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Last week we looked at techniques within two defenses that are maybe associated most with the pros: the two-gap 3-4 and the single-gap 4-3. The latter scheme gave us the classic “1-technique” and “3-technique” defensive tackles. In many (if not most) of today’s high-level 4-3 defenses, those tackles are specialized, with the 1-tech being a heavy guy who demands double-teams, and the 3-tech being a quicker penetrator. Here’s how Monte Kiffin drew it up:

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