3 Deep Pass Defense

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The d e f e n s l . I D v e . eight~ma.n ( r e m I t s , Ute !be fi:fiy .M o nster D efense ,Fi f~y- th ree ; . . in y" "tn re e S ta ck , , a n d l o t . O O r s , have grea!ly :incre.ased th e In.- terest : m n !b e t , [ h r e e - d e e . p "ocked-i lml z o ne (n o l'ro ta trn o n )1 th e revo lving zone ,and three,de.ep man ...,t l> -man pas s de fe n se ~ The o.bjective o f th e th re e ..d l e e , p llone J ) ; 3 1 S t S d efense is to stay as deep la s tb e' d e ep e st, ro oeilvtl' a nd a s, w id e asth e wides t rece iver ,

W h w ] e 't , h e emght-man f o o , n t defen.sive t e am s a re basical ly zone p i a s sd e f e . n s e s " there a r - e l imes , when ~heltree""deep'seoondary w iU p l l : Y DUU1 -to -m an Ico viU B lg :e r u n , d e m e a U ) 1 ( d eems tv e lin eba ck e rs ), t h r ee-deep m~n -t ,o-man , ~ n th e secondary , 'o r ,3 C ( l'm b .iM U O .m l o f zone aid. man-to-man P i S S ,defense . IComb i ne these s ec on da rie s a nd undemea th c o v e r a g e s w ith a,strofng rush o r bold in,g, .up l p O t t e n t r n , f l l l pa s s receivers, and this se-cQ rndazyo f fe r s . , a , 'v , a r ie d a ! so r tme~ I " l f o r de fend~n@ 3 l , g~_ [ns tt h e p 8 J S o S i,COACBl .G PAS 'S D EFENS E

An o llits ta nd ln g p as s d ,e .fe nd el' has: poise and th e c onfid enc e tha t' bec an m ate the b ig p Ia;" in a c;~utc.,hs i lua~ i l l o . l . .H e must have a ib~minl deske10 ,m~arkeIW i n t e rcepdon ' w h e n e v e r ' t I 1 e opposition put s t h e . ban lo t iO ' th e ,a i r .

AU of IO iUrPISS defenders a re coached to o ommU n iC a!lfl 'w,wtheachI~t :hef 'o , m t i J n ~ a l : ~ y,ju st p rio r to the snap o f the bal" , as w e ' n a s 'w b i~ e.the baD' ~ s ~ l ~ p m a y .The o U J t s t a n d , w n g p a s s defender c . o n f i l l u a J ' U , Y pract ioes, t o i m p r o v eh m s reactiom d me , a n d cOlstaat ly w O i r k , s on his p ass c ovem ge t e c b n i q u e and'on sp rin trn ng b lc k to h is 'ta rg el' areas ,The p ass d efend e:r m u : s i ie~ ltm to mad h is 'k e y , - , ,and if'la. z o ne c ove ra gep ,a~ tem his , been c aI led , he must keep bils eyes on the p asser z one c aU .,

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J.ff2Thi s win allow' the de,f ie:mmdetEo!.~jum p on thepass and c cover m o r e ',gn)'~.ndl in , an auemp,t to mte~oept'the ball, Wilen it is impossible '1 0 maketh e ~ :u e r o e p tia lE li i ,8 .: pm , p e r p~. 'UI ,1! ,COIJ.U'Se ~may-w , o.,f( t J n e . , ~C img run, Thepass defender mns't 'beUeve iQ , '(be pass , d e t : e . s e , . , ThereloN'" all "" ours e c ond a r y defend,em m't!iS'kllO'W their plJ i :Oper pursu i t . course versus the runat 'weU IS the' pass, If ' the .pass, receiver m.a i k :e~s ,the ea~ , c J 1 in 'tbe p a s s, e :f e .n d e r " s, a re a , the 'pass, receiver w : " be fo eed to drop the. ballr . : : f i t 'thereceiver makes a ca'lcih in 0, p,al1:i 1c I 1 I J , 8 ; : r ' z e a e , 'we expect tne : P a J s s ,d e f e n d e r i.'iha zo:ne. ' I U O make up :~orbb ; , udstake by making an, i n j t e r cep~ t i ,on on thenext pass I n hi lS , m(ll.e~'We w a n r t OU " secondary S .O , c : c \ 1 ! ' J : f i d e . m J l . t~tJ.att'hey h o p e: t he o ,PPOS i r t i 01R w in PU l t th~ ball in the air, because once t a e baH is in th,~air, .~, E t Is o .~5,! "D ,'E'iIn:i''j;.;iiC'n1''E'" ' C < E O O N D ' ' ,A i , ' ! i ' ] ; "y : ~E ' ! i ;A~NG' P ' O - I N T S " _ ,~LI'~.:I!.":~ ~I .__.....:.' '. ,.~'.: [~-'U .. ~;..IJII ... ,,'J .1., ", : ,'I

The d:efeusi, - 'esecondaxy does , Dot run a defe.nsive ' pass " drlU wiltnon11 1 8 . , 1 0 1 I iv e re c e iv e rs . . ,A s , S l 0 6 n a s th e p a s s e r ~hro~t . s t i t le ball, the. defensiveserondm:y' aD d linebackers ,Me' i coae_-ed to y,ell uB,aJUu As , soon as D ,d e [ emd e r im;te . r :ce .pu;a pass, he i s ; eeaelaed to' ye ll l ~'Ii, i ng l J~ :" 'T l ids puts !h eentire defense. OD the: of i 'e ,nse and ,defl!s the :b i i l teT.Oepto r ' s teammates toblock, Wlh.'en iDt.e:r-oeptln,g 'the bq." the de.feooeT.' is m : u g b . t l'O go t ' t u " o , u , g ' h , ' heIeoei,vrel"sheadt, look, the baD into :his : bmds " , and ca t c l b the bal. a . t itshighest P~)iDti'Du rin ,g p T'a Je tic e se~siQns,the deJ .ens :iv-e backs , use botlh on] ,m B bauds~gnals to ea 'he pass de.fense,., AH defensive secondazy members are' t aWlgh , t t~,co ,mwun l c a re , ,lit a i, th nes wlt.h one aJn,oJth~r" Ifdle demonstration~e.;am,tin practice, c omp ,le :te s a ,b o,mb agamstthe defense; all m e seco ,ndamyam t d J l~D e b a c k ie rs . ~ c o a c h e d ' 0 , chase the r e ce i ve r "~il~O'the l e n d z o n e , ud,1 t ! o U l c : h hlm,

T,be d e f e J 1 J S i w e coo Idbm la t'Q f' m us t' seD , t l f l . e p d : n ,e r u p l e thal,t ~ J b r eop posid c 'D ,wUl co:mp:~e~e., ce . r t ru 'Q p '8sses 'whe~heE'we are in a zone; mao to ma l l ' f or aCOmbmD3,HOD gil these twa~rull don' l .[pf.i:nic~The defeD!i ve unit :must b et au .gh t the wea k pointS as weU as h~ s t t -ong p o in t , IO f aU pass dmen,ses;;The. change-up pass .;avem,ge;s, p his a c o m bm n i3 l~ io D Oil blitzes. i lI a d , , odd adeven rnshing r tech! t lQU\e,s ,~ will belp' to foreethe ,o f f ,e l lMV,e pas,s"i:ng ,attackiE~Oa number !il,f mistakefs . . The coaches mustseess the importance of r t b e


