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63 Basics and Overview

Jack Gregory 2011

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THE BASIC CONCEPT

Keep the ball on the opponents side of the

line of scrimmage and deter him from running

north-south.

via the pass or the sweep.

Play aggressive, violent, fundamentally sound

football.


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Roots of the Defense

DC46 (Dumcoach 46 Defense from Clark

Wilkins)

62 Shooter (John Carbon)

tac awson 34 Zone blitz (Don Capers/Dick Lebeux)

Tampa Cover 2 (Tony Dungy)


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What is It?

It looks like a 60 front but is really a 40 front

Inverted cover 2 using Tampa cover 2 concept

Really 5 LBs; DE use a 34 rush/drop technique

Defensive line are one gap


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Important Terms #1 Compress: A defensive line technique that has the lineman get off the snap and get into the

blocker and attempt to displace him or get behind him so that the defenders heels replace theblockers heels and there by compressing the line of scrimmage and force the ball to spill outside.

In our BASE STACK calls we penetrate, locate the ball, and go to the ball; which is a one gaptechnique and what we normally use. In any BULL call we attack the blocker and compress which isa 2 gap technique.

Hunting (Hunter): This is a technique of having a defender widen out far enough to not be blockedby a interior blocker or offensive end man on/near the line of scrimmage (EMLOS) and then aim the

ps, e uc e, an ee e ns e a e near p o e eepes ac or neares ac n a

order) and attack him at the snap of the ball and stay on that outside edge of that near hip as hegets to him. This literally has the defensive end tracking the near hip so he stays in front of it. If heencounters a lead blocker then cross his face aggressively while ripping through the outside arm pitwith his inside arm to stay on that near hip of the ball carrier.

Feathering: This is when the near side OLB or a DEFENSIVE END is playing the sweep or a perimeterplay and must maintain outside leverage (hips square to the LOS) on the read player and force him

to string the perimeter play out towards the boundary (going east-west). The OLB must keep hiships square to the LOS and keep his inside shoulder tight and to the outside of the ball carrier.Used when we call RED (READ) for the OLB and when a DEFENSIVE END is facing a fast running backthat is beating him to the C gap.


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Important Terms #2 Spill: Force the ball to go wide to the boundary by filling all the interior gaps on

the inside. Individually it means having the ball go away from the LOS and go to

the outside of the outside shoulder of the defender. Often this is done by crashingor placing immediate pressure inside filling the interior gaps or compressing theLOS. This is a technique we use for our perimeter defense concept and specificallywith our defensive ends.

the boundary. Individually it means keeping the ball on the inside shoulder andforcing the ball to cut back inside or backside. Often this occurs when thedefensive end gets inside quickly and does not allow the runner to spill forcing therunner to cut and run inside (into our interior defender) or backside into ourbackside pursuit (BSDE). This technique is used by the contain (play side) cornerand by the RED play side (feathering) OLB.

Perimeter concept (SHOOT THE SIDELINES): this is the concept I use to force theball to stay east-west and deny it the ability to go north-south and drive the ball tothe boundary or kill it in the back field. There are several terms tied to thisconcept:


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Important Terms #3 Alley: This is the location from the offensive EMLOS and the near boundary. The defense, once

they determine run to the alley (outside), must squeeze the size of the alley down as much aspossible from the inside out as they force the runner to run east-west. The alley defender is the

near OLB and his job is to maintain outside leverage as well as mirror and attack the ballaggressively. His job is to pin the ball behind the LOS and force it to run to the boundary or backinside to the shoot defenders and pursuit. He is the first line of defense inside the alley when wecall RED. Otherwise the OLB is attacking the A, B, or C gaps.

Bounce: This is the backside OLB (in RED) once he determines there is no threat of BCR (BOOTLEGe mus re oca e o e p ay s e gap a an n erme a e ep ang e o

further drive the runner to the boundary and not allow him to cut back as MIKE and alley OLB flowwith the ball. He must cross-key and check for Bootleg/Counter/Reverse prior to bouncing. Thebounce is the second line of defense inside the alley and we expect his delay as he reads and thatallows him to come into the play side C gap and kill the cutback as he does.

