How to Defend the Triple Option with The 4-2-5 Defense

How you defend the Option has to be built into your Defensive System. It can't be something you just start working on the week an option offense comes to town. Option fits are just an extension of your base run fits in The 4-2-5 Defense System. This video shows the base plan for defending a Triple Option. You'll want to have multiple ways to change up the reads for the Quarterback off of your core way to play it.

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[inmyopinion]

Block, tackle wrap arms, and pursuit. Good video.

[joshscobey]

Good video. Yeah, defending the option does not have to be complicated, responsibilities can fit easily within base rules. You don't have to do anything special other than playing disciplined.

[EvanRothfeld-fu]

Awesome video man. I guess variation would be like 5 man front or more LBs, but emphasis on dive, pitch, and QB player?

[talmagehansen]

Hey Coach

First, sorry this is so long. Okay so I'm learning Joe Austin's Triple Option Power offense ("Tex-Bone"). Allow me to take a stab (by the way I'm a very green coach and have learned a ton through your podcast and JFDB football coaching 101). Also, I'm new to O-Line blocking.

(I just paused it at 1:50)
TE Blocks M unless he blitzes then he just moves on to FS (both reasonable)
PT blocks down on the DT (good angle)
PG Blocks down on W (also good angle)
C blocks down on N (good angle)
BG pulls playside and blocks M (unless the TE has him, then he goes to FS)
BT blocks backside end (not hard just has to delay him)

QB reads the end for the dive option
QB reads the SS for the pitch option

I'd like to know how you defend. I'm HIGHLY considering implementing this offense so please let me know where it's weak. My thought is that it's weakness is the effort it would take to orchestrate this correctly on the offensive side.

[calvincline]

Could you do a video with how to defend that with the 4-3?

[IRON]

Coach when I played in the 4-2-5 defense. Our DE was outside shoulder of TE. The DE crashes down and hit QB. Corner to option playside side attacked pitchman now! SS did a slide a locate technique on WR. FS would read playside Tackle and TE for run/pass.

[daduke]

Can you do a video on how to defend the read option from spread?

[bthorn]

A lot of offenses are gonna block the sam linebacker with the OT. Do you have your DE come hard at the dive back or would you have him try to redirect the ot with a good shove to secure your backup?

[billyholly]

The TE looks to be open if they go play action.

[OL_COACH]

Do you like the weak safety to roll over the top for any play action passes to the Y going down the seam since the DE to the weak safety side has C-gap in CASE of a boot action?

[coach_schreib]

My team would break rushing records against these techniques. There's no way this works against a sound option team. Unless you just have studs up front. And the only team that runs split back veer is De La Salle. One of the best high school teams in the country.

[thecombz]

I think the only issue is have is veer teams always run to the tighter tackle and midline your three tech. So against your alignment we'd run weak veer strong midline.

A difference might be that we're a flexbone team so I'm not sure if out scheme would be much different that split back.

[lxcormeum]

Lol any OU fan here to learn what the he'll happend