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Since the strong side of the offensive team is the side on which the tight end lines up, or whichever side contains the most personnel, the strongside linebacker usually lines up across from the tight end. Often the strongside linebacker will be called upon to tackle the running back on a play because the back will be following the tight end's ...
Notice the strong safety in the box and the two outside linebackers shifted to the same side outside of the defensive end. This formation was invented by Buddy Ryan, defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears during the 1980s. Instead of having four linemen and six linebackers (as the name may suggest), it is actually a 4–4 set using 4–3 ...
Some teams keep their outside linebackers on the same side of the field at all times while others define them as playing on either the strongside (SLB) or the weakside (WLB). 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.
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 ...
The line is heavily shifted toward the offense's weak side; both outside linebackers tend to play on the strong side outside of the defensive linemen; and three defensive backs (the two cornerbacks and the strong safety) crowd the line of scrimmage. The remaining safety, which is the free safety, stays in the backfield.
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 ...
In the top illustration the center is flanked by guards in the 4-2 unbalanced line (four players on one side, the "strong side" of the center, two on the other, "weak", side) as in a balanced line, leaving the tackles together. In the bottom illustration, the guards are kept "inside" by being next to each other.
General manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll stated they liked the thought of Wright as a strong side linebacker with the possibility of playing rush linebacker. [ 8 ] On July 29, 2011, the Seahawks signed Wright to a four-year, $2.52 million contract that included a signing bonus of $486,000.