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Message: [QUOTE="007, post: 1605973, member: 393"] For the "historian" in you Steve - Jimmy Johnson is credited with coming up to the "1 gap" defensive alignments during his time at Miami when he had to defend the wishbone offense from teams like Oklahoma. Most NFL and college teams continue to use some variation of that basic gap control concept (placing D lineman in the gaps between the O line man, but more complicated than that). That is generally best done with a 4 man front against option teams. Regardless of the scheme, the D mus take away the A and B gaps from an option team - this is D football 101. If you can not control the gaps to the immediate left and right of the O center, it is almost impossible not to get gouged by the option. So, rule 1 is to take away the dive part of the option. Rule 2 is to make the QB pitch the ball (and, ideally, hit him on every play - that's mostly why you don't see it much in the NFL). And the 3rd phase, obviously is to cover the pitch. [/QUOTE]