Cap: The backside corner takes his three step pass drop and once he determines there is notthreat of BCR he must relocate to the play side at a deep angle of about 30 yards (end zone line in

near the end zone) to ensure that the runner has no chance to score. He must check forBootleg/Counter/Reverse prior to capping and he should slow play the cap as first to verify BCR andno throw back. This defender must cap the top of the alley to reduce the chance of an easy score.He is the final line of defense on top of the alley or essentially the safety.


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Important Terms #4 Contain: Play side/near side corner after he takes his three step pass drop and confirms a run to

the near perimeter he immediately closes on the line of scrimmage staying on the outside edge ofthe runner and attempts to contain the runner behind the LOS and towards the boundary. His job

is to contain the ball behind or as near to the line of scrimmage as possible. The job of the containdefender to is to squeeze the alley from the outside to the boundary.

Force: This is the defensive ends on both sides of the ball. Their job is to force the ball toimmediately turn inside or go deep around the force towards the boundary so the ball can be killedin the backfield. The force defender aligns on the inside of the alley and his job is to attempt to nota ow e a n o e a ey or or o ave o go away rom e o ge o e a ey. orce e

ball to react immediately to pressure and not allow easy access to the alley at all. This is ourHunting technique.

Shoot: This is the MIKE linebacker and his job, once he determines the perimeter play, is to attackthe ball from inside out down hill and kill the ball as fast as possible and hopefully behind the lineof scrimmage as it runs east-west. His job is to shoot into the alley and kill the play. Mike must stayon track to the inside hip of the runner.


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Important Terms #5 Bite the Pit: This is simply a term to reinforce the safe and proper way to

execute a tackle. Literally bite the ball side arm pit; meaning you have to

get your head and eyes up and your mouth into the arm pit which will in

turn force you to lower your hips, drop your butt, bend your knees, and

get you in the proper hitting position. We use the LOAD, EXPLODE, GO

conce t with tacklin . Load our bod , ex lode into the ball carrier, o

through the ball carrier. Bite the pit reinforces all of that. Bite the Hip: This is a variation of the Bite the Pit against a bigger or

tougher runner. The tackler simply lowers his landmark the same side hip

as the landmark with the same technique. We still teach L.E.G.


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Important Terms #6 Field: This is the wide side of the field or the side with more horizontal

space for the ball to maneuver in. The field side is always our DANGER

SIDE as this is the side the offense often runs to. Mike will call DANGER so

that the entire defense is alerted to which side is field and which side is

boundary. If we are in the middle of the field then MIKE will call DANGER

SIDE to the o onents side line as that is the next most common side ran

to. Boundary Side: This is the short side of the field and the ball has less

horizontal or lateral space to maneuver in and thus it is much easier to

control the ball. Bear in mind that the ball will often go NORTH-SOUTH or

cut back much faster on the boundary side and thus another reason whywe keep our better players on the field side so that we can account for the

quick north-south or cut back move via backside pursuit as we squeeze

down from the field side.


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Important Terms #7 Window: A Window is any open space on the LOS that is not covered by a

defensive lineman. A window is any open space between defensive

linemen and the sidelines. It is simply an open space on the LOS that a

linebacker or defensive back can penetrate into the backfield to make a

play. Pre-snap the linebacker should look for windows along the LOS and

ost-sna he should then locate the windows that develo as the offense

line and defensive line moves for position.


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Important Terms #8 Tunnel: Whenever a kick out is made on a defender a tunnel

is made and the offense will attempt to run through thattunnel. A tunnel is always between the alley and the snapper.

We must squeeze it back inside to our line or spill it to the

sideline.


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Tactics of the 63 Defense The defense is designed to funnel the ball towards our best

defenders and to the sideline. We do this by compressing the LOS

on the inside with penetrating defensive linemen and compressingthe edge of the backfield on each side with hunting defensive ends.

In this defense the sideline acts as a twelfth defender and is one ofour best defenders. This is because the sideline always makes a

extra defender whenever possible and force runners that want torun the D gap to keep running towards our best tackler.

Our goal is to funnel or spill every thing to the sideline and force theball to go EAST-WEST and not cross the LOS. Yardage is gained byrunning NORTH-SOUTH not EAST-WEST and thus whenever we canfunnel and force the runner to run east-west it increases thelikelihood that we will negate any chance of a positive gain by theoffense and increase the chance that our defense makes a tackle fora loss by increasing the time it takes to go NORTH-SOUTH.


