Untitled - Fast and Furious Football

96 FOOTBALL COACHING STRATEGIES
An adjustment otr this is to dmp the Wilie
backer in undemeath coverage (dog the circle) as
a free def€nder He rcads TE, backs out, quick
slants, and looks to take away the intemediate
routes (see Figule 3a). In Figure Bb you se€ how
this defense reacts to an I-formation or brown
fonnation where both backs rclease out the same
sid€. We'll double read this with our inside backels
and switch responsibilities. With both backs
out the weakEide, Willie backer now becomes a
man defender. Sam backer is fre€.
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Figure 4 shows a more aggressive scheme that
can be called for short-yadage situations or for a
passing down where presBure is desircd.
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Our 50 front also allows us a wide variety of different
oplionb and coverages $irh ontJ minor
adjustments. We stilt have the capabitity to reduce,
zone, man/man, mar/zone combo, and use
our up-front games. We're still gap conhol and
our defense is on the offensive. Figure 5 showB
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an example ofour 50 defense and a lllan/mm coverage.
Teams that run t ps, doubles, and spread for
mations with single back or no-back offenses will
try to get mismatches (LBs on receivers). With a
few personnel changes and adjuBtm€nts to our
safety position, we'rc still able togetpressure up
front. Figure 6 shows a double-wing with a single
back. In our 50 front, we've reduced down, taKen
Willie out, and put a nickel back in. We catr rur
this with a man free or shaight mar/man (as rn
Figure 6) fteeing the Sam backer to btitz by putting
the liee safety on the fuuback.
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