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Defense · Linebackers
OLB · SAM Outside Linebacker — SAM (strong side)
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DRILLS 4
Step-by-step drills to get better at your position
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Position Drills
OLB · SAM · OLB · WILL
Football Outside Linebacker Drills
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Position Drills
S · CB · DL · Gunner · LB · STAR
Open Field TACKLING Masterclass in 7 Minutes
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Position Drills
ILB · MIKE · CB · DL · Gunner · LB · S · STAR
Learn How To Tackle In The Open Field With this Drill From All-Pro Linebacker Hardy Nickerson...
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FILM STUDY 3
Watch real plays slowed down and explained
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Film Breakdowns
ILB · MIKE · OLB · SAM · OLB · WILL
Darius Leonard Breaks Down How to Make Pre-Snap Reads, Force Turnovers, & More | NFL Film Session
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Film Breakdowns
ILB · MIKE · OLB · SAM · OLB · WILL
Jaylon Smith Breaks Down, Triangle Vision, Block Shedding, & the Run Game | NFL Film Session
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Film Breakdowns
CB · LB · S
Ray Lewis, Ed Reed Teach How to Watch Film | Baltimore Ravens
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KNOW THE SCHEME 28
Defensive Fronts — how the defense lines up, fits the run, and brings pressure · Coverage Explanations — how the defense guards passes
Quiz yourself on the OLB · SAM scheme
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Defensive Fronts
DL · CB · LB · S · STAR
Every Defensive Formation Explained in 12 Minutes
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Defensive Fronts
DL · CB · LB · S · STAR
Defensive Formation Guide For Youth Coaches (4-3, 3-4, 4-2-5 & More)
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Defensive Fronts
LB · DL · S · STAR
Understanding Defensive Football Run Fits
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Defensive Fronts
All Linebackers
Defensive Reads: Reading the Offensive Lineman For Pass or Run
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Defensive Fronts
DL · CB · LB · S · STAR
Every Football Blitz Explained (How Sacks Are Created)
MIDDLE SCHOOL / HIGH SCHOOL
Coverage Explanations
CB · LB · S · STAR
Gruden Explains Cover 3 Defense | Gruden’s Glossary
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Coverage Explanations
CB · LB · S · STAR
Defensive Coverages | Football 101
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Coverage Explanations
CB · LB · S · STAR
Diving into the differences between man and zone coverage | PFF
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Coverage Explanations
All Linebackers
Football Linebacker Defensive Tips - Zone Pass Coverage - Coach Ron Roberts
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Coverage Explanations
CB · LB · S · STAR
Defending Four Verticals out of Cover Three
MIDDLE SCHOOL / HIGH SCHOOL
Coverage Explanations
CB · LB · S · STAR
Defending Trips Formations in the 4-2-5 Defense | Joe Daniel Football
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Defensive Fronts
LB · DL · S · STAR
3 Types of 4-2-5 Defense Blitzes | Joe Daniel Football
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Defensive Fronts
DL · LB
Gruden Explains Defensive Fronts | Gruden’s Glossary
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Defensive Fronts
DL · LB
Gruden Explains a 3-4 Base Defense | Gruden’s Glossary
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Coverage Explanations
S · CB · LB · STAR
Every Defensive Coverage Explained in 15 Minutes
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Coverage Explanations
CB · LB · S · STAR
Defensive Coverages Explained: Cover 1, 2, 3, and 4 | Understanding Football with Joel Klatt
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QUIZ YOURSELF OLB · SAM · MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL
10 questions on the scheme for your position. Pick an answer and we explain it right away.
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Two deep halves, and everyone underneath is in man. Which coverage?
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Name this formation.
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Your fit is "the open gap." What does that mean?
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Four defenders split the deep field into quarters. Which coverage?
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Three receivers stacked close together in a tight triangle. Name it.
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Tampa 2: you are the circled Mike. What is your job on a pass drop?
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At the snap the safety buzzes down to the hook/curl, and the nickel takes the flat. Sky or Buzz?
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Three down linemen (a nose on the center and two ends outside the tackles) with four linebackers. Name it.
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Quarters on one side, a deep half on the other. Which coverage?
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Cover 3: you are the circled hook linebacker. What is your job on a pass drop?
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