(10-02-2018, 08:41 PM)Upper Wrote:

(10-02-2018, 06:35 PM)Predator Wrote: This is utter nonsense. The QB and the RB don't count because they aren't blockers.

What you just described is 7 blockers against 8 defenders in the box which is a stacked box.

Nah they count it by number of players not blockers. Otherwise 11 personnel would only include 5 blockers vs 4 dlineman, a mike, and a will...which is 5 blockers vs 6 in the box. Obviously that doesn't count as a stacked box or literally every damn play would be vs a stacked box.

You don't know what you are talking about.

You are saying that with a normal I formation with only one TE, the only way for the defense to stack the box is to put both safeties in the box which is pure nonsense.

Actually the real definition of stacking the box is 8 men in the box. Period.

What Is The Definition Of Eight In The Box In Football?
1. The box is an area where the linebackers and defensive lineman occupy on the field before a play, usually totaling seven players. When the defensive unit brings an extra player into the box, usually the strong safety, it is then referred to as “eight in the box” because there are now eight players occupying the area. The defensive team puts eight in the box to help gain an advantage to stop and defend against the run, but by doing so, it makes them more vulnerable to a pass play.
Examples Of How Eight In The Box Is Used In Commentary
1. With it being third down and only two yards to go, the Eagles put eight in the box to help stop the rush and prevent the first down.
Sport The Term Is Used
1. Football
Also Known As:
1. Stacking the box
https://www.sportslingo.com/sports-gloss...n-the-box/

Eight men in the box. Oddly bathhouse-redolent term for a run-stuffing defensive alignment in which eight players—usually all the defensive linemen and linebackers, plus one defensive back playing uncharacteristically close to the ball—are stacked into “the box,” the area whose boundaries are defined by where the offensive tackles are lined up on the opposite side of the ball. The alignment is typically deployed in short-yardage situations and against teams that have good running games but not particularly threatening passing games.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2005/10/...snob200510


You can make up your own definition, but when the rest of the world talks about stacking the box they mean 8 defenders in the box.

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