Once you’ve shown your 4-3 base defense against the Flexbone Offense, as we talked about before, adjustments need to be made.  You can easily drop a safetey down in to the box to create a new look. By dropping the Safety down, we become a 1-high safety, 4-2-5 defense. You can play around with option [...]

I really like the 4-3 Over against the Flexbone Offense, but can also see value in adjusting it. You can give your opponent a couple of different looks with just a slight change. This is the base 4-3 Over against a Flexbone. In this case I’m putting the Ends in 5-techniques and walking the Sam [...]

While I’m always willing to talk about how adaptable the 4-3 Over Front is, there is always going to be a need for change-up fronts. The 4-3 Under Defense is the perfect compliment for this defense. It is easily teachable, fits all that your Defensive Linemen have learned, and simplifies things for two of your [...]

After looking at the zone blitzing, another thought occurred to me. We don’t want guys just flying all over the place. When we’re working out a bunch of blitzes, it is important to have pass rush lanes defined. Your entire defense, any player who may be rushing the QB, need to have an understanding of [...]

I’ve always heard that you don’t blitz the option. Never really believed it, but I’ve heard it a lot. Unfortunately, I’ve only faced one really quality Dive Option team in my coaching career (and if the results of that event became public knowledge, you would probably stop reading!). But I’ve faced enough mediocre one’s to [...]