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d e f e n s e being' f l O . file p r o p e r p a c e ,a t ~he right time, a n d 'the)' w i lU force t imoppo,s j ] t io : l ] ,I" oliO I : i n te r - - cepUoNS.~ f~ l i !J l l JbIDesi and missed ass I ,gnme.n ts .~Ciln" em 'H " C BO ~W ' T O ' " TIE:'!' A.C d B I I t . ; i " " I I l ' -E' 'hA. i lL ' m - . G 1 iO ' 'D " iPiIi"E"'jir.;ln'it'ID~1',< \lV:~ f . ' - I I, .... " .. J ''r~3;.- '4'-:Df~r~1 ~~. I ! .. - ' '", ._.'L.F.t,"IJu~

Of' p rim e lIlUFU),ifanc e to, pass c t e t : e r , m d e ~ s , is baCk ped'alling; whic:bena ble s tbe m flO ,mOIYe- ,ba c kwa r d 'whrn]e .keepiflg the potentia l rece iver and .pa s s e r , ' ~ : n .f r u : . l J ' v , jew" 1 n t each ing this defensive techn ~q ! e " the I c o a c h 'mustb e . sm re th e d e l emde l be;udstds body. , d r o p s : m s h~p s , . and hug s h is teetc lose to dm I f o um ' d (d rag step s) as; ne, . r e t r e a t s from the I i n B cof scrimmage,TIme [UlMer sh,o!uid ,drop back 'b y .wnn,wng on Ebe balls of" r u s .f ee t: . H i sarms sho [Q l d pump' ~ike p~8tonsltenablln,g h im to gain s p e ed a n d stay onbalance, ,short s te ps s ho td d be used ' b y ' the pass dele.ndel' 3 i w d . hws .k:rrefUi,mest b e . flexed ..He ; s h ~ J l l l J l . d have a s ) Q l i d base 5U t - : , It he w . f f i Ube a b l , & 0 !'eactto a-n :y ins ide or o u m s . ~ d emove 'b y th e paS-Isreceiver ,O n c e tffile defender bas, lo s t l l l is lequired ICll~hi,o.m.011 the pJ'tleDitialr e . , oo iver, he. m s o o ac :h e d to tu rn and ru n d i reet!y' {o r r 'the .PQ ten t i i : a~receiver a squickly as p05,sibl'e~ Tben he , ; " 5 i c o a c h e d ro wa t c h n h e p o te ;m r t: i a = .recei~er~se y.e 's. A s s oo n as, th e e ye s enm ,a~ge "si.gn31liro.g lh~t.th e ' b a l l ] , is , , abou t . to becaught ' !1 t f f i l e ' defender ' s . h o w d ' t b row ' t W . p W s arm s jn f r o m m of m e .poteaUal,~ ' I i: r e ce~ve t5 eyes ..

'The d ~ r eQ d e ! r SDDUld g O I 'f o x 'm h e b a ll, taking f :h , e s .] lod e s . t and ,m ost. '. -f fi fe c ~rou t e . .The seoondary de,fend.er s h o u ld g o for tbe' i IWterce;pthln ,a ~thehigbest po jn t . , - , , exenAing n w s a n n s and twis . t ing his b' p s, ( i o w a . r d . th e In -e m I D d e d .r ec . e i h l c r , . . J ~ S E bef;OI~he m a k e s the i : n t e r c . e p 'l lO D l ~ h e should shouti i i ' i l B " In '~I 1 1 f ! I I . . ' - ilk' .~ ..,....,.. :L.."'nijgol~' itO Iid~'11 ,3 ~ , o i- .1Il,]teammates tlJa,t ne .J S atte:mpun.g Ilf)m~ ~~lJeimt ,er ioop\ t iOD. , TlD8 ,ca]]! also alerts the othef' pas s defendle(f 's to 'b e ready tob~ock for the mnr t e r cep t -Q I1o r relet to ,8 ,~jppedOf ba1.ted ban ..As so on all thein ter.-c ep tw on lis m ad e" ' U l e d e f e n d e r SbO:Ul~d b ' r .eak f o r th e s idel ines a n d .spr in t 01 " the goal . I~.1leS tJ UP PIN G T.!B .EIN TE ND ED RECEIVER. Ift'he defensi V i e . back CalnRQ,tget 'to' the pass f"C~i.ver "'0 ~ime ito make the jntereepUon~ he s h ou ld ..p u t his, slJ.oulder hiJl~Othe intended re'ceh~er' starget and knock the receiver loose from the ball. ,As soon as the. showde'f'


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1' 64 ,reaches tlle target, the defender s h om~ d .bring bi 's, InD'S l J rpwaid or down ...w>.d~ol auemp; .'0: knock the ball loose by :s'r~ppb~.gt].~. pote,od.ru . receiverof the ball,;SECOMl:ARY'O OC'K :PRO,TECTION

SECONDARY S.TANCE (,TlDtEE DEEP)

,One : i Jnpo-rt : lnt phase at coa;cbi .n ,g the defensive :se~ondary ' W , S , coach -ling the defenrde,r f i n , how' to d e fe ,a t a d,ownf ie : rnd ' bWoct , . The caaeh:~Dgpointsiogettin.g rid ofthe bl!ocbr:m:ust 'emp,hasi :z .e c om itn ,g u p 'o od ei oon ,O, "o lwi. ththe d~felldel"s , s noumde r s pand]ld t.othe. . [me ,ef scrimmage S i O ' h e , (; ; :1.0, fightelf{ Ike block and make the tackle,

H' tbe bioc'ker uses a 10'w' r;ollhlg O~ 'choppingbl.ock, ' th e d e 'fe ,m s lv eback must US e bis a rms and haniJ'i, to ward off the bl l iOcker ' , , . ma i::J ng su [-ethe 'blocker d.ces not .pt, i ID i to his leg,s,. We tell (Jut d le f ende . r s " , ~'~'1Uise, , ' O i W i "muscles (.nw and hands) Itg keep, the blocker off' your 'wheels (legis). ' IIf the blocker. 1iJT$eS a 'SD,Oot. ,orhi.gb. numb: r blockll 'we teach thede:fende' '10 ward off rhe bleeker wit'b h'~s ' fo f te ,arm a n d . ge t . dd o , r l'heb~oc'ke.-rw:l tb his o th er 'h and L l'hw s is u suaUy i U . s e d , by dle eemerback 'whenhe U'~es 'msfOrce~QOOlain squeeze ..Iike t~c]tin1que '0 tuen the sweep to to oins~d,e~The dteep!defender must defeat the block ,and force the btdl carrier to,cut Inside. This w iU tum the ball! carrier i n s ': " d e : iDto the d . ef en s ir ve p u r s u in gWlil~ If the baD carrier breaks ,ouuilli~,the. defender mu,st ceme off ' t ' h eblock ,H'G h :e must ma !k f e 'the mckll!e..WiLe . n '~lledefellsivis 5econdllry b ac k re .o a'g niZ es the play is a 'run~'he:must .,ttal:k t 'be ball cam er on Of near the Un~ of scrimmage. The d[e:f~ndec: s h o u m d l take OWl the bl .ockef( at the I ~ ~ 0" scrimmage, \lsmg the same :alDD~same le g b~ock p ( f o : t e c t ~o . n techDique~ The defender shGru i l d defea lfhebloc'~e:r and mak~ S,UM he: :s:tays beaten (doe:!, Dot ' [ ,oU up Jnto ditdefend~r"s, 'sg,s),. The r d e t : ende r must use his , showde,' '01' fore ;am1. i f thebillcker' ~"mrplJ:s 'to snoot bleckthe defender ln t'tte numbers ~

'T:be d'dens,le oometbacks ~ho'li1l~dssume ,a good b~,lanc:ed f.oodll~' posh; iGml ju s t 'prior to, the snap of the ba .U. , The dtefenders sbouJ ld . f i ex the. i rknees with t:he ,ot)Jtside f00t back ill a heel-toe relationship, The ; a nD ! !s , n o ' l m l l d . ba:ng down. freely inside t ' i D i i: knees, .Wheneveif t i b e r . conte.rba,teb are assigned to . defend ~hepo~eD'b:d~.


