Sunday, August 30, 2009
Quarters Defense Gameplan
I have to say that the quarters d is my base defense- a lot of people say it is cheese, but let the haters hate while I hold them to 13 points a game. Early in 2009, I used to run a base 4-3 defense and kept playing people who shut me down with the quarters. It allows the best athletes to be on the field for optimum defensive play. When running quarters, pinch your d line and hot route your ends to contain if they are not already. You will be surprised how well these ends play the pass and run with this contain technique. Show blitz on every quarters defense u run, this will usually get 8 or even 9 guys in the box depending on the offensive formation. Out of quarters I run man 3 deep, cov 3 and cov 4. I also like to run "double Z" and user blitz the safety that was originally doubling the Z. The key to the quarters defense is speed; it does not work well with any given team. Look for teams with tall and fast corners, make sure all four of your corners can play if you want to run a successful quarters defense. After corners, look for fast, hard hitting safeties, fast speed rushing ends, and an athletic MLB. Ohio State, Texas, USC, and FSU are good examples of teams with these specifications. This speed allows you to run more man and cover more ground in a shorter period of time. Speed kills in this game! When running man user a safety and try to take away crossing routes. When playing zone, I like to control a blitzer or a DE, if you get to the QB, you will force turnovers. As far as the Gameplan goes use aggressive for your dline, big hits, and pass defense. Mix up the aggressive and normal zone coverages based on down and distance. It is good to use aggressive zone coverage when you are blitzing and it is very good against the run.vvAvoid using aggressive strip ball, the face-masking is ridiculous. Use conservative option defense, make your opponent's QB keep the ball and hit stick the shit out of him; this will cause turnovers/injury. For more specifics on the quarters D, comment and I will get back to you.
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hey man whats up, ive read some of your tips and they help alil bit but i got a question for you.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the best defense or the best way to stop the triple option? I got a guy in my dorm that runs the option very well and i just cant stop it
nice post but on the opposite end of this situation whats the best offense to run against the quarters defense? Gamertag-FLILPMOBBIN thanks
ReplyDeleteyeah i was wondering the same about what offense you use against qtrs. im a lot better runner than passer and i only keep a few pass plays a like to use when i need to but when people stop my run using qtrs it really pisses me off.
ReplyDeleteanother very good defense to use is the 3-3-5. find a team with deep corners and safeties. you really only need one true quick DE.
sub out the safties(you need to sub for two FS) with your back up corners and sub out your LB's with your top safties. i usually leave my top LB in as my middle lb cuz i blitz him and he gets off blocks easier. but just blitz all three LB's (safties) and line up the top guy(FS) with the RB so he doesn't get out in the open. this will usually get you some really quick TOs because you get to the QB so fast and once you get the earlier lead they'll figure out the D and you can start going more conservative and just chew clock.
ohio state, alabama, texas, FL, USC, and oregon are all teams really deep here.
also remember to check some of your back up DE. like ohio state, usc, and ole miss both have back RE's that are better and faster than the starting LE.
GrundelGoblin(x360)
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I will soon post an offense strategy vs the quarters, stay tuned.
ReplyDeletehey man thks for the tips. I used the quarters d before it became popular but I was just average. I always used florida because of speed, awesome d, and Tebow but I started using ohio state because you said that was a good team to run it with. I was wondering what team do you use and what playbook for your offense(im guessing florida).
ReplyDeletehey craw could you explain how you run quarters in a little mor detail? thanks
ReplyDeleteCraw, D4RUCH here. Skill level 33 near top 100. I was wondering if you could go into detail on any turbo or nano blitzes out of 335 defense that work well. Any info would help. Thanks
ReplyDeletecover 2 the first play on screen in the stack. control the blitzing SS and press corners.
ReplyDeletehow do you press corners like what buttons on 360, Y down?
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