Untitled - Fast and Furious Football

134 FOOTBAI,L COACHING STRATEGIES
selling a hadjetrush. Whetberhe spins or clubs
under is his call, but taking contain away from a
wide DE can compress a pocket and keep an OT
off-balance. W€ shade the weak DT and, hopefullx
dictat€ the double team look by our align-
On the snap, th€ shaded DT must drive to the
inside shoulder of the OG. Staying square, he
must dlaw two oflensive linemen to him ro prevent
them from picking out on the DE,s stunt.
Onc€ th€ double team is drawn and he feels the
DE clear, he'li loop out on a lat€ contain.
On the shongsid€, we give the DT shaded in a
3 technique the option to beat his guard ov€r or
under. A change call by our outside LB gives our
strone DE a widejet rush. This forces the OT to
fan out andblockhimin space, or aRBmust pick
hjm up in ihe backfield.
Any lime $c can den) or makc rhF oflensive
line work to keep the "big on big" matchup or tie
RBs or TEs into the protection quickly, we then
gain a covemge advantage. Also, ftom a technical
point, the DE is No.4 stlong mshing or shong
saf€ty blitz. This read in itself can cause pmblems
for an offense. Using the 1-Free coverage,
we use theweahILB toslide andch€ck draw and
scrcen beforc dropping off.
In Figur€ 2, we use the same 80 pre-snap look
but add a defensive lin€ twist to pressure. Much
as an offense will mn th€ same play from diIfer-
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on defense we will try to base rush, twist, and
max blitz from the same look.
In this simple X-stunt adjustment, the W-end
has a true jet contain rush which earli€I had set
up htu under move. Th€ weak ILB walks to the
LOS and will draw the O-enard's block beforc
dropping out. By drawing th€ guard's block, we
insure that the inside twist has our DTs going 2-
on-2 imtead of3-on-2.
Th€ stunt has the shong tackle on the snap
driving under the ofensive euard. His rush lan€
is through th€ backside 2 area. It is important to
sell the fimt man that he also is going to go fiee.
The intensity of his rush will increase when he
realizes that be is not a sacrificial lamb.
The twist tackle steps hard and upfield to the
weakside. We don't huny X-stunts; we like to X
on the offensive side ofthe ball. The twist tackle
comes tight olY of his partner's tail and gets upfield
once he clears behind the pick.
The strong OLB r ill ride r he TE betore spying
off for screen, dra\ or delay. Coverage can be
matched with a standad 2-deep look.
In Figure 3 we show a four-nan rush where
we try to use speed personnel to pressure a QB.
Ironically, although we are an even front defense,
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we get some of our best pressure from odd front
looks. In our 55 front, we remove a DT and re,
place him v,ith a "Jack-Back€r," who is a strongsafety
type player, to add speed offofthe corner
and causehavoc. The Jack-Backer can come from
the tight or split side, and for a nice two-man
change-up, he tells the D-erd wheiher he is coming
on a contain or free rush.
In our game plan, we will prcdetermine the
Jack-Backer's rush sid€ and responsibility to
ma-'.imize our matchup, baEed on their protecti on
scheme. Abalanced 55 rush can be matched with
any low risk coverage.
We hope these simple ideas on defensive pressure
are of some h€lp to you. Remember, good
playem who play hard win football games.
1990 Sunner Manual Coach Beomer is hea.l coach dt Vitsinia Tech. Cooch CLarh is detunsne coor(rinator