Stevenson defensive tackle Anthony Adams emerges with a recovered fumble during last week’s game against Prospect. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com

The most direct route to the end zone is a straight line, right up the gut between the tackles.

It’s up to the interior defensive line to stop that from happening.

“The defensive tackles, I think at any level of football, those are the guys who have got to anchor the center of the defensive line,” said Stevenson coach Brent Becker.

The job, he said, is this: “Playing the run, trying to kind of eliminate any inside runs, and trying to make the quarterback uncomfortable by getting in his face.”

To do that, Stevenson is using a base 3-4 defense with multiple looks off that base.

“It’s pretty much a standard 3-4,” said Stevenson defensive li

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