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Field Side Concept Offenses like to operate in big spaces and the field side offers more room

to operate in.

Out of 104 teams that I studied, during 2005, I found that 76% of thoseteams ran to the wide side of the field. When they did not run to the wideside of the field 84% of those teams ran to their side of the field. Based onthis I will always have my MIKE call strong side to the FIELD SIDE and if theo ense s n e m e o e e we w ca s rong s e o e

opponent's sideline. This ensures that you will playing to the correct side80% of the time.

Common Chain of Priorities for which side the ball is going on offense: Wide Side (Field)

Near Side (opponents near side)

Backfield alignments

Formation strength (unbalanced line)

Plays specific to individual formations


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The Alley ConceptALLEY

ALLEY

B

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N

B

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U

A

R

Y

D

A

R

Y

When an offense aligns there will always be two alleys, one on each side of

the ball. It is the job of the defense to squeeze the alley shut on each side of the balland deter the ball from penetrating the LOS.


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Zone Coverage Tampa Cover 2 scheme (rotational inverted cover 2)

Inverted Cover 2 (cornerbacks play in the outside quarters of the field)

Play the field then the ball. Grass is not fast, athletic, tall, tough, and it has never made a catch. When the ball is up in the air every defender takes a path to the ball and gets there with

purpose.

All defensive ends and defenders outside of the defensive end will tilt their stances.

Zone defenses offers better run support as the defenders are reading the backfieldas they defend the field.

Defensive backs (two) play pass first drop and keep dropping until they havedetermined the ball is crossing the LOS. They rotate to the passers vision with thefarthest DB slowing their rotation checking for BCR. Otherwise they defend passas that is their main responsibility.

Linebackers play run first and if they read pass they drop to the depth of thepasser and immediately rotate to the direction of the passers vision with thefarthest backers slowing their rotation checking for BCR.

Cornerbacks priority: 1) PASS, 2) CONTAIN, 3) BCR, 4) CAP


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Containment of the Alley

Contain:

Shrinking thealley.

Capping thealley.

ALLEY ALLEY

B

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D

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RY

B

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Squeezing the Alley

Filling the Alley

Shooting theAlley

B

O B

ALLEY ALLEY

U

ND

A

R

Y

O

UN

D

A

R

Y

Forcing the ball away fromthe alley


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Spill the Alley

Filling the Alley

Shooting theAlley

B

O B

ALLEY ALLEY

U

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D

A

R

Y

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UN

D

A

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Y

Forcing the ballaway from the alley


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The Hour Glass Effect The Perimeter Triangle and the Pass Triangle form an hourglass effect. The soft spot or weakness of the hourglass is the funnel on each side

(requiring the offense to pass the ball into the funnel).

Pass

Perimeter

Funnel Funnel


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Perimeter Triangle Deny the ball the ability to penetrate the ALLEY and deny it the ability to

go vertical.

The perimeter triangle is made up of the MIKE backer and both defenseends. Their job is not to allow the offense to get into the alley unless theydo it going away from the LOS and moving east-west. The first objective isto turn them away from the alley (squeeze) but if the runner does get bythe end it must be on his outside shoulder as he gets more and more

ept away rom t e LOS. T is a ows our MIKE, BSDE, an recovere

PSDE along with the rest of the interior defense to pursue and funnel therunner towards the boundary driving him to go east-west while thepassing triangle convets into run support to contain the runner over thetop of the LOS and bar him from going north-south while the PSOLBprovides immediate outside leverage over the top to not allow him

vertical access to the endzone. This method is really used on any sort ofperimeter play whether it is a sweep, a pass to the flat, or an option play.We do the same thing all the time; we force the ball to go east-west anddeny it the ability to go north-south.


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Pass Triangle Made up of the two cornerbacks in inverted cover 2 playing

off man at 8 to 10 yards and the MIKE backer set over the

snapper at 6 to 8 yards. Pass triangle is based on Tampa Cover 2 Scheme. Meaning

when the MIKE reads vertical pass or pass threat to the

turning the INVERTED COVER 2 into COVER 3. In the caseof bootlegs and rollouts the MIKE will either attackdownhill at the passer or given enough time to read flowwill drop and flow into mid field/funnel coverage.

