Football Strategies
Rex Ryan’s Hybrid-Defense
Scott Carasik over at scardraft.com has posted an article called " The Rex Ryan 3-4/4-3/46 Hybrid". In his article, he talks about Rex Ryans...
Defeating 2-Man in the Red Zone
Matt Bowen of the National Football Post posted a breakdown about how San Diego was able to attack the New York while down the...
Singleback Formation and Sets
The Singleback (Ace) formation consists of one running back lined up about five to six yards yards behind the quarterback. Most sets found from...
Pattern Reading: Receiver Number System
In this breakdown we to want explain how the defense knows how to identify receivers. Please keep in mind, this is based on real...
Pattern Reading 101
In this X's and O's Football breakdown we take a look into what differences between spot dropping and pattern reading are that defenses used...
1-2 Vertical Concept
“1-2” signify the Vertical Concept in our offense. This concept allows our offense to attack and stretch the defense toward the end zone. The...
America’s Fire Zone Blitz
Football-Defense.com has posted a breakdown on the Fire Zone Blitz. The article talks about using Cover 3 coverage, while sending 5 defenders after the...
Hide and Seek: Disguising Your Blitz Schemes
American Monthly Football posted an article about disguising blitz schemes. This article goes into great depth about how to create blitz concepts, while making...
46 Bear Basics
The 46 Bear defense has been around since the Buddy Ryan designed it back when he was the defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears. ...
Four Base NFL Run Plays
Here is an article that was posted by the National Football Post that breaks down four staple run plays that NFL teams like to...
USC 4-3 Under Defense Blitz Plays
Recently we came across an article about defensive blitz schemes that the USC Trojans like to run when Pete Carroll was the head coach....
Passing Concepts and the Snag Concept
Here is great blog post over at DawgsByNature.com that explains how and what concepts are all about for run and pass plays. The blog...
Breaking Down the Patriots Defense
Here is an excellent article breaking down the the Patriots Defense and why it has been successful while Bill Belichick has been the head...
The Zone-Read, Gun Triple Option . . . and the Quadruple...
Here is well written article written by Chris Brown over at SmartFootball.com. In the write up, he talks about combing the zone read, triple...
The Pro Game Pass Route Tree
For those of you who don't know what a pass route tree looks like or is, NFP has posted an in-depth breakdown of the...