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A 4–3 base defense. In American football, a 4–3 defense is a defensive alignment consisting of four down linemen and three linebackers.It is called a "base defense" because it is the default defensive alignment used on "base downs" (1st and 2nd downs).
The Miami 4–3, also called the 4–lslide, is a scheme closely associated with the Jimmy Johnson-led Miami Hurricanes, and taken by Johnson to the Dallas Cowboys.Built around Jimmy Johnson's notion of "upfield pressure", it is a penetrating, swarming defense, with a "get there firstest with the mostest" mentality.
The two most common formations are the 3–4 defense and the 4–3 defense, where the first number refers to the number of defensive linemen, and the second number refers to the number of linebackers (the number of defensive backs can be inferred, since there must be eleven players on the field). Thus, a 3–4 defense consists of three ...
The 5–2. If the defensive ends drop into pass coverage, this formation becomes functionally equivalent to a 4-3. The 5–2 defense consists of five defensive linemen, two linebackers, and four defensive backs (two corners, two safeties).
The Seattle Cover 3 is a Cover 3 defense crafted by Seattle Seahawks coaches Pete Carroll and Dan Quinn that helped the team reach Super Bowls in 2013 and 2014, winning XLVIII. [1] The defense used a 4-3 base formation while incorporating 3–4 defensive principles using a hybrid defensive end-linebacker position known as the Leo. [2]
The 3–4 defense was originally devised by Bud Wilkinson at the University of Oklahoma in the 1940s as the 5–2 Oklahoma defense. The first NFL team to regularly employ the 3–4 was the 1974 New England Patriots under Chuck Fairbanks , who employed the 5–2 for all but one of his six seasons (1967–72) as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners ...
On plays where the defense expects the offense to pass, emphasis is often placed on the number of defensive backs. In a basic 4–3 or 3–4 defense, there are four defensive backs on the field (2 cornerbacks [CB], 1 strong safety [SS], and 1 free safety [FS]).
46 Formation, original 4–3 base set. The 46 defense is an American football defensive formation, an eight men in the box defense, with six players along the line of scrimmage. [1] There are two players at linebacker depth playing linebacker technique, and then three defensive backs.