebackers: The outside linebackers ("OLB") set up on the outside portion of the line of scrimmage. They are often used to rush the quarterback and tend to ...

  4. List of formations in American football - Wikipedia

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    In this formation, the single tackle usually lines up directly over the "nose" of the ball, and is often called the "nose guard" or "nose tackle". The "Nose Tackle" is still a DT (Defensive Tackle) with a different name. In this formation, the linemen often line up directly in front of the offensive line, while the linebackers "shoot the gaps".

  5. Formation (American football) - Wikipedia

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    The 4-3 defense has 3 linebackers, who are categorized as strong, middle, and weak (SLB, MLB, WLB; also called Sam, Mike, and Will). This is not an indication of strength; it instead refers to the positioning of the linebackers relative to the offense. Strong linebackers line up on the same side as the tight end and weak side away from the ...

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    Brian Kelly and Blake Baker's great Harold Perkins Experiment took another turn before the Tigers' game at South Carolina, when Perkins was then tasked with lining up at the strong side linebacker ...

  7. Linebacker - Wikipedia

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    The middle or inside linebacker (MLB or ILB), sometimes called the "Mike" or "Mac", [15] is often referred to as the "quarterback of the defense". [16] Often it is the middle linebacker who receives the defensive play calls from the sideline and relays that play to the rest of the team, and in the NFL he is usually the defensive player with the electronic sideline communicator.

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  9. 46 defense - Wikipedia

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    The other defensive tackle essentially becomes a nose guard and lines up in front of the center. Linebackers: The jack linebacker lines up on the outside shoulder of the strong tight end and just slightly behind the line of scrimmage. This allows him to contain runs on the outside, to blitz, or to drop into multiple coverages on the pass.