neil
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Post by neil on Dec 7, 2006 12:36:58 GMT -6
Where did the terms over/under front originate?
Why did they use those terms?
Anyone?
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Post by blb on Dec 7, 2006 15:57:12 GMT -6
They have been around since at least the 1960s because NFL teams used those as variations of their standard Pro 4-3 (6-1).
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Post by Mav on Dec 7, 2006 16:16:45 GMT -6
The way I've always understood it - not sure if it's true, but made remembering the alignments easier:
from a base 4-3 -
1st was the 'Over' where the D-line would slide over to the strong/TE side.
Then like many football terms the opposite word means to do the opposite thing. i.e. the opposite of over is under -- so 'Under' meant to slide the opposite way or away from the strong/TE side.
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Post by blb on Dec 7, 2006 16:23:34 GMT -6
Back in the day the standard Pro Set was a split backfield ("Red").
When an offense would line up with a true FB and HB to the TE side ("Brown"), the defense often would check to an "Over" (slide the DTs to the strong side) to account for the backfield strength.
If the offense had a true FB and HB set to the weak side ("Blue"), the defense would want to be in an "Under" (DTs shifted toward the HB on the weak side of the formation).
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