About the 5-2 Defense Formation in Football

The game of gridiron football is an icon of Americanism. From its roots in early versions of rugby football brought over the Atlantic from England, football takes it place alongside baseball as the most American of sports. Though its name is somewhat deceptive, and in fact logically unsound, football is the most widely watched sport in the United States, and its championship game, whose name is not known only to those who have been living on the moon for the last fifty years, the super bowl is the most watched television event in the United States. The sport is the caretaker of the Greatest Game Ever Played, the NFL championship game from 1958, which hosted 15 then future hall of famers and historic names such as Johnny Unitas, and continues to delight audiences with its mix of complex strategy and physical play.

In this free video series, our expert Billy Kidd will show you how to play American football and how to play a 5-2 defense. Billy will teach you the duties of the noseguard, he'll teach about all the different positions, and all about containment in the 5-2 defense. Billy will also teach you about reductions, gains, multiple gains, slants, blitzing, linebacker pressure, and versatility. He will even teach you about personnel so you'll know what kind of player to get to run your 5-2 defense.

"Hi, I'm Billy Kid, I'm here at Expert Village and we're going to talk about the five-two defense. The five-two defense, board talk for offensive football, defensive football with what we call with X's and O's or letters in this case to represent the players that would be on field. Center, offensive guard, offensive tackle, tight end, offensive guard, offensive tackle. A nose tackle plays over the center, defensive tackle plays over a tackle, defensive tackle plays over tackle, then you've got a defensive end that plays on the outside and two linebackers that typically play inside over your guards. This is the five-two defense. Five defensive linemen, two linebackers."