A1: I enjoy an Eagle/Bear front with an ODD base; I'd utilize a Solid front from an EVEN front to cover up guards and play games with the ILBs covering A/B gaps. #425chat
A1) Love to go 4-2-5 with Double A Gap Mugged up LB's. Coverage will change, but usually Fire Zone behind it. If I am in a 3-3, we are going to be in a Bear front with Fire Zone or Man behind.
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I think field position dictates that call. But ...Must have center covered , both A gaps being taken immediately with mike and 3 tech DT IN SLANT. Slanting strong end into b and playing Sam off edge. Man or man free behind #425Chat
A1) 3rd and short is a down that favors the offense so unless it is a must stop or the game is over situation I prefer to stick with my top run call that is safe verse deep shot plays. If I plan man, it will be C1 to have a safety net if the ball squeaks through. #425chat
A1: depends greatly on situation and tendency. But if I were flying blind from our base 33 probably pinch our ends into b gap and bring overhang safety from the boundary, playing cover 3 behind it. #425chat
A1) Obviously depends on strengths/game plan. ZR team we will NCAA blitz the back w/ man behind it. Non running threat at QB we will edge pressure away from the back and play cloud to him to defend quick game / RPO. #425chat
We do the exact same thing with 3-3-5 Stack just 1-5. Signal the number and blitz is easy! Opens the playbook a ton. Cross is flip the numbers (43). #425chat
A1: I think most often we stay in a pretty base front 13/31/22. May game it. Blitz a lb here and there in an A. Coverage is mostly a 3 to get another guy in the box. #425chat
Q1b. Phone In Follow-Up Question) Most everyone is bringing pressure from the responses, but what is your answer if you are playing a tempo team? #425chat
Disguise is off. Get a call in immediately line up , know where best offensive threat is. Man of some sort. If man free use free to spy most dangerous threat whether it’s slot/wr or running QB #425chat
Q1b. Phone In Follow-Up Question) Most everyone is bringing pressure from the responses, but what is your answer if you are playing a tempo team? #425chat
Bear crawl a/b gaps with big boys. Bring the edges. Let the LB’s flow and man the back end. Play banjo if they are bunched to take away rubs and press the point if trips bunch #425chat
A2) A FG is a win at this point, make them snap the ball again. Stay simple. I play two coverage, 0 and seven across. It is best if you can make your blitz disguise with seven across. I don't start calling it the redzone until the offense is on the 13 yd line. #425chat
A2: Always prefer to stay in zone until about the 10-5 yd line depending on down, expected play call. If inside 5, I prefer a hard inside leverage press. line up about 2 yds inside. Mirror under inside, in phase on fade. Not getting inside us. #425chat
A2: It varies against spread teams, I like to fill every gap and send 1 more than they can block with a cover 0 behind it... MOB call will put Mike on Back and Banjo will tell my outside rushers to peel off with back #425chat
A2) I don’t change mindset until inside 16 yard line. We play mainly C1 or 1- Peel. I do like quarters as a change up in a pass situation vs Boot/Sop Teams. We will press and force outside throws. #425chat
A1: kind of surprised so many of you want to play man on 3rd in short. IMO that's a run down a major benefit of playing zone is to have secondary run support. I'd rather plug the middle with my dline, try to spill and have all 11 running to the ball #425chat
A1: When I was a DC I liked the cross Mbacker blitz BUT camo'd it. As an O Guy now, if I see backers creeping I recommend TE PoP or something similar to OC on headset #425chat
A1B) This is where practice helps, kids should know what pressures/front/stunts we are running that week in that situation. Depending on the week we should have 3 max. By practicing the calls they should anticipate the call and line up and execute quickly. #425chat
A2: we typically play zero, get the free out and sub in an extra LB, may go to our bear front. Interested in learning more about zone coverages on the goal line tho. Everyone running pick plays and the zones are constricted, making it difficult to find holes to throw it #425chat
A1: This year being my first year as a DC on 3rd and short I did a lot of work into scouting teams ahead of time to know their go to. Typically we would get into our 5-3 look and bring a LB with a slant every once in a while. Locking up coverage behind it. #425chat
Always cover 3
Blitz? Varies depending on weak link on line. I harass the hell out of one kid. Either weakest or meanest... try to get them off their game and bring in the sub
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A1b: we've got some tempo teams that are DBL Wing/Flexbone teams so it's all about how much you scouted the last 3 games. What do they like to do on 3&short the majority of the time and have a plan for it that sound vs. run or pass.