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1.65c-dVeT~na,m;m~~ l 'maDassignment, ~h~d~fefjdef' ~ s,c o a , c ; ! f u e , to u se a mor epMallel stance. maintrin~ng e qual balance between the ~;WiOIfeet,

he d.~~~ID,sje safety-man U5e1 .a ;mOR "a raUeW stance when tH5S~gnedto ,I. zone pass defense because !he ,may mOVlI qRl ick1 .y in any direcUon"depend ing upon the offen Sl 'VC maneuver. H~s knees s , t i o u ) d be &x.eds.l~gbdy", wi l tb. the. we~gb! on, ~heba.m~sQf h f f i s reet His a r m s 'ho uld h a m m g :do,wMl 'Declj ju,st inside his kne",~'T'IIDCE'''-D 'E'E"RI Iil' ' l " 't ' O " ' . iT ' I i" " o I I i ,n,"I1' A . .'1- G ''- N M " E N ' 'T FO-'R TH 'E" S co li~ 'T "V .," '. " ,l&-I.ft.~~., .'~Ir- ra I ~ .I,""Iu,3.ft,. neL .' ."".~_"- . ' _ ,I , . _ ~ . ~ i.&, .Ii. r..'~_ '.

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ltvand rate a pi:cUlI~of' the pm: ty. , l(drop ..baC'k pus sh o'w s ~ ' he " sb ou ld WOp lstta~gh[ bac .k : 'for the deep , m m d d l , e tUlet area, K e y the qU,lnerbact, at , a I mt i m e s . WalttR 'r .he ' q u , a R , e r l J a e , k , ' s : feet' and t h e . : D react to the : ,a,s&er';s s t io r m d , - ,d ers w 'h ic h wiU " n d ,je ate th e d i'K lc ~ iD n o f the : p a ' s i _Once the baJ lbas beenpa s s ed " take. l m : J e , s . : t l o a e s t . an d m o s t d ife c trou te ,p ossw b le . '0 ' th e ban ..,Sprint 'PSSS' l I ' 'Toe a short ~ad step' back ,and I :p r in t {orrth e t.~eta re a, g eu ." :n gw~d'th.an d de"tb to reac h th e d e e ,p outside ooe-: t l l i rd , M e a as ,soon as, ,poib~e~U two r ec e i v e rs are in . tbe deep olltside o ,ne - l h i rd zone,C()Vei' ,the dee:pest , a _ n d w~des~l IOOeiver in t h e outs,ide one . .third zone,

SU ,p ' pu r t tbe Run~Tate ,3 : s: on s tep back , a nd ,then s uppo r t the swee pf l iorm,am j ns , [ t ( l c " 'D 'UJ lng j!e :, wm ing up i D l t m d : e the co :m erba rC 'k "s . Oloe-conta.inpO&~l f f io l l . , Iff-he b aH ,g ets ,o u ~ .s id eth e c om e rb a ckC - s pOl~don, th e ,sa: f .et .ym lu s tb lk J e a ,p ro p er fl~(,all.gle to th e s idel i Desto ' CU~he bal l . Qff~ l'f du e ball ,cams',rn n:! u p the m id d le or c tru ts o ff ra cJ de " the safetyman should < com e u nd etrcOJ) , t r ( ) and , b -ep i b i , s . s imlo l l l ldefJ square t() the iifte.' o f :scriAlmI ,ge as ,h ea t t acks 1 m bal l , carrier.

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CorUel"S: Key the ball firstt' the.. wing back. or elld to your sidle~C'oam~ft_g Noh,:: If t 'he Flfry Mo.nswl ' "Defense lis used , th e C~r-back (ha]f .ba ,ck)1 alway from the m onste r w ill nom :ta ]J l,y .QlOrV~ up as close as

'fjj'e yard s, d l e e i p l w T,heO'llie:r two deep defenders wiU also move up closer ~oth e lin e o f sc rim .m a._ge .i depending upon down, (Ustance. , e t c . "

SPI . " . i t l l t : tP815 To , ~ T,ake a qu id { step backward.!o ' t he outs,~de a n d readthe action ...A s the quar t :ew'b~( ; t s .p ; r i n t s toward .:the eomerman ..he shou d,sprii~n.er the tatget area and 'ma imta ln 3 .D I Q u .t sid e ...n posJ . twon on the, bIlU._.K'~epl the feceiV-eI'h'l ,Y'0ur z O Q e ( thm'oo yxds) , o n Y < l , u r inside. s h o r u J l d e ; r "Hang and tben level off at seven y.ds dee.p 0 ( 1 " i.print ba,ck ' 0 1 ' the deepou ts :i:d e one-third earget z o ne : ..

I S p r i n l Pass1 Away , " , Take a , q U c w ,c k . $ I t l e p back w'kh th, ou~side obt : andread. sp r iQ t= l lw 'ay iaeliott. Sprinl black for deep outs,ide one-third 'targetarea, ,o m a.freeze or '[begin to' m.i l l l iN, ) c o v e r the deep 'two-'~hirds z o n e . Keepthe potenttal receiver on ' n h e , inside shoulder, Check the near side halfbackf O J " a PQ1s:sibWeIht~w ..bad 1 'B l 8S " if hvo recei vers in ilhe ZOlie p']a~y t hedee.pest. 'th(ealt~

R' n Support T"O'i Take a qu]ck step back with the rO~its . . id;~oot a,rndsupped the " I.' 01 from. an outside-in angle, 'The defender s h o i C . d d comeu nd er o oln tro l, keep h is shou~den;, :pa;raUe:~to the line of $cr i 'mma. ,ge,~ ,,audf;ome-c\onta~n the sweep from an olJitsid,e...n angle ..M'ee~ the l ,ead blockeras ~ough and. tight as pos;s , jble . . He s i t o u ' r n d , no t ,g o so deep that the 'bl,~)c'kerean tuen the defender outside. This would open up II, fiu]Jn~l fOIT the ballcarrier ~The def.end~.r . s. hou i ld . Ii ve ground grudgin,gly, and gel riel of thebmocke r ' 3 : 5 , s , o . o n . as possible ~ -


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VOVDlAG ANGLE (ZON)I.A s staJed.prev1Do~,u~~y,.1 1 . e se.co~d.1zy d e . f e n d ~ r s drop off , a r m4 ;5 ' d;egre~

a rh g ~ es ,8 8 hlng as, d)~ ' b . : a :U ts ill. the middle o r th e fI~ld, main t a w n b u \ rg ' anh l ee by =(Mee; .yru"d relatlon~h~pOB the po\te:ntia .~ receiver in h is, w ae ..Thedxe e } - : . .,'-Uu~ee:re~ation8h:~po n s ts rs o .f a thooe-Y[Md e u shjon laIteraly and atbree-ya [d z en e c 'U s h io A veltically ...If the dee . p de fenJd !e f is , em~ I i n ! : an area 'b e tw'e -e m _ b e h ~ s lb mark ,m idthe sa-yard, .~mag~narylbte.; from the sideUne he . shom~d.drop back moreo n. a s1 r,a iig bt.Uwesince the widlth [o f th e a s~ i.g w ed :% lORe has been lessened ..

