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Went over some film today of a few games. And noticed that of those games, the offense with the most success used a lot of pre snap motions, and lots of pulling guards and backside blocking tight ends. They were heavily running RPOs, or RPO type concepts. They were also usually very uptempo as well, got the playcall, and were at the line very quickly. This has got to be one of the most difficult type of offenses to defend, these offenses usually use the pre snap motions to try and create mismatches for them against the competition. In these instances, playing man coverage will likely get you burnt, and beat for a touchdown, or a significant gain in yardage. Saban and Smart (or anyone who uses the system) usually plays a lot of zone against it, and if they like to use a lot of crossing routes, they'll pattern match it. So let's say they come out in a 2 by 1 set, and are in 10 personnel. They line up both the 1 and 2 receivers to the boundary, then motion the number 2 receiver to the field side, the nickel is gonna follow the number 2 receiver to that side of the field. If the defense feels there is a threat they'll try to run it to the boundary side after getting that nickel away from there, the defense(Sabans in this instance) will likely bring that safety down in a RIP/LIZ concept, so that he can help in run support, and/or help cover the flat, or the quarter of the field if they pass it. That's just one situation in an offense like this, we can go on for a long time in scheming up ways to stop it. Let me know what offense you feel is hardest to defend, and how would youd defend it.