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One of the best fronts we used was a simple Over (Strong) Front to combat pulling guards such as a buck sweep. Up field rush can backfire quickly tho so be disciplined to the LOS #425chat
A1: dts in 2s ends in 5s slanting to inside gaps. Going true split with one high. Make the play bounce to my killers! Coverage is either man free or 3 #425chat
A1b) With up Tempo teams we will use tendencies to game plan and use 3-4 goal line calls to get out set up quick, like to mix in a couple blitz combos and will use our 6 man rush package #425chat
We had one kid who bullied our WLB in grade school...
Sent him on blitz every down. Eventually (2Q) bully couldnt handle it anymore, and grabbed facemask after the play and started cursing.
Ejected.
Win
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A3) verse 2 backs, bear front blitz Safety off the TE side and play zero. Gives you two LBs in the box to read and fit fast. Edge rushers play force. #425chat
We will send double edge pressure. We will align in our base front(5/3/1/5). We will Slant both DEs and the 3 Tech and send the SS and WS. Man behind. #425chat
A3) It all depends on the teams tendency. So many teams will go with the 💰 play to pick up a fresh set of downs. Rely on your game plan to take away their best play or playmaker options #425chat
A3: A weakside twist putting my Nose in a 2i and crossing him to B gap and sending the Will up that newly freed A gap. For maximum effect, have the Will show blitz in B gap 2 yards back. #425chat
A3:Squeezing down the DL/ some form of Pinch cancel out the interior gaps and make ball carrier try to find creases with free flowing backers that are coming from about 2.5-3 yds and a SS playing spill
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A2: Try to avoid a single high, doesn’t factor in many plays in the red zone. We fence off the GL or line to gain with leverage outside 1, inside 1 and with 2 post safeties in the alley. #425chat
A1: 3rd & short. The Off. is going to want to hit it downhill. I'm going w/ full line movement. It forces a cutback & doesn't allow the OL to climb 2nd level. ILBs can rock back for the runner unabated. Simple yet effective. Perfect for 3 & short. Don't over think it.
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A3: Linebackers cross blitz either B or A gaps... will also stunt dline to really mess with Olines Blocking scheme... Dbl 3s dend s and dtackles stunt while ilb's cross blitz into A gaps... play a hard press cover 1 behind it #425chat
#425chat send both LBs A gap. Pitch and peel the DEs if pressured and tries dumping it off to RB, DE can be unseen and HOUSE the dump down. In an IDEAL WORLD.
Q4: For me, it's TE formations with 2 backs; We've got to be gap sound and really rely on our 2nd and 3rd levels to read keys and make plays - drill the basics and be sound. #425chat
Bad offense: zone pressures. Let them make a mistake.
Good offense: go make a play. Force the issue. Send 1 more than what they have to block. Cover 0. ILBs blitz and engage off of the backs.
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A4- short yardage - anything under center because now we have to defend A gap more so than we did before. You would be surprised how many teams ignore the A gap! #425chat
A4) Single wing or double TE wing teams.
I hate them with a burning passion of a thousand lava heated furnaces ignited by dragon fire... in August. On Mercury.
Hate them
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Extra OL in as a TE. 21 pers. trade that extra guy. Motion of some sort to cause confusion in man coverage. Or fast shift to defense weak side and power run. #425chat
A4: the easiest to defend is a team that doesn't have the ability to to get under center. If it's 1st and goal from the 1 and they can run QB sneak or fb dive 4 times I don't like my chances. If their taking the snap 5 yards from los, I feel like I got a fighting chance #425chat
The beauty of a good Quarters coverage is that it compresses nicely with the field & turns into adaptive man in the RZ. The offense actually has less space to work w/. Defense has the advantage. Keep it simple w/ line movement & 5-man pressures. Make'em work! #425chat
A4) double tight empty. Either have soft edges or a soft middle. If they run seams with both te’s they have leverage on safeties. If ILB’s go to help, QB can tuck and run through open gaps. #425chat
A4 cont: I know the question was about most difficult not easiest, but obviously it blows my mind when teams can't get UTC on the goal line but I'll take it if I'm coaching D #425chat
A2.2: While at Baylor, we didn't even have a special RZ coverage because if taught well, Quarters can matchup to anything. Tight splits? Run an adapted Cloud. The Off can't rub you. Fade routes? That's a low % throw. Only tip, DBs must be carried into the EZ.
