defense
5 Ways To Choose Your Defensive Pressure
Here are 5 ways FirstDown PlayBook is helping you find defensive pressures that are right for your defense this fall....
3-2-6 Defense Edge Pressure Vs Spread
Regardless of if it is a zone read, an RPO or passing game read, sometimes the defense needs to dictate the decision....
J.J. Watt Creates Pressure With a Plan
Veteran J.J. Watt knows the best way to consistently pressure the quarterback is to have a plan, and then execute it with proper technique....
Goal Line Defense: What’s Your Call?
The play drawing below is one example of what you will find in the FirstDown PlayBook short yardage and goal line section....
3-3 Stack Defense Install Begins
FirstDown PlayBook works hard to tailor our football playbook sections to your needs. So we are going to install a 3-3 Stack defense....
Create 3-4 Pressure Away From Rotation
This is a base personnel pressure below that we call 3-4 Wig where you are getting your pressure off of the weak side of a 3x1 formation....
Seattle Walk Off Sack Well Designed
The Seahawks drop eight defenders. They essentially take away the sticks and are still in position to contain Murray if he runs....
FirstDown PlayBook Spread Beaters Changeups
The FirstDown PlayBook "Spread Beaters" section gives you three personnel driven approaches to stopping the spread and plenty of change ups off of each one....
Rodgers Pick 6? Not Often But It Happens.
Aaron Rodgers can make a case as one of the best quarterbacks to ever play football. However, he wishes he had this Pick 6 throw back....
Come On Todd Bowles! That’s A Four Man Rush?
What the best mad scientists of defense do is freak a quarterback out with the threat of pressure. Once the ball is snapped, however, it becomes different....
Sniffing Out An NFL Screen
Take a look at Brian Burns of the Panthers. The first thing to note is how quickly he transitions from a pass rusher to a screen defender. ...
Bears’ Fuller Shows Up In A Critical Spot
Fuller, the corner, is the "force player" here, meaning he's the guy who needs to set the edge of the run and not get out-leveraged....