How/Why Iowa State started using the 3-3-5

[El Paso Eagle]

 

 

 

 

[El Paso Eagle]

This Thread is about the 3-3-5
 

 

[2020 Sucks]

I hate a 3-man front!  The way to stop a spread is to pressure the qb and make him with his progressions faster than he can process!

[Mean Green 93-98]

4 minutes ago, 2020 Sucks said:

I hate a 3-man front!  The way to stop a spread is to pressure the qb and make him with his progressions faster than he can process!

"3-man front" says literally nothing about how many defenders are going after the quarterback.

[UNT86]

If we plan to run this scheme, we better stunt a hell of a lot better than we ever have.  We better get off blocks better than we ever have.  We better man cover better than we ever have.

I hope we run whatever scheme gets our best 11 of the field regardless of what positions they play.

[MGNation92]

1 hour ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

"3-man front" says literally nothing about how many defenders are going after the quarterback.

I was about to say, with Reffett's 3-3-5 we'd regularly send 5 or 6 rushers. 

I like the 3-3-5 because it gives multiple looks and multiple fronts without having to sub players as often (assuming you have a couple LB/Safety hybrid players on the field at all times). Plus the ability to send pressure everywhere and still cover well in the back end

[Texas Stranger]

The biggest problem with Reffett's scheme was that it was too "narrow".  Opponents used formation and motion to get our LB's between the hashes and then attacked the boundary.