Comments on: 8 Man Pressure Blitz Concept http://www.football-defense.com/8-man-pressure-blitz-concept/ Teaching Defense to Football Coaches who want to Dominate on the Field Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe http://www.football-defense.com/8-man-pressure-blitz-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Joe Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:35:11 +0000 http://www.football-defense.com/?p=200#comment-307 Brad, I've never heard of the "Texas" concept, so that's good stuff to know. I am familiar with the catch technique, just not a big fan of it. But you are right, the ASU film shows the DBs playing off-man. Thanks! Brad, I’ve never heard of the “Texas” concept, so that’s good stuff to know. I am familiar with the catch technique, just not a big fan of it. But you are right, the ASU film shows the DBs playing off-man. Thanks!

]]> By: Brad http://www.football-defense.com/8-man-pressure-blitz-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Brad Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:56:34 +0000 http://www.football-defense.com/?p=200#comment-305 The technique you describe with the Sam/SS, whoever is doing the reading of the release with the TE is often referred to in college coaching circles as the "Texas" concept. It is indeed a fairly standard practice in any man to man coverage for the defense player who is assigned to the TE to do this "Texas" read. It has the advantage of always giving the defense a plus one advantage in blitzing numbers. Another important note is that the defensive backs will be practicing what is called a "catch" technique in cover zero. The DB's will take inside leverage and sit at 6-8 yards and literally try to catch the idea. The idea of this is that with the +1 blitz, the defense should be able to get to the QB before they ever have the chance to get off a deep pass. The technique you describe with the Sam/SS, whoever is doing the reading of the release with the TE is often referred to in college coaching circles as the “Texas” concept. It is indeed a fairly standard practice in any man to man coverage for the defense player who is assigned to the TE to do this “Texas” read. It has the advantage of always giving the defense a plus one advantage in blitzing numbers.

Another important note is that the defensive backs will be practicing what is called a “catch” technique in cover zero. The DB’s will take inside leverage and sit at 6-8 yards and literally try to catch the idea. The idea of this is that with the +1 blitz, the defense should be able to get to the QB before they ever have the chance to get off a deep pass.

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