Building a championship football team

by Paul W. Bryant

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[Figure 33] illustrates a simple X-pattern between the defensive ends and tackles.

Figure 33

[Figure 34] illustrates the tackles pinching, and the linebackers replacing them at the line of scrimmage over the offensive ends.

Figure 34

OUR DEFENSE VERSUS AN UNBALANCED LINE

We do not adjust a great deal to an unbalanced line, and our adjustments are relatively simple. We merely move our defensive line over one whole man, and then revolve the secondary toward the weak side, as illustrated in [Figure 35].