Seattle Seahawk Tackling Teach Tape
Great stuff from Pete Carroll and the Seahawks coaching staff.
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Attacking Quarters Coverage with a Zone Run/Post RPO
This concept is a Run Pass Option (RPO) play that combines outside zone blocking with a post route. Here the concept is being run from 11 personnel and is attacking the weak side of a 4-2-5 quarters...
View Article2015 Seattle Seahawk Tackling Teach Tape
Here is the 2015 update of the Seahawk Tackling Teach Tape. It has some difference and updates from the 2014 version.
View Article2015 Seattle Seahawk Tackling Teach Tape
The previous post video has been blocked. Here is the same video directly from the Seahawks.http://www.seahawks.com/video/2015/06/11/2015-seahawks-tackling
View ArticleEvaluating Red Zone Productivity
Interesting article by Barry Hoover about evaluating offensive efficiency in the red zone. http://afcaweekly.com/2015/07/red-zone-average-a-better-way-to-measure-red-zone-effectiveness/This type of...
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4-2-5 Overload Zone Blitz
This post is a follow up to the Simple Adjustable 4-2-5 Zone Blitz post. This blitz is designed to overload the pass protection to the field. The coverage is the same fire zone concept used in the Boss...
View ArticleFirst Game of the Season
The season is almost here. A thought for defenses:"It is the first game and you are nervous. It is ok to be nervous. Nerves mean you care. You are nervous because you want to do well. You are nervous...
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Diguising Blitzes in the 3-3 Stack
The season is rolling along and the tried and true blitzes that were installed in pre-season camp have by now been called multiple times. Every opponent has several films and has developed a scouting...
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4-2-5 Basics: Run Fits vs. 2 Back Formations
People often ask me about how we fit the run in the 4-2-5. They say things like:"4-2-5 is just a 4-4 with DB's at OLB, so you just fit the run like a 4-4?"or"4-2-5 is just a 4-3 using nickle sub...
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Remembering Deacon Jones
Happy Birthday to NFL Hall of Famer Deacon Jones! The man who coined the the term "sack" the QB and one of the all-time great defensive ends. Jones passed away in 2013 would have been 77 today.
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Blitzing an OLB in the 3-4
Blitzing one OLB is often a staple call for a 3-4 defense. Take for example:Here is a basic pressure with the defense sending the Sam OLB and rushing the 3 down linemen to create a 4 man line concept...
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New Years Resolutions
I want to wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2016. I have three goals for Blitzology.com in the coming year.#1. My first goal is to write 100 posts this year. That is more than double what I wrote in...
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Good post by Alex Kirby about watching film.http://lifeafterfootballblog.com/how-i-watch-football-film/Info and Coaching Points about coaching a 2 gap nose in odd front...
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Hybridizing 3-3 Stack Defense with 4 Man front Concepts
Here is a standard 3-3 stack defensive alignment. To complement the base three man line concept the defense can walk up a linebacker to create a four man front concept.SOUTHOn a South call the Sam...
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Awesome share from Coach Brophy. This is video of new Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Coordinator Jim Schwartz talking about the Wide 9 Front in his 4-3 defensive concept and his pass rush...
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Super Bowl Preview: Carolina Panther Defense's Zone Dogs
The Carolina Panther's defense under Defensive Coordinator Sean McDermott is a unit that typically creates a pass rush with their four defensive linemen. When the Panthers do send extra rushers it is...
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Super Bowl Preview: Carolina Panther Defense's Man Free Coverage
This post focuses on the Carolina Panther Defense's Man Free coverage schemes. A major factor in the success of these schemes is the athleticism of the Panther's linebackers.Vs. the PackersHere the...
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Cover 1 (Man Free) Fox Adjustment
This post is about an adjustment to Cover 1 that is designed to defend offenses who use a fullback. It follows up on previous posts about Basic Man Match-ups in Cover 1 and Cover 1 Technique. In those...
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Playing Cover 2 in a 4-4 Defense
In a base 4-4 personnel with 4 down linemen and 4 linebackers the natural thought process is to play 1 high safety coverages like Cover 3, Cover 1, or Robber. In the above example the Sam and Will...
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Pittsburgh Steelers Corner Pressure
This is a creative pseudo dog scheme. I'm using the term dog for a 5 man pass rush. This is a pseudo dog in that it looks and feels like a 5 man but is actually only a 4 man.The Steelers are in a pass...
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