Talk:5–2 defense

reversion to Bill George game

People don't read talk I see. In the book "Wow Boys" by James Johnson, in the Epilogue, (p 189 in my paperback edition), there is a long quote by Clark Shaughnessy, who was the Bears defensive coordinator at the time. I'll give it here.

We were in what appeared to be a six man line. They all played possum until just before the snap. Sometimes they jumped away at the moment of the snap. You can do that against the shotgun because a shotgun play never starts as fast as a T play. That's the weakness of the shotgun. The reason the 49ers couldn't block us was they couldn't find us."

So, I'm going to remove the reversion when I have time. If it keeps getting added back I'm going to ask to have this article locked. Dwmyers (talk) 16:01, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Bill George in 1961 - 5-2 front?

I'm going to remove the reference to the Bill George game versus the 49ers, because there is evidence in the book "Wow Boys", by James Johnson, that the front is actually a six man line. Clark Shaughnessy talks extensively about the game in the end of that book (page 186). Dwmyers (talk) 15:26, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

5-2 Oklahoma and option offenses of the time

I know, but don't have all the references to tie the use of the Oklahoma to its ability to stop the Split T option offenses of the late 40s. It fell out of favor because it wasn't as good at stopping triple options, and that's when 1 gap defenses of the Miami 4-3 became popular. I have a couple Bud Wilkinson books on order, so we'll see. Dwmyers (talk) 07:56, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Merger proposal

The two pages, 5–2 defense and 5–2–4 defense, are clearly the same. Other standard American football formation articles, such as 4–3 defense and 3–4 defense—though the 5–2 is no longer a standard formation at the college or professional level—don't follow the format of including the number of defensive backs. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 15:28, 12 February 2010 (UTC)