4-2-5 In the NFL

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I'm sure there's 4-2-5 concepts in the NFL right now. It's probably in every defensive coordinators back pocket.

In fact I do seem to remember some formations in the Green Bay Packers where LaRon Landry, Reed Doughty and Kareem Moore were all on the field. I thought it was a nickel formation at first, but it seems closer to the 4-2-5.

And Aaron Rodgers more or less picked it apart whenever we were in it.

There's probably elements of it everywhere, but as a base defense, it won't be widespread until a team can use it and prove it can work every week without it being figured out.

Like the 46 defense of the Bears; more or less unstoppable, until Marino and Dolphins found that it's weakness was the short passing game and more or less made it a situational package instead of a base formation.