UlREE-DEEP C'ALLS'The m~ddle.sa f e t y -maD calls the secondary coverage calls, to hi ls fel-low & e o Q r n d ! a r y and lInebacke.I' t e ammate s , The eoverage ,ClUS are based

I I l i JU )11 th e of '~m;si 'Ve forma~io,Ii\II' later311.. .;en ic ,a l field P O S i ' t i - O ' l 1 , . score ,dowl l -d i . s : t anoe relationship, and dnite le .ft in th e game, The midd l : [ e :SI{'etynNtma"iDthe ' i h . l ' ee~" ,deep secC)nda l J ' m ay ca B Ol1'6of four oo ' \ l ' ~eca~ls: CQ."~E 0'00" COiV \e r Two, C : o v,e r T l1 J fe e (and: I C o r v e r Twenl~y,.~iluee;,w.bich is . a eo . .n lbmadon [ o , t T'wlo, , al it ! ThJ :: e~ : CO" \ I , emge ) , and ,Ma :n " ,to -M ' am l ."


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. 1 ' 7 4 'A1l of the '~onner coverage caUs are zone, w'ith the last the c o n l y man-'(\o-man assignmenr.

'Sla_e,:: s . : e e ~;raDoe.Alip.eDt:. Use walk-away posltlca tbme y.~d s deep aDd . split ;l1edi . f fere .nce 'between th e 'wid~ receiver and the ' ext eligible receiver,.Responsibilit;y::Spri:nt Toe C Q i V 1 e . r th~ Oat ..S.priftit Aw',ay:, Spd.Qt.1UJthe' d e e p nliddle , one - ' t h ID i rd zone and replacethe revel viJn :g .safe~YD llu l who has s.prim~d. to. the play side deep one-thirdzone,D f,O P .B ac k : Cover' the fl . ,

Stance: See SUAce,.Alignment: Set. ,~l1gnmemt~RapOl lS i hiIlty:S . p . r i J . l J t Tee D :ro p Q i tl!tilid e. I JOO-Jh i r i J . zene,S.print.Away; Drop outside oneg ,hi rd ZODe.Drop Back: Dro : p ' outside tme-thDd ZOiJ i iU : .

Stance~S~ stance,A I.i1 ,g m ncn l,= S e e a l '~g l IDmeDini,Respomlbility:.,SPOIl,t;T(~ (We f t : ) : DeePimidd~e one...bk:d zene.S ,.p rin t Aw ;a y (right): Saf.e~ymaDrevolves to defend ' the deep' 0u t sWe .

one ..t ' ih i rd , z on e to Uu: : : s i de : o f the , s ; p , n . I l l J t " Q u r e l P a s s . : e r ~ The . s .a f e t y m 3 l l 'l l ml~lstgaln w'dth and then de.p~bto hils ztl,ne and then, ' p lay the ball .. Th~ saletl-m an mv,ol'v'cs as, :500.D as as the q ,ua r Ir t~ rback . ,s p r in t s outdd,e o f dle ,guard


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J75boX. Tbe safety Is .a J ,le to rev'olv .w namy nn.e directlonj away from th ecaU O~ strong side (D'iagram ItO-I0).,Dro~ Back: Deep midd]Je,o(fie~:third zone ,.

Rl;ght' CO' l . ' 1ae: rman.s\lall~e:. See stance ~Allgn.menf: See ,alignment.R.es,pomlilbUity,S p d n t 0',: S.a!!fetyman y e U s 1i l ""Ro, tafon!" as soon as th e sprblt-'outpasser spd.n:its o i l l l r s f f i d \ e 'l:bt :'uard box, The right eornerman s nO i u l d s:buffieback. Drbang until he hears the e.ltt He ~ h e . I i I lcharges the reoeive.r31M steps

up and lands- off the oiurtsfde to, dG:fe; , d the nat zp.m~ re his, side~Dr.,opBaek: COiver' the deep ou~s~de eae-rhird ~on~.S'pdml Away;: 'Co,ver 'the deep ,out-s.~deoae:..thW zone.Cooehi~Dg N.ole.: Th_e de fe :ns j 'Ve safeityman must w. . -n the monsterman.rover ba i c . k eo be l!eady ~0covee the d e e p mid'd!le one-third zane a ss lo a n a s th e. J b1 dl goes , away fF '~1mhis :pos~~ioo.Once i t 'he ball has brooken theguard box, all 'the deep ,det:end.~rs,mwst be ooac.h~d. 'to c~1 ; i ' ' ' 'Spdut right~:~"This, :remi D d s the strong s\ffid~~ilne.~a.e'kerO ir rover to cover the d e e . , P I midd Ie

one.-third and teU~,n n e . r i g h t comennan to \h~~g~ ;he:n,auack the. flat zone to ..lbisside. l~ the rigbt C iO ' r ne t b ac t . is ~ndoub1tl be s h c i u . m d ffilang a lEd . cever the.deep outside m,n~ eo It is far beUem-to have two deep secolldary defendefs inthe. deep eutside Qne-d~:i:rtdZo'ne ,and nnne in the ft,ilil., dlan not to .haveMl,y'one defend. the. deep outside o.~e-thirdZO(ftU~;,"COV''E'-iD ~"'I! 'D~ . lniil ' II,n 1... ..:II 'ill AI " . i t )..~ ."......lQgram~,V"". . . I : . ! I < .. II I! v" ' ~ ) aft. & vr- .. :; , :

Co.'Ver#2 is, caUed" \",hleh iiIlUOW$ the safe t .yma:o to revolve ~n e~m:he.rthe !eft ,or the .r ight dm re ctio D ., I f , i t . sttaight d:r~p~bailck.p '8 :SS s ; h o ' w s ! , ; th:et~e-dee!p defenders cover 'the.ilifespecnve deep one- h f f i m i d zones. Beththe eemermen haw ~he , ; j is :s igf1men(~5 to level '.'ff' into lite f1a~s;f the balleomes their way o,r cover the deep two-,thWs if 'tbe ball goes a ;wBy . ' fro;m'b...... b~H PQ,SilQM.


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1' '16Alig-mn,ent: See alignme.nt.

Res'ODSjb~UtYiSillint To: Hang , a n d , the ,OJchug the poib~~:o;tWec e iver ~ Leve I,off and

cover t1!leHa t :zone to tile ball side, Rememb ~;r.--do not , c 'bu,g a n d Ievel offuntil ' t he ball breaks, t:'he guard box,Drop Back_~CoYer the deep ,outside o n e ~ 1hird zone,S p rin t ,AW ;I:Y ::'As ,S ,O'OII l as the ba - goes a,way ,a 'w:uibmaks . th e guardbo!x, gaiim,depth first a.nd w.~dth next, and cover the deep 1two~~hirdszone,S,aje, tyJHa'n

Sta,nee: See stance.JUignme'Dt: See aUs;nmest 'OR_,eSPODSiiblil l i ty, :Sprint To, ,and Sprint Away: Re:V1olve ~neitherd i rec l l . l on and cover the .

deep outside lone-'third mme~keying the ball,Drop Back; Cover the deep middle oneJ""w,w:d ZO:ltL,CoaebJllg Note: Whenever the (Jiffefu;i,'ye IO ! J ;] nat i'( J 'D$p l it s two w,~,de'receivers, i-D o.pposi~e di~ecUons~ so w' ide ]Jy '~ha'tit 1&impoJ ss i t d e ' so 'LU;e a

Cover il2 caD~ 'Ihe middlle s3fet)rman Is coached to, use. a Cgver #3, ca]I~' Tms , caD locks the three de,:feIldel's iD~Othe U " deep (J,ne-third zones ['~gan1mless I(lfwhat d!irec~iom the: baU moves Jn,

,Slauee: See stance.AllgnDlent:: See.,a]~gmnent~ltesponsibi~ity:SprilU T'D, Drop Back", and Sprint A,way,; C o v 1 e ; r the assigned deepoutsid,& or rue=:chivdzone regardles s of th e d ir-eec tion o f the ball .

