2LD Defense - Gregory Double Wing

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THE 2LD BY POSITIONHere are some thumbnail sketches of the requirements for the various 2LDpositions.First Level (1L): Body mass is important, but quickness and agility are vital atNose and Tackle. This is a fluid, swarming defense, so smaller/quicker personnelshould be preferred at these positions to larger/slower (all other things beingequal). The Ends should have speed, quickness, lean body mass, AND height.These are by far the best athletes in the First Level, and should be among thebest on your team. Julius Peppers is the current prototype. (You've got a coupleof those lying around, right?)The Ends are your principal pass rush threat, yet must be able to plug the offtacklehole. They almost always crash, and are responsible for the C gaps; the10
other DL personnel usually have a one-gap responsibility as well, although weoften give one Tackle or the Nose two-gap responsibility. Otherwise, we justmove the unassigned gap around in a kind of shell game.The key to all 1L maneuvers is that they begin as pass rush -- everything else isa reaction. When you give the 1L that aggressive mindset, you can still channelthat aggression into fighting through blocks to stop a running play coming atthem, or tearing down the LOS to pursue. I've found it much easier to teach D-line techniques this way than to teach gap responsibilities first and then passrush as a reaction.Second Level (2L): Speed kills, inside and out. A glue-footed Mike (whatCoach Thomson calls Gael, the middle LB equivalent in the 2LD) can be caught inmismatches against speedy receivers any time the offense chooses, so you needfoot speed at all five 2L positions. The two outside positions (I call them Lenand Ron -- CB equivalents) must be burners with big egos -- think Deion. Whilewe rarely hang them out to dry without top cover, these kids just have to bequick and cocky. The middle three positions (Sam, Mike and Will) are similar inrequirement to the Ends, but don't have to be quite so genetically superior.Body mass for plugging the inside and height for staying with crossing TEs areimportant, but again, speed shouldn't be sacrificed for size. If you have to, youcan play both a big LB type and a quicker SS type at one of the 2L positions,substituting them according to game plan.Deep Safety (DS): This can be one of the most average athletes on the team.Reasonable speed is an asset, but intelligence, timing and football sense are allvery important. The only critical trait is that he must LOVE TO HIT. He will getopportunities to lay the leather on receivers who are stretched out reaching forpasses while looking backward, and he will be expected to make the most ofthese opportunities. We see very few deep Post patterns by teams after a fewgood hits by the DS -- most teams stick to out routes and the shorter stuff afterone or two "rifle shot" collisions.We don't coach brutality, and I certainly do NOT teach head shots, but the lawsof physics dictate that a DS running forward can cover twice the ground of a FSbackpedaling, and will arrive at the point of impact with twice the momentum --which means twice the impact energy.11
Page 1: BACK TO THE FUTURE:INSTALLING THE 2
Page 4 and 5: THE CONCEPT: BUYING (AND SELLING) T
Page 6 and 7: THE BASICSWORKING WITHIN THE SYSTEM
Page 8 and 9: Formations with Area A receivers ca
Page 12 and 13: ALIGNMENTS (Note: The Deep Safety a
Page 14 and 15: In Odd fronts, the Nose has two-gap
Page 16 and 17: 2 Stacks: The defender stacks behin
Page 18 and 19: FUNDAMENTALS: First LevelStance:Nos
Page 20 and 21: locker: if the lineman he is slanti
Page 22 and 23: ENDS: COVER, SHORTSIDE SQUARE, AND
Page 24 and 25: ENDS: SHORTSIDE SQUARE ASSIGNMENTS2
Page 26 and 27: the ball moves across the core away
Page 28 and 29: This is the DS "glide path". He sho
Page 30 and 31: TET similarly involves a Tackle and
Page 32 and 33: COVERAGESMax (man) coverage is the
Page 34 and 35: Max/Tight Cushion is an excellent m
Page 36 and 37: From between the hashmarks, however
Page 38 and 39: Finally, if we call Cover against a
Page 40 and 41: In the above diagram, the left Tack
Page 42 and 43: To review (see diagram on page 41):
Page 44 and 45: [Two Key Concepts of 2LD: 1) Ten de
Page 46 and 47: PRACTICE #1:FIRST LEVEL: Whether No
Page 48 and 49: ALLEY DRILL (Odd Front vs. Drop-bac
Page 50 and 51: SECOND LEVELSTACK DRILLSWe teach 2L
Page 52 and 53: personnel in C-stacks take a deep p
Page 54 and 55: BEATEN-OUTFIELDER/DOWN-OUT-DOWN DRI
Page 56 and 57: DEEP SAFETY:ENFORCEMENT DRILLSENFOR
Page 58 and 59: READ DRILLSREAD DRILLS58
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The above diagram illustrates that
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PRACTICE #2:3-ON-1 SLANT KEYN/T SLA
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I-BACK MIRROR DRILLSNote: This dril
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PRACTICE #4 SCHEDULE:2-Level Defens
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PRACTICE #5CROSS-KEY DRILLS -- RUN
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PRACTICE #956 GOAL -- MAX56 GOAL -
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PRACTICE #10 SCHEDULE:2-Level Defen
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Play% of all plays run2 Wedge 3588
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D&D 8 Hole% 7 Hole%1&7+ 90 102&5+ 9
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to stem on motion, we can shift out
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The Tackles should play a tough Eag
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hard. If your 1L succeeds in stoppi
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SHUTTING DOWN THE THREATS:Buck Swee
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55 VS. BUCK SWEEPBuck Trap:The offe
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Without going into all the detail I
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Facing the pick patterns that quick
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near the normal Hook zone locations
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