The hybrid action of the MIKE makes this defense very hardto throw the three vertical and even four vertical againstdue to the nature of our zone coverage and the fact that wedefend field & ball not a man.


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The Funnel Is the Weak Spot! In the Inverted Cover 2 (Tampa 2) the weak spot is the space outside of the defensive end and inside of

the boundary (alley) on each side.

Yes and no. Our focus is to stop the offense from getting the big play first and foremost. This is normallyaccomplished by the vertical pass or the perimeter play (the sweep/flat pass).

We also allocate our interior six to filling all the interior gaps (A, B, C) on both sides as well and thus denythem the ability to attack us vertically on the interior and edge while we apply max pressure to their

backfield using not only our interior six but our defensive ends.

This limits what the offense can reall do to us and where the can effectivel attack us. The should notbe able to throw the vertical pass, they should not be able to sweep on us or effectively attack the flat,

and they should not be able to attack us in the interior or edge. What they can do is get the ball into the

funnel via the perimeter pass or screen. If you look at the way the defense is designed we have a check

and balance to allow us to account for this in our normal structure.

First the defensive ends are really executing a rush and read technique that allows them to drop intocoverage if they detect any sort of quick pass or screen to the perimeter. Thus acting as FLAT/HOOK

robber coverage.

Secondly all three defenders in the passing triangle are allowed to flow to the passers vision allowingthem to play the ball and the field and not an individual player. More importantly if you look at the funnel

once the ball is there we have defenders all around the ball creating a ring of tacklers that allow us to close

in and kill the ball where it lands or press it to the sideline.


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BCR: Bane of the Backside Bootleg, counter, reverse!

Backside defenders (DE, OLB, CB) must slow play flow to ensure

they dont vacate their space and open the defense to a BCR. Therule is simple: check for flow coming your way in the backfield ifyou see none slow play to flow and confirm the ball on the otherside of the field before you commit full speed.

re-snap e ags or : WB on opposite side Offset FB on opposite side Split backs in backfield or three back alignment Slot, bunch, or trips receivers on opposite side

The defense is designed so that the front side does their job andstops the flow. Make sure the backside slows down and does their

job as well and the defense will never give up a big play.


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Personnel Group 1

Back 5 Mike: best defensive player with athletic ability to range from

sideline to sideline and drop into vertical coverage. Must be

aggressive/violent hitter that enjoys punishing ball carrier. Goodleadership skills.

Defensive End: disciplined, explosiveness off the ball, understandsleverage/angles. Aggressive/violent hitter with good tackling skills.

key and cover the flat verses an expanded edge on his side whencalled to. Tall players and/or players with size to match up to leadblockers and pullers.

Cornerback: disciplined, athletic, fast, good hands, natural ballskills. Ability to take proper angles/leverage to the ball. Good

tacklers in the open field. Can be smaller players as long as theymeet the criteria above.


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Personnel Group 2

Front 6 OLB: more athletic players of your F6 players. The better football player &

athlete he is the more you can do with him. He should be a pretty good leader

(stacks), and he should have decent quickness and aggressiveness. The betterhe is in zone and man coverage and the better he is at tackling the more youcan do with him.

DT: the more athletic of the two defensive linemen. Can be two types, small

penetrate with power. In either case they must be able to compress the LOS. DG: the least athletic F6 player but follow the guidelines for tackles.

Special note: if you have an elite defensive linemen dont be afraid to movehim from DT to DG and even from stack to another to keep the offenseguessing.

Special Adjustment Player:

NT (Nose Tackle): elite defensive player that can either penetrate aggressively andquickly or fill a gap with power or BULL/2Gap and fill space on the LOS.

MO (second MIKE): Same as the MIKE backer and often a ROVER type player.