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R,apomlbDi'ty';;Sp,'ot To, DnJlp Back, and Sp,ri'llt Aw,ay ' : : C'over the de~,p middleone-third zone ,regard~Je's,sof 'the direction of the ba]]l~C1)a~h~Qgote': The 'Co~er,#3 CaU ,'o~ksaU three of the s~cond'arydefenders in . 3 1 ,t h r e : e ~ d e e p ' zone a~ r u g n .meD ' t re_g_dJess. '(l,f diL'ed"r::e:Uo.n I [ d f th ebaU". yJne Cover , 1 / . 3 Call is used against all , eKp6C ' t e d p,~S5:~hlgalwn wheatlhe 'oppaS'idon uses t.wo w'ide potential receivers .h'~ op ' po l s j j ~ , e d . i r e c U oD s .'This, three-deep Iccked ...D zone is, also ued as a victory. defease late .in a.

C ' O o e s : t wh~n the offense = s forced 't o gOI , f o : r '~lbebornb. Th e *,,3 C a U i s o u rsimplest, and 'ofte.ID, O D r most ,effecUv'P ! i i 3SSco ve r a g e c'a~~l(D'jja,gram(lO-!4).

Cover #'23 We,ak is a ,combIDaf~on of C,ove,1;'#2, and Cover #]~he'w'om '~'wl~ak'H signif~e$ tha. we wi]1 use the C4l)ve.r' '#.2 Ievel only 'I'Q i :heweak ,sUte '(Diagram, O~.l5)~If the ' [ b a D drops s:u-aigb~back or goe;s to the


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R ig"" ,C o rn ',, 'S~,ancE':Ou~s]de ' f oo 'C ' 'b~e 'k with lt~e wernght a D '~ 'll;e fOfWd 'roo:t~ShoJ i l l i J dem,s b o { J m d be parallel, N '9 rma~ t:oolblU pos i t i en wiltti h m p s d J r - o p ' p e d ,

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~b l smde.flId s e v e n , yards . d~~pCD th e wide . , s ,Ut receiver,K e y : KeY 'eUg ii b le po t en ti al rec.eive(' ( s , i P U t end ) a~d th en fl,ow ',.Lwsten ,f o r ,s ,a rl e -to y "s [I~tarion.c a D .

1 ~ ICove' fJg 'e- -F low T o ' . ; " 'R , e ' \ ! " o l : v e u p e a l l l i l l t t i o u s l y ; f O : r e b l lJ g aU r - e o e i : v , eqinside. Cbn,g, the. receiver ,m f00 comes YOtlr way t but don ' t movemside 'lo go a:foor him. I f [flaiSS' bows " move 'to the ,ou ts id e fla t a 'b ou tseven y,ardiS d:eee,[p 'nd look for ~ h e first po \ r e n t i 31 Rce ,h r .e r . to 'lellter them e. Pla:y this p0tenual recejver tight, .If pa;ss st~U ~hows and, nopotential r e ce i v e r e n te rs U te s e n e , d f i O P ' back , d eep ,a ;n ;d ] ,OD, ' i : j u o , t'U,oover air." If fUn comes, revolve up and fome~of:lltam the baiUeam e r to ' ~Th leaslde SO pursuit 'wi l l IU:act, the ball C a r m e { l " ; . Mee t aUb~o cke rs 'w ith tb e. 8horu!~de[ 'S , pandle . l te ,the goaJ] lin_eand m eet the


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flrs~ blocker '~'~~htbe instde forearm, and inside leg, Remember,'~;queezelhe ~p,]ay to the inside, if in doubt eo :rotate ~-su!J~a , ' P i :: 2 ~ ICov,erlJ' /Je=-F l ow ' . A .m~!;" Dim], baek deep Ind. cover the dle~ploutslde!CBs-third area a ,., d :ne.:p~ss de f en se i~ in o : 8 I J tht le~~d_el~p ffe~ze coveragetechDiq,'~e.3~t:o ~ e: t: ag e-: B tlc -k= . P ;Q '~ :S :;'Dm o p back ~ng' deep ane- ' t f f i l . i rd outsidezone and p m i l / : Y the ball,

Le ft C(J~n ,e _,.~tallCe; S a . r o e : as right ,cOimem~ck.,AJjgfnne .n : t : : FOL! l ! f , . , d ~~'t l~s\[dt : ,of th e ,t~ght end )and seven ya rds ,

deep , .Ke;,: i[~)' e'Hgible potent i . td feee~'vlet('[[[g ht ,e nd ,) m d . then key flew,Listen f" r sa rfe!y :t.srotation eall,I C"'-' ~' : r :OJ' C "- d - i i . . , : : . . .A - , . ] . . .e' ,,' ,QV~i.r c~;01- t '(J' ~aJt~,1',O'\1~r,,'~~Plane" '~JJ_I;W,w. 'u , l , \QB 'e 'untl, , su re t~]s ,a,m n ",and then fi)[a~;-ogJlmin the S W 1 e e p .

2 , , , , C ( . f v ' , W " Q ' , - F lo w ' A w ; Q y . ' " Ref ' fco lveJ gaDn ing ' de,pth 'fil"g~and 'width sec -~ 1 m d .Responsible m l Q ' c o v e r t w ( J " , ' ~ h U - : d s 101~he fieId and look fa r' th epossi~~i~e,t~-b3cl:, pa ss "3 , . , C c t v , e 1 i a , g e - = : lJ ( J ' , c k . .~ .PQS5!~ 'DroOp' ' baQK; into d e ~ p ,ooe~ t f f il lm 'd , iJ!Jtsiderome and play the bam ,. -

,Saje.',,'StaBee::' Tw',o""poimr~ : ~ a r aUe J stanee widl the sb~)u'~den,paraUe] m ! Q i ~'traIine o f r sc rim 'ma ,g ,e ., 'Thee.wmgb~ : d l J J O i W l d be d i str:i.buit,ed A D D the balls of t~ll;: fee1 :~The ann s should dmrilg~efreely ~nS'ide,and ji'us~beLow the kaeeaAllgnmenc U n e up", e m e ~ n~o 'f :wle i l'v e yard, d ee p, d ire -> etIy 'OV'H 'd Eo ffen s ive ,g u~ ~d .10 tEe s&de o f the two g~fckes~ receivers (strong sideQ (ffensl.ve gward )'. --KJey:: , K,ey th e 'bal 'and make a retatien call as S CO r n as,the b\~.ll .[~r'05'~es,outside ,o f ' t h e , s;crimm~ ,IH.rd 'bot~(Ex,ampme" "~ 'S,P, r i I ' l~RigHt,,'~")

:]~C,rve , rage ,Flaw (,Splil- Sj~d :eJ ' ; : s s ;o~n as the ba l l crosses the >o~l~sideo\f1be im .ag i na .'r y , gu ,: iil SdboK , U te :s a.fe Jty 's ho uld ma k e ' h : w ; s , ca ll whU e ~~s ga l ij n~A JSw~d - t h nut : a n d depeh second , The s~fe;t)' sl1(J) ' tdd g;e;t to the'bash ma f i c ' I U ' the, 'flow side, a b o i !lJ ; t.. we n t .y ya r {j, s , deep as a ' I h U ls t ,S ~e ..


