Untitled - Fast and Furious Football

EMPHASIS ON DEFENSE 111
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Linebackers Versus the Run
So far, I have talked on)y about pass rush, support,
and contain principles. But t€ams that can
con sistently win have an effective running attack.
For every r-un play there is a d€termined point
ofattack. This ar€a is where the play is design€d
to go, and all of the oflensive blocking schemes
are designed to get the ball carier thmugh that
area. The team that gets to that arca with the
nost people has the best chance for success. For
defense to win ihis battle, they have to have at
least one defender movirg forward to fiIl th€ area.
In Figure 6, the pointofattackis the otr-tackle
area. For a defense to have success (a) the nose
guard cannot be hook blocked or scoop blocked;
b)the outside lineback€r has to go meet the fullback
as far in the backfield as possible, attacking
with his insid€ shoulder and keepinghjs outside
arm free; and (c) the middle linebacker must
-hum. and alrack the gxard. not q art lor him.
In Fieure 7, both th€ middle and outside lineback€rs
have to attack in order to turn the play
back inside.
I view the point of attack as that area where
the defense has to apply pressure with defend-
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els. It does not matter if it is a quarl€rback thrcwing
from the pocket or sprinting out and challenging
the perimeter. At least one linebacker has to
be assigned to contain the play and feel that it's
his rcsponsibility io attack with leveraee.
On r-un plays, you can't be passive and wait
and see how you are going to be blocked. By g€tting
def€nders to the area wherc the of€nse wants
to attack, you have a much bett€r chance ofstopping
them.
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