Football’s attacking 46 bear defense
The veteran defensive coordinator at Sevier County HS (TN) has been running a closely integrated multifaceted defense that has enabled him to attack every kind of offense thrown at him.
Like most defensive coordinators, he has a lot of respect for the Chicago Bears 46 defense, originated by Buddy Ryan in the ’80s. Ratledge has made it an integral part of the defensive package at Sevier HS.
You can read about it in Ratledge’s article in the January 2002 issue. The coach has done a very nice job of diagramming and explaining the 46 in his book. Football coaches will have no problem understanding it and incorporating it into their base defense.
Ratledge paints in the basics, the secondary coverage, how to mount the rush, the blitz package, the defense of power and no-back sets, plus a set of drills.