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181H e. :mtlst be able to eover th e d~e .pe ' s , t , amd the widest r ece i V i e t in theo : rne . , t b~ rd . deep zone .2~Co've,r :aE 'e ,Flow To fright .End Side) or' D rop Straight , B a , e R , P , a s . $ ' , , ~COWI 'tbe deep olle-d ' J i rd middle mDe. - '

To he ' :~pconfese 'the of fen~i 've . qua;l1:erbac'k" w e also ese a th re e ..d ee :pm sn - t o mao pass d e f e.ll:;e o ff our : r e i U , m a f three..deep l o o k . W e . simply,move one deep' slf\etymalb over , s m ~gih t ly ~O'p l ay t he ' Ugbtend in a mlan-'~~mfilD ass ig nm en t, Th e . tw o c o rn e rb a c k s p lay the tWOI wide r eee iv , em in thes ame mran ,ne r (D1a.gmm .1 o - 18,).,

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Th~ seconderymoves ~o t . h e i m - 'm , t u : t ee~de~p81~g :Qm ,en t . l 'mov"llI, ' the llef~s a f e : t yman to U re monster'~'s ,slide(Di~r:am 10 -19 ) , . ,

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The strong 'inside split : m i i n e b a c k e r and the monster" ~O ! the 't~gb~,a d , , , ,play inside-outside on the S O - O D S side run illS back, The weakinside sp]~tIlnebacker, mffidd.l~, g , u&d" and the we_s~d "~ l i nebacker play ] L l J 1 s1de -o~t5~de OD "he weakslde running back abo ~Diagra;m 10-l91J rTWlemiddle safe . IY ' w l O u ' W d d rop hac k arid IPJlay~M~igh ud1 man to

ma'liiJi;.and 'tile. r~gb'~comer' 'wo .u~d ,drift 'CUlt a 1 : I D d play the mo t tGP back in a:ml ln-~O~mI)[Q techn~q ute,..

Motionl a~ j u s tmemn from 'tiheth re e -d e ep s e cO J n d=u y i s , tak [e l l l care [O ' fbythe J iwe .back ie rs , . Tbe s i , g ;P ' i t ' ~C ' IUh l l , g Iinebacker directs the : 5 1 - w d e , of th eIinebaekers, Motiom ' v e r S J 1 L l S the .1i,gh~s , p - I n c Fi.fty , D e f e l l l ~ e . u s u aUy t U L m s ; thedefense in~o a n'o.rm~dM:lons te r De;f:eililH~:D ia ,f t rn m , 1 0 . .2 0 j-l]ustmtes ' t he m,ons~~ r 's lwd~ng 'toward motion whmc~hpu~s the s t co , i I i l da1Y ' h ~oa Three. CaU., This, call freezes OJ" locks , the d e e pdefend)e i fS , IDDbyn ' l l e : i r respec t i ve th ree-d eep z oaes reg ard less 0 " ~m: .el iR:Cl l lC(O


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1\! C ". .. . .. . . ." . . . . ,.: .., "AsIof the 'paSSIer T , h B : iineibld!,~er movemers (Di8(gNrm ~0...0). ch~nges llbeSpUt Fifty look tv . a lFif~j,=three ,Mid (Ue Look,

T9' eKecUveJ:y rush a spri,n-om pass, ~he'defense must r~sh at ,I:eas.,s iX , men, 'It is imposs~b~e 10 to / roe an i ,: n r r e ] 'i c ~ p t f f io m l con sLstendy versus a5prin~~,g:ll1t:ass 'ww~hON,Y 'four def,. ,d ets. n si1:ing ~he spriu~ pass action.A1:Q !6 \1w: i . t h the six-man [il i ls h a g a ia s t t'he. s pr im u a C iU o rn tile. d e f e n s e ]]](lsta m $ O plaee a defender i:mthe flat as, \\I,e.-I as p,lacing one deep seoo1ndarypass defender : 0 !be ,d \eep ,oiutside ome~dlird, ' , a r - e a ,in the djre\c:i,k~fio rf 'thes ; p I D i m ' l t ~ n _ g :quane,rba,ck ..~ , s u a l I D y t l l le s i :x~matl l ws lb w iU 'fa,~ ' t h e . quarterback~o thro,w : a i , bad pass, and ~hws g,~ve-s the defens.w ve seco r nda i r ) " a greaterb ru te reep t i j , n possibi I~~~y

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~angle ,. If the 'firi.ng lin eb aek er is tsnable to IiD C : ,~D.open~n,g~he is coachedto ~ C , a J H O i pb~ckwant B [ I , d ccntinue his, s c a ~ ~ J o ' P ~ ' n , g ,al(Jn:~ ~he n n e of' sc r im-mage .. The f r . O ( [ il t :S , j, d e '~.i:l1eb~ckereads e h e 'U :ln e .rb a iCk . ~ s action and ~hend l w . l O P S , 'b ac 't , o n an ,3 :og le to d !e f e :m ld Il ,galns.t th-e ,~orential 'pass", but a] s ohe~d.h i JJg in ~~be "p r~ jJ .p e 'fd ru re cd o n 00' c u t o ff the q uarterback I 'f he aU emp t : 5 torun . : B 0 1 0 defensi 'v~ e n d s ' F i h 1 s h ~ I , \ l S i t r u , ! ~he: l r foroe:-oo(l]~iD rush in ,g : t~ !Ch- ,n iques . , Tile; mo:nste~:"m an a ls o f lU lts , an a n . o~u:jde,.,jn.' i f i l l lSb w 'h llc 'h g iv e s the;defense a, 8.bt-man ,msh (Di~.gram . 1 0 , . , 2 r n ) , ~

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.D JAGRAM \1,(1.% 1Umd'efReB~lh CiOrV,H ' ;q fe .

he Spli.t.Pifty Defense (Dla,gram JO..22)~ 'Tlhe I D n d ~ , e . m e . a m h Irma is ,actuallydiv- ided into ,s,j;x zones (l f1a,~, t JhOOlt", and 2 cud) bec ause ,o f die, Increas -i n g m y ,oo mm o n use o f th e ,e ll:rl . ZODe , S (Dia,grnm 1 .O'~.24).Thes~ underneath defenders mlj~' 'be eoocbed! so ~Ia;y U a e ir f z o n e 'Marea first ,and then reset te the ball, 'once it i i : s in tht alr ..The dldetnde1l mustg'et e o tb e m id d ID e ; 'O 'f .bis Qs:s ig fJ__edr e a s ~l1!Jdeach itO th e b a ll a n d ,rH )t .try tooover' ,I. SpeCiJfjlC man ill 'bis area, The (D l u t s : t l n d i n , g zone de-tender q~l~cklyJearns to .PUlc't to' th e p ass~ 1l" ':s .:fee~po.s, i l i ,o 'D and throwfng arm, 'I lO get anadded ""jump'~ on the b a m , QU l i c k n e s s ~ , later;a] mo v eme . ' a ~ : ~ ,agU~ty, I l "so f t . , t.ha~d~",Ind pedJphuaJ. vislon aJJe all important: ' Q : u a ] t t ' W c s a ,CiQac l l l ,o 'o ,ks , fOTill se .mcc r t i n gan nndemeath d~ e f eDde r . .Ea , c h underneath dlelender 1S' .spcrDsibl,e fo r defefi~fngan appro .x : rn~m a ~ thmen-y,ard M e a (D.iagmm ~.0'-23),..O.noe 'the defeDde'r I O ~ C UP ; ' s tM,

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1'81'CC l ) ta ,eb iJ ,1 ' -01e:: D'~fe~siveo n e s ,a re des]gn~dwith ' the ' f l aU "D the,direct .middl~,of ~he ' f i e . J d , .