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We have had success with bring two LBers off the edge, pinch the DL and have our CBs man the TEs, our safeties will will play aggressive down hill and peel if a back releases #425chat
A4: 3x1 bunch we've taken out a LB and put in another $, manned up the #1 and played a version of zone with the remaining 3 WRs mostly Cov 3 to get a $ in the box or apexed btw #3 and LOS #425chat
A4: The most dfficult to defend is a team with 2 stud Te's that can flex out to WR and also do a great job blocking... you cant really adjust personnel since they don't, so you're stuck playing a Dbl tight set with your safeties hard in the run game #425chat
A5) depends on the personnel I have. I was lucky last year to have hybrid type OLB/DE types that we could play against DBL wing and spread with the same guys. #425chat
A5) Like to bring in fresh legs on the interior line. Low get off guys, big beef if we have it. Yes for a bunch of reasons. Maybe a really good athlete who is mostly a O player, to play man. #425chat
A5) not until closer to the GL. if they have a heavy package (xtra ol/TE/rb’s) will bring in more big boys and take bad tacklers off the field. Otherwise, will leave to regular defense on the field #425chat
A3: Fav. short yardage blitz = LB plug blitz. Hits quick & all gaps are covered. Play catch tech. by the DBs to anticipate quick throws/hot routes. Force low % throws.
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We will only change personnel if we believe it give us a considerable advantage, other then that we play with our regular D and adjust with our regular personnel. Not a huge fan of personnel changes if you don’t have to #425chat
Q5: If I need to move to a 50 front that week based on heavy run I will sub out a safety and bring in an extra dlinemen, now have a true 5 dline group out there, and true 3 linebacker group #425chat
A5) only time I change to a big personnel is if they have one or fewer WRs on the field. Have to match weight with weight! Align in a 7-3 bear look and play zero. #425chat
A5: We typically do not unless we have a bigger OL/DL who can make a impact in those goal to go situations. We trust our system and the players in any situation based off our prep #425chat
A5: in certain situations against bigger personal packages our 33 could turn into a 53 by subbing our w/s and ss for 2 more lineman, could also move our SS to FS in that package and walk him up as a 4 LB too #425chat
A5) In the past we have not. We already have our best 11 out there, you don't want to see #12. Also with our personnel, our Sam is one of our better players, so subbing him for another DL to play bear and 0 is probably a net loss for us. #425chat
A5: No, especially on the line. Tempo or not that’s a longer ways from our sideline that kids, especially the bigger ones, have to run off an on. We need to be ready for the next play. #425chat
A5: depends on the tendencies, personnel and down. We have 5 man fronts when either a LB, safety, or cb come off. Will play man with a short hole player. #425chat
A5- no- dance with the girl that brought ya. Only time I’ve messed with different personnel is against teams who do weird formations that we don’t normally see. even then they can catch you in a formation where you might be wishing you had your regular personnel #425chat
A5) No. Most offenses don’t change identities all of a sudden. Occasionally we get some funky formations inside the 5 that we will consider. Most of the time the formations we see at midfield are the formations we see in the RZ. #425chat
A4: Easy. The hardest formation to defend is Ace - regardless of down. So many gaps, angles, & big bodies for a 4-2-5 to handle. Here's how I defend it: https://t.co/3n8vIOR0TL#425chat
A5: It's a chess match right. If they're going heavy we're going heavy if they're going 10 we can go nickel, but I like to go with regular personnel. Looking forward to finding hybrid players within our team this year.
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A5) No because most of the adjustments that we need to make can be made with adjusting a LB to LOS or vice versa depending on leverage....gotta thing creatively when coaching smaller rosters #425chat
A5: If I need to move to a 50 front that week based on heavy run I will sub out a safety and bring in an extra dlinemen, now have a true 5 dline group out there, and true 3 linebacker group
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