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Order of Need63 Stack 63 Stack and Red and Lava

MikeField Side DEField Side CB

Boundary Side DE

MikeField Side DEField Side CB

OLB

OLBOLBDTDT

DG

DG

Boundary Side DEBoundary Side CBDTDT

DG

DG


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Mike Pre-Snap Calls MADE PRE-SNAP EVERY PLAY:

FIELD CALL: This is a call that is made immediately by the mike backer to indicate which side is the

field side (wide side of the field or the most vulnerable). The FIELD SIDE CORNER and FIELD SIDEDEFENSIVE END should immediately swing to that side from the middle of the field as the boundaryside swings over to the opposite side. If the offense is in the middle of the field then the FIELD sideis the side opposite the teams sideline as we want our boundary players on our near sideline.MIKE has to make this call immediately. He should not hesitate to make this call so that the fieldand boundary players (DEs and CBs) can get in their right spots and wait for any additional tags orca s.

SHIFT CALL: Our basic alignment has the interior defenders align against a 3:3 alignment, meaningthere are at least 3 blockers on each side of the snapper. With unbalanced sets and the use of awing on, backfield overload (Yale/beast) and nasty alignments we compensate for this by using asimple shift call. MIKE after making his FIELD call will count the number of blockers on the LOS oneach side of the snapper. As long as there is 3:3 he doesnt need to make the call unless he sees awing on, backfield overload, or a nasty split to the field side or the coaching staff from the side line

makes an adjustment call. By calling SHIFT (RIGHT or LEFT) it tells the stacks to shift one man overto the side called (for a 4:2 alignment, wing on, backfield overload, or nasty alignment). If the MIKEcalls DOUBLE SHIFT or even TRIPLE SHIFT he is saying to shift over twice or even three times (5:1 ora 6:0 alignment).


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Basic Alignment of Interior Interior Six; Penetrate and Locate the ball!

The interior six defenders are made up of two guards, two tackles, and two outside line

backers. One guard, one tackle, and one outside backer make up a stack of three defenders. The outside backer is the stack leader and will direct where the other two defenders in his

stack go at the snap of the ball. In RED/CLOUD he has a OUTSIDE/AT/AWAY key.

Defensive Guards: Will align head up over the first blocker on their side of the snapper. Theywill et into an a ressive three oint stance that allows them to attack either the inside or

outside gap of the man they are head up on.

Defensive Tackle: Will align head up over the second blocker on their side of the snapper.They will get into an aggressive three point stance that allows them to attack either the

inside or outside gap of the man they are head up on.

Outside Backer: Will align one to three yards behind the defensive tackle in a balanced twopoint stance with the arms cocked by the hips. He should be on the balls of his feet and he

should be in a solid hitting stance ready to move in any direction. He can offset to the

outside slightly (no more than inside foot to outside heel of DT) if he needs to account for an

offense that is perimeter heavy.


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Basic Alignment of the Hourglass Mike: aligns in a balanced two point stance and is 6 to 8 yards directly over

the snapper. Reads flow/can set key to QB or FB or TB as needed).

AT/AWAY KEY. Defensive End: aligns 2 to 3 yards outside from the Offensive EMLOS (OT,

TE, WB). He is in a two point with the inside foot up and tilted so that heis facing the deep/near back (numbers, buckle, toes). If the TE or WB isa ng a nas y sp a gn ns e o m you canno c ose e e ge. un s

the near/deep into the backfield. If flow away DE stays deep as deepestback and follows.

Corner Back: aligns 8 to 10 yards of the ball. Face the near/deep back(numbers/buckle) facing inside. Reads QB to 1st receiver as he drops todetermine pass, contain, cap. With a wide receiver he splits the difference

between the WR and the near DE. If there is a slot or trips looks the CBsplits the difference between the 1st and 2nd receiver. If there is no tightend he simply aligns four yards outside of the offensive EMLOS.


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Base Calls Stack: Max pressure!

Red: Pressure with inside/out coverage. Spread (Red Spread): Red call with OLB moving outside of

the DE into outside coverage using a LB drop and coveringthe perimeter area.

uarters: sprea ca w t t e us ng a ropcovering from the perimeter to the vertical seam. This isbasically a cover 4 concept to play three and four verticalconcepts.

Zulu: spread call but the OLB is actually attacking the C gap

(edge) inside of the DE force. This allows us to bringadditional pressure from the edge when we know the slotis not a pass threat or the QB is not attacking that area.


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Stack Basic call

Can be used for eight and below teams as it acts like a GAP 8 defense.

Allows you to bring constant but random pressure to the interior and edgeon both sides (A,B,C, and D (thanks to DE) gaps).