W,henever' 'the: t lh ree dCl~p fmeze ,caU is . on, all three: o f the' eep,seoondary defenders, s l a y in tile~r deep ~ i h :m eZO l l 1 eS , regeutUess . of whet:, e.rthe quade-rb8ic , \k drops i8tr~dgh~back OJ"sp. r in t s 'Qrrolls out ,~neither dire~..tion, T he lie fo :o o, U te . ii(ilebacke~'S mus~ \ b e . r e ady . to meve out ,quickJ!y andd e . f r e n d m l h t ' ! :O a t allcl ClPrl ,ZQiD~$,t o t . ' , e ' s , t d e , o f the S.p,rj,fll or mn'~O'ut ;icUO;tl ..The speed W~dl wihkh t'he r ebackers mo.,ved ep en . d s . upot;1 the speed oft h e s,pri,llf , 0 1 1 " ron"O'Ult a , c U O l l i! l . Therefore, t f u _ : e . m . ~ l I e b a c k e r s . - Z Q i l e . s U1Q'Ve , a s . thep asse ', I .p rin ts ,ou t.. The fm1'he\ r ' t tu?i 'p a s s e r sp rin ts. aw ay from ~he ba,eksideOiU1: 'S ide .] 'wneb .~ckeF '~he 5tta~te.r a drop-bact, ang l ~ the ,O'lIUide Ih l~b lc lwj" 'may 1J!$e"TbeR : : f o r e , if th e :M !o V 'i l i lg qu a :r te rb a c K m o v e s from the bash ma:fk pistth e m ~ d d le o ir th e f i e . l d , l i ' th ~ !:neba :o~ j '8 , ' - u u o : g e t z o n e s w o U l ! d a ~s o , c : o m t ~ l U J m e~Qi move, The Unebac ,ker ' s ! speedaad dis ta:nce ~peflld ~'Ofl the speed'lIndlateral mov.I;'ment of the bl.n ..As 800m as the act' o Iii pass m a J r e . m W movementstops" the 1 i . f lt ;e J b a c k e . r '~ ' s ~ a t l r e : m . ~ m , o , ' y em~D r t s h o u ; I D d also StoiP a n d ~hen the:l inebacke r , s s h o U I D d ~t d l e : P l t ~ h t (D:"a gmmp s , 1 0 . .lS; 1OI , . 26~ ,and 1 0 - 2 1 ) .

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!Rop ..BackPaIS AngJe: As soon as the Umleiba,cw reads ~mass; tt~'should drop back to hj;starget area, and then his second S;llgp sbou1d be aerossover step w.i th t h , e . otl i t e r ' feot.. A;; , he U s e s his. eressever s te p." :~ ,should rotate r u s , hip.'.So ;h~l!the C=:Ul look over n w , s ,shoulder closest to' t h e ~~De o f ~crimmage.., A s ll~.rop.sback, be I S h o u i ~ dchelck the passer's foat ..wo'~k~JS tbe passer's feetw~inpaint out: the d:'. rec~ io ( l 1 l , of the pas s. As SOOG


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as the passer sers up" lh~ Uneback[~r s'houmd set ~p and keep :his 'f.retmovin.g so he Is ,lib.~e1)0break j ~ ~he d i , ~ cm : i l o n ,o f th e p , r , m s s , . . he lif l e backe r " ; s ihead should swivel so that he can check f 0 . m " ' th~ posswb e draw, screen, OIan 0p,posidon' s iPQlen[~al ,I , c e w v 1 e r breaking;; in to . the a, e a . If the po~ ,e , ! I l t i3 lreeeiver breaks 'wm:othe J 'wne lba~e ' r ! ' 1 area before the pass is, thrown .. ' t heli:liiIle'b;ack[er is ~oaclbed ~o hook Ottblock 'the potenu.al Roe Eve r dO'w n. [Theli.nebafika ml l l 1 :S~ !eep m . s : feet u:n : . d~rh m : s bod,:Ya n d ] mo~use s teps , so' long thathe liNH l . be unable Q ' reach in any directi on e

P:as ,er Sets 'U'p-LiDebacJt,er Se'ls U:p\ :Wh~,n, 'ch e ~~,nebacke:r ea d s~he p a s s e r se t r i i l J i J ; UiP~ rh e ~ : ~ : i ! J ) ~ j b ade rsets up' wi~b h f f i s s h :o u m d ers p a ra ID le l rothe ~ime o 'r scrimmage, The defender ~ ,h ( ) u : r n d ~ ~ up with his we~gh~bal-anced, an:d h:s it et f lO ' wider than twelve to fifteen f f i l i lc .hes. The IinebaekerShOlild move '0'0the passer's, first arm movement, wtl,~tll r :cbe iii 'fake or,a m a c tu a l P 9J $s . 'N 'o t 10,0 many h ig ] : ruschool o r c o lle g e p a s s e rs can Of havet ime '~O[a rm fa k e 0([' j " j ' ~ook oft,~a p a s s , and t l l e .n . throw i~ ano t he ; lE ' d b e c two l l l ~O'se of the best methe d:sthe defender bas f.or a:n ,inlemeption is to break infront of t h e . intended receiver and make U u : e ' in1el fccpt. i 'o ! l1 . T , ' h e , 1 " e : f . o l { e t wemake sur-e our m~ne .~bac t~ r s .do a lo t , of'reading Ihe passec ' I ' s , sho lw[de JS andFa ipf.WOI'~.

G ' f I T J ifor the B a . u ~ N , @ . I W ! ' ,An pass !defende~s are taught: to :sprl'n~to t :hearea whe're ~h~passer throws the. b a,n ~ Our defendera are , a lw,~ys . t~ulht, 'Wth ~n i k . ' 5 ' , in te rcep t io 1m: l i ;j1 bu t ~ jf '( :~ Y u rn too ~at :e '1 1 0 ' ~ r o~ e xoe p ! the ball, the)"may be a'We to make a block ' f o l ~Qw : mgau j-nk:J:"'c~,dOlilor make the tackle,[O ~ all shon passes ." 'i~s ; imperative ihM m: lhe ;m" 'neba lcker ' mak.. his move ' t ' D [i r n ne f s~ cit ' [he fIi,gh~ 0 , : 1 th e pass an~r the b a , U is in the a ir. If the .~ n.ebac l ; je r ~ sjill frorot ofdle in , t :e; l I i1ded receiver wbUe t~e passer hes the ball chances aret h a ! t 'the p a s s e r WI W~ ihTo .wlb~ b i l l ] to a n , o p e n re c e i ver,

J.Dte.T.\~'p1iiq, tbe' Pass: The :min~bac~e.r should a~'ways .1U:em,pt tointercept the pass, w'~hbi:s hands, [The defcnde,r must have L,sQf i '~ ' haads,er hands th~lt will give w , h . 1 I 1 a,buUet [0(['fast p: :1SS. This, is especia ']y true oflhe defeild~'r who ]: 5 : r nQV , b l g fas~ t owa r d fhe passer, The defender s,howd, g e t h~:s 'body direct~y in fro:m~ [o f Ule pass; in the eveas 'the, baU Pa1sse.st:m ,o .u gh h i s h an ds , : i t wi,.n hit . ! l Idsbody ' , . Th e d e : fe nd e r S h C ; ; H J i i d a lways i i l J I ! ta : tk01" g o ' t T o r r th e ball r a t h e r d n a n wait : f Q 'r tbe !baD.,If he w ' : a l i ts for the b i l l 1 1 . d l erece lver m a y ou trun h im : f OF ~he ball 0 , 1 ' " , s u . d d J G : N l y OW ! in '!fro n-t of thewa~ling de f e : naJe r 'litd QUl i k e the cateh,

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'~"e ~inebackler s'houid strip the i.~ue;ded reeetver ' b ; y bl,luin,g him 'with hishe ;IDm et.and , t bS 'mlb r ing 'his arm s apw ard ' ~ : n . ,an atttempt ' E i O I knock the 'baUIoose from th e re c e ive r .. Srr~p.iP~ngs . 01 l11y used when th e defender anri 've:s .too la'fe. lor is :in a pt,)Oltpo~.it io,n, ~o 'lnake the , ~ nm : r : e e , . tm t l n ~L~iD.ehacker"'s Dcop Ta' rge! ts : ; T h e s e are iUll!1,straltedh~ Di~g,ta'ms10-2 8~ '1 0-2'9,~and U)..30~

