Teaching Spill Overlap Technique in the 4-2-5 and 3-3 stack

 Spill  overlap Technique

Spilling is a term teams will use when they get a kickout block by either a guard or h back. The Defensive lineman will take it on and try to attack the offensive lineman's inside shoulder.  It could be a fb or other lineman as well kicking out but most times it will be a guard in the counter game or h back in the zone slice game.

There are two trains of thoughts when teaching how to take on this block:

1. Wrong arm it and take it on with the inside shoulder. The disadvantage to doing this is you don't have the ability to come off the block and make a play. Your defensive lineman gives himself up.

2. Having your de play it with his hands. This allows him to dent it and punch through the inside number. The 2nd way allows you to get off the block and make a play. 

Both will hopefully have the desired effect which is to bounce the ball outside. Your LB will overlap and your Sam and Safety will hopefully fill as they expect the ball to be spilled to them.

In the 4-2-5, again we teach to get it spilled and have the safety(press quarters) filling outside in and the inside LB overlapping to anticipate the spill. We practice this often. LB plays C gap and the FS plays the D gap. Mike will play cutback. 

Here's an example from a 4-3 look.

You can see how you gap exhange it by spilling it to the OLB

3-3 Stack

The 3-3 stack will run it with the De spilling. 

Mike overlapping with the safety flying off the rb. C Gap

The sam will spill at force it back inside. Box it

Playside LB boxes it back inside D gap

Let's take a look at some teams.

We will start with the 4-2-5

Michigan plays spill technique. 

Rules: 

Playside DE stays flat, tries to play off the heels of the tackle and get inside of any puller or slice block to get it to bounce.

Playside LB will scrape off the DE and also spill any Guard, puller or block by the fullback.

Viper/Sam Lb is the D gap player. Secondary will play alley and any perimeter type runs.

Their technique is excellent though as they don't do it with shoulders but actually play the technique with their hands. They use no shoulders which allows LB's and De's to make plays rather than just force the ball kicked when they spill it. 

Here is an example vs Wisconson. Watch the DE spill it, then the playside LB spill it, and the overlap LB make the tackle. They do a great job executing their technique. 

You see the DE spill with the OLB there to play it

Overlap is in perfect position as the LB and DE both take it on with the inside arm, getting it bounced to #12

Nice Tackle

Here is the film with the pics above:

Michigan vs Wisconsin 2018 

The LDE plays great technique, squeezes off the tackles heels, blows up the slice block and makes the tackle. The LB scraping over the top is there to clean it up. The safety plays it outside in.

THE DE CAN MAKE THE PLAY BECAUSE HE'S NOT GIVING HIMSELF UP WRONG ARMING!

Again, you see the example of how they take it on with hands. Hands allows you to come back out and make a play. Either way, the de attacks and gets really tight down the los.

The ball is spilled, but look at the hands by the DE, it allows you to come back outside.

The DE actually makes the play with the safety and LB both working there to make the play.

Watch the DE on this play stay square and on the line of scrimmage after denting the OT. 

Iowa in their 4-2 front.

Again watch the DE dent it with hands and actually take out the lead blocker on the play. He dents hard and causes the 2nd blocker to stumble to the ground.

Here you see the technique by Iowa.

Ball bounced to #44 and the safety. 

They are disciplined and the ball gets sent to him and they have the +1 with the safety.

Good job by the defense.

Teams in the 3-3 stack can also spill and overlap. The spill defender is the de 5 technique or 4i.

3-3 stack

DE Spill

Mike Fills C gap and overlaps.

Sam boxes it and keeps it inside. 
FS fills off the RB

Mike Flyies to c gap

OLB stacked will box it. 

Free safety flies and fills off the RB.

RUN FITS 

Let's look at a few examples of how well they fit the run on all three levels. UNC comes out in 11 personnel and they align in their odd front cover 3. They move the De inside and watch the spill overlap technique. DE spill everything, LB box it to the safety. Mike often will play the c gap with all the pinching up front. Safety just fills off the rb. Just mirrors him and is often a free hitter.

They spill it to the safety in the run fit.

DE spills it and LB and OLB are there to make the play. 

They have their LB's right where they need to be

Safety is unblocked as the De got the ball spilled to him.

The Safety usually just plays off the rb in the scheme. 

2nd example of how they play it on all three levels.

They will often move with the de, he's hard inside so they get the spill, with the overlap LB. Safety usually fills off the back unless they change that with a call.

Mike is a C Gap player, Nose usually off A, OLB will play the cutback.

Here comes the safety again as the DE gets the ball bounced outside. 

Nice tackle.

Good job defensively. 

These are the the ways teams spill. I hope you enjoyed this article on spill technique out of the 4-2-5 and 3-3 stack