The stack concept sets the basis for all other calls.

Two stacks of three defenders.

Each stack is lead by a OLB and has a DG and DT.

Has four basic slant calls (IN, OUT, SPLIT, GAP).

GAP call is also a auto call for an open side (no TE).

DG and DT penetrate, locate the ball, and attack ball with hips square tothe LOS.


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Red READING DEFENSE

OLB stays aligned over the DT OLB becomes a reader instead of a blitzer/stunter OLB read is OUTSIDE/AT/AWAY DRAW/PASS OLB is the ALLEY DEFENDER for RUN

OLB takes an outside read step (lateral read step) OLB will drop into zone coverage and to the depth of the

QBs drop. He drops quickly and rotates to the QBs vision.Backside OLB slows his rotation to check for BCR

Allows us move from GAP 8 pressure defense to a readingzone defense


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Spread Same as RED but in SPREAD the OLB will now split.

Allows the OLB to expand out to zone coverage outsideof the DE.

On the call the OLB expands splitting the difference

the same manner as the CB.

Aligns to a depth of 2 to 4 yards

His drop converts to a LB drop when he is outside of

the DE. He reads the backfield READ RUN (OUTSIDE/AT/AWAY) to PASS/DRAW


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QUARTERS Same as RED but in QUARTERS the OLB will now split.

Allows the OLB to expand out to zone coverage outside of the DE.

On the call the OLB expands splitting the difference between the2nd receiver from the outside and tilts in the same manner as theCB.

Aligns to depth of 2 to 4 yards

His drop converts to a DB drop in QUARTERS when he is outside ofthe DE. Meaning he takes a three step drop and if he has a passthreat he continues to drop.

READ is PASS/DRAW OUTSIDE/AT/AWAY

Like having a CB in SKY coverage on the SLOT receiver

If there is no SLOT he is RED inside


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ZULU Same as RED but in ZULU the OLB will now split.

Allows the OLB to blitz from the SPREAD/QUARTERS look attacking

inside of the DE. On the call the OLB expands splitting the difference between the

2nd receiver from the outside and tilts in the same manner as theCB.

Aligns to a depth of 2 to 4 yards but starts to squeeze inside nearthe LOS just before the snap.

He attacks the near hip of the QB and attacks inside of the DEsforce.

MIKE calls the stack on that side.

We can send MIKE into his assigned GAP by adding SHAKA to thecall (SHAKA ZULU). This allows us to get the MIKE backer involvedin the STACK blitz scheme and still use the OLB from an expandedlook to bring overloaded pressure from the expanded side.


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ZULUZulu CallMike calls IN to STACK Shaka Zulu Call

Mike calls OUT to STACK


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Man Coverage Calls Press called when we want to put our CBs and OLBs into press man

coverage against their #1 and #2 receivers on each side.

Depress called when we want to put our CBs and DEs into press mancoverage against their #1 and #2 receiver on each side.

Press call the near side DE will cover #3 out of the backfield. In the case of.

Otherwise we let the DE pick up the quick pass and if MIKE sees the QBmask to that side he will roll his coverage.

Depress call the near side OLB will cover #3 out of the backfield in REDotherwise MIKE sees the QB mask to that side he will roll coverage.

Mutant CBs stay in inverted cover two and DEs go into PRESS cover onthe #1 receiver outside and the OLBs will cover the #2 receiver from the

outside. Mike will have base coverage with a four man front.


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PRESS CALL Used when we need to go into press man coverage across the board

against a passing team as a change up.

It puts the corners into inside leverage press on the #1 receiver on his side. It puts the OLB into inside leverage press on the #2 receiver on his side. They dont mirror depth. They hug the LOS and mirror and they dont let

the receiver release inside.

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MIKE will get a COVER 1 call telling him to go to 8 to 10 yards deep andtake a 3 step drop and read QB mask.

MIKE can stay base (6 to 8 yards and attack flow) or even get a blitz tag togo into a COVER 0 pressure look.

You can call ZULU as well if you feel the defense will not throw to a certain

slot receiver. If you want to really take a chance and you feel the SLOT isnot a viable threat at all you can call PRESS-SHAKA ZULU (RIGHT/LEFT)

If man goes in motion they stick with him.


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PRESS


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PRESS ZULU RIGHT


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PRESS SHAKA ZULU RIGHT

(Mike calls IN for right stack)


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PRESS SHAKA ZULU RIGHT

(Mike calls OUT for right stack)


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DEPRESS CALL Used when we need to go into press man coverage across the board against a

passing team as a change up and we want to keep our OLBs inside.

It puts the corners into inside leverage press on the #1 receiver on his side.

It puts the DE into inside leverage press on the #2 receiver on his side. They dont mirror depth. They hug the LOS and mirror and they dont let the

receiver release inside.

Force him outside to the boundary, get on his inside hip, and run with him. MIKE will get a COVER 1 call telling him to go to 8 to 10 yards deep and take a 3

step drop and read QB mask. MIKE can stay base (6 to 8 yards and attack flow) or even get a blitz tag to go into a

COVER 0 pressure look.

OLB can be STACK or RED. If STACK they dont go AUTO GAP so you can play withthe line using STACK calls. You can still call GAP (if you do the OLB switches to aDEEP/NEAR FORCE tech and not a QB FORCE tech.

It allows you to vary the outside pressure and coverage in PRESS which can oftenconfuse the reads of the QB.

If man goes into motion they stick with him.


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DEPRESS


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MUTANT CALL Used when we need to go into press man coverage across the board against a

passing team as a change up and we want inverted cover 2 behind it due to goodvertical receivers.

It puts the DE into inside leverage press on the #1 receiver on his side. It puts the OLB into inside leverage press on the #2 receiver on his side.

They dont mirror depth. They hug the LOS and mirror and they dont let thereceiver release inside.

orce m outs e to t e oun ary, get on s ns e p, an run w t m.

MIKE will be in base coverage unless another call is made. MIKE can stay base (6 to 8 yards and attack flow) or even get a blitz tag to go into a

COVER 0 (MICKEY/MOUSE) pressure look or a COVER 1 look (ROBBER)

We can SKY our CBs still for quicker run support.

MIKE makes a base STACK call for both sides. Often BULL but we can make all sortsof calls.

If man goes into motion they stick with him.

5 man front so often this is a RUN read. SKY call the CBs to fool them.


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MUTANT


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Basic Training The biggest question I often get is how do you get this defense installed and how long does it take.

My answer is it takes one practice to get the basic structure installed

About three practices to get it working so that every player understands their role within the defense.

I use a pretty simple group method to initially teach the defense so that every player has a basic understanding of how

the entire thing works and why their job is so important. I break it up into the front six and into a sweep and pass triangles and then combine them into the

hourglass and explain how the two triangles support each other to make the defense work. Once I get this

done we work on perfecting their basic stances, initial movements, and their role within the hourglass and

the front six. Once we get that down we start refining their techniques and adding some additional calls

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First and foremost we stress tackling, pursuit angles, and creating turnovers. These are basics of defensivefootball and without them any defense you teach is going to be worthless so you have to put an emphasison these basic concepts throughout the season and especially at the beginning of the season.

Fundamentals should be stressed throughout the entire season. A team that tackles, pursues, and create

turnovers on defense gives their offense more possessions and increases the likelihood of your team

scoring.

We instill in our team and aggressive and violent demeanor. I want my kids to always make contact first asthat resolves a lot of problems. This is a combat sport and kids need to have a warrior mentality of never

quit, never back down, and always strike first and strike hard!

We teach using a WHY and HOW METHOD. We explain a concept/technique, we walk it, we run it at halfspeed, and we run it at full speed. We constantly reinforce good habits and eliminate bad habits.


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It is About Pressure! This defense is all about pressure. In STACK we put it right in the

face of the offense and challenge them to stop it.

In RED we compress the line and bring pressure from the edgesand read and respond to flow.

In SPREAD we again compress the line and bring pressure from theedge and play our OLB in a flat/hook zone coverage.

In Quarters we again compress the line and bring pressure from the

edge and allow our OLB to play a DB drop. Basically allowing themto convert into COVER 4 using a slot SKY look.

ZULU and the addition of SHAKA allows us to bring pressure whilegiving a SPREAD/QUARTERS look to keep passing teams (especiallyspread) on their toes and hold true to our pressure theme. Bringingour defense right back to the STACK concept we believe in with anice twist.


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