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Coach~n.g POlOtS : ,AU~~nebac~er-sshould make ~~pa'ss," ; ;'~b~ nt . '. ' QI'i~~Ring,o:l!!Ilcalls, R i \t'h c Ume .b a,c .k ie r (middle gU '3 r . d ( ) fshou~d a Iw :I .y s c 'n c elt fordraws. Outside linebackers should look for 8CfeeDS, c a l m scre~IJ.~uilldreaet10 it. Once Unebackers [~acb target drop, areas,,[ they keep their he :ads ,- -: sw : i v 1eUng ,and. knock down any c r o s s i n g '~cel v e r s o before the b a U ' m :~.nbe

Defensive Oll,tside Corne-rm:nu The bas'c .pa'SS def~I1IRis thet:'hree-deep l . ( l ck ,ed .=in zone pass defense." his mea n s die t [h re .~, , " ,dee~ppassdefende.d an; assi_gn~d a deep S e . O O ! I i U : 1 . a _ _ r y zone 'for 'w b~ c h . . h e yare respen-: smb~e0(0 all pass p lay s ~ whether h e quarterback d ro ps s tra l.g hiu b ac t inm' h~s pock~t, spr in t s out, Of t; m , w , s , a. p[lay :act i 'o ,npass,'T h e d e e p 'OfIJ~.s.ide ICOfWlemlan : i r s e o a e h e d to' U n e . up a ibo 'U t t .W \Q ' .yardsoets- ide Ihe o f f en~dve enid 01' wWle s , tpo'tent~ial. ece ive r and f r om . sa to e m g _ h t, y~a rds deep. - - e uses, a . 'Iwo-poinr stance, 'wi . th the outside 'foot sUgblly b . a c k .

SQ ' ~ h a ' m h;; c an drop off t. o h is outside ,O '~e=th i rd zene as S O O ( f J J ,as a p.ass,d [~ ve :IJ Q P s ,~h e d ee -p . ' O ' 1 J . r s i d e , 'p as s d 1e :fe nd e r w ; s taught ~o k,e:y the 0 '1 i ! I~8 id tereceiver ian~.P~ '~ :Ypass, fimJt and run : s e c o n d " . . A,s . soon a .s tbe bal l Issnapped, the 'wide c ome rman ~seeached ' E O r take 8 qu~.ck pi .et :uFe of ' t hep lay and 1th .eu .!S,hi f t b is 'w~iglt~' roOthe ICilJ~,s,~d~oo\ t a n d , pusb oft w i th . his. , " d ' f~_ns;~e C'OJt .If the l e n d or the w'ideby blocks, the el l ! lJ ts ide [ CQ l " DB rm i IW f t is , coachedto arttack ahe blJU cam er, using an outsid~- in . angle ~ AJ! , soon as ttls keyili".611,c;"- ~"",,~ ""uitlll...~ 1 . .T,;i - -I e. "'0 ffl"'ii~'l!IilliDi' ",.iJh,..". d - . - . - - ~ d ! ; dIQ, c.a,.t''''''t1lllma'lI!'I! must d m ' 1 " I I:l!I...l ....~ ~ 'Ul,~. 1 ! O . ! l . ~ . W . . l ! !! ~ [ o W . ,c ilJ i., . i I i " ' J " ' : J I . ~ b e . , . I!!,J.~ [' [ e e p g : r u i l l - ~.u"'"'~li1i;._.,.il'--' II IJ IJ . !WI!; j j i!l; ,. ':'r'


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192 'back into' ' Ins deep ou,s~de , ome - , t hud ] area a- The de~p cQf1ilelTMiD.cannotcome up too B000 just 'because 'his key blo 'Cks, , - , fo r 'he , backside : re ;ce i iv ,er,may cut across the field amd run a 'pass, p~t~em deep inllo the vaclI~ed deepoae-third zone, All ecmermen ave coach d to dro'p back as deep as the. . 1 i . , d 'b ~ "" ,111 'd the "d t . Ayee'pes~mOO J ' v e r anc " 1-,~SJC~1y,~ a s wie e as .1 I l . 1 . t = w~_e s , : receiver nil 'RCS:P ' t r u . o n tJo'tbis rule :ilS the s i x = y , a ; m : 1 d 2:JO 'Re from, th~: :sidelines tbat, t h e deepdender is . ta:ug'ht never t~)nter uodl the ba;U has ' [ bee -n put int.,o,h e a ir ,'I f a runnhlg play comes in the deep ,O'ut!i~d~eernerman S dieeetion,he IDliISI make sure i' n is - a, run and then : l lua;ck the bal[ Icamler from anIQ luM g id e ..ia a n g 'ID e " always, squeezin,g the 8Jll,g'le tig,bt_ 3 'S , h e app[oache~s theb a J l J l aanief.,

.f ,3 ,sprimf-oul pass comes his w,ay"" ,the o(u~sid~cernennan is assigned,10] drop ba~, , aDd :prolect, his o' ( l I i ts ide idaep on'e-'~bird zone ~If' ~he , s . p r i u m '- 'o i l! l . t pass. goes a W , tt J " " the deep' baCkside pass defender is~3iught to drop bact. ' I l i l . m : O his d,eepro:ne~:~hird,outside pass area. The fartherth~:baM goesaway, '~hecloser 1ihe deep 'Quts.wdeeernerman moves b~ , s ,zonearea to the ;SprlDt~out,,quart'erbatk. ' T t l l L S , continual sprint-out away :aJ~d,o.Dmakes 'it a more d~fficumt task ('o'r't'he passer to throw' 'the J tbro 'w-:baek, passmJ IO ~he deep,backs,:wde" one-third zone ~The de.\ep,outside comerman is assigned the ,~e,p out&ide ,one-thirdp ass z one DIl 8 ( 1 1 drop-back 0, IPiI l i1J.U P pass. p lays ~

:D@feusiveMlddte :Sa'el,map:t TM, deep 'middle saf~yman is as-sign 'ed rm ol i: lf f iI .e head . up o rm, he center abo 'UJt ,eight to ' l D e n y,uds. deep , TheroiJddle salretyman. 'IJ$~,:S a p.!aUel. ssanee and bys the q,ua.rterback, , A . .s' S O O m ' J a s the ball is p~t iD'~(Ji platy,,, the, 'midd' e sa.fettyman. is ta:ught to t~e ashuffle step 'backwuD., The middle safetyman must 'hink np,as.g,; ' :timtla'l id,m!IJ J . s tnever male th e miSltak~ of cOming up '~OOsoon ' 1 : 0 mak e the tackll~an: 1 , fakin,1; bac_k. , ~-h.e ,midd e safety is similar t\1i) _ center fielder in ba:sehalll.j;and m iDs]tbe r e a d , y to, s ,pr int left or rigbt 10 help ou t Dr back U,P ,e~lhe'rwideoQme(r.mfl:ft~If a l " - u n r J ' ~ng p~"a . J 'c o m e s b~~,way:i i ' :ht : s . ho ,u ]d ataaek the bal earner'head, 1 0 ( 0 ' ; if Ii, sweep d e ve l o p s " ~hemidd. IDe safetyman is 00ached to , aM ' a . c k ,the ball ,camer, u:-'ing an hliside~,out angle.If the 'wnni~g p,Jay ' goes away ,the milddle sa,f~ymIP must adjust 'his,a;n,g'lsof pu~sui.t s o ' '[hat -he wUl be ab e to Gu t off " , ' h e b an carrier. If asprint~QU,tp a s s Jeleveiops in e U h e " l direction, the qU3rtel1bact is , coached '0defend :his deep, middle, or~;e-thu--d ,~g ,O l .D g d e ep as (he deepest recei ver ..

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