Defensive Coordinator
Cowboys 6 Man Pressure Gets Home
The All 22 play we are featuring today is a Cowboys 6 man pressure that got to Matt Ryan in the second quarter....
Evaluating How Much Was Taught
When football coaches start evaluating a season it is often about evaluating how much was taught and how well....
Get Home With Nickel Knife Fire Zone 3
We call this pressure Nickel Knife Fire Zone 3. It is one of over 57 different varsity defensive pressures in FirstDown PlayBook....
Bucs Roll Up To Cover 3 For Pick 6
When Tampa Bay rolled up to a cover 3 look vs Jameis Winston on Sunday, we promise you that he never saw it happening....
New! Practice Scripts & Cards Made Easy
The new FirstDown PlayBook Practice Scