The NFL has gone to more and more "bear" fronts to combat the rise of outside zone. It's a great zone stopper but I don't love it because you are taking speed off the field and showing your cards a bit.
Meanwhile, the Cincinnati *BEAR*cats may be showing us a modern solution:
Meanwhile, the Cincinnati *BEAR*cats may be showing us a modern solution:
you take some beef off the field but are able to fly around more. Cincy is not perfect against zone runs this year but has BLASTED anything with a pull. plus, of course, those are athletes you can trust to drop in space. issues like the bear are that you kinda gotta be 1-high
we call this a "stetson" front and this kinda hybrid 3/5 man fronts have dominated Canadian football a while so please catch up
it's a lot of information for time limit of 2:20 so I hope this made sense