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Too bad you can't patent a football tactic. But coaches and players can – and do – quickly adopt successful strategies.
The 4-3 defense
Tom Landry – best known as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys – put the middle linebacker on the field by converting a defensive lineman when he was with the New York Giants in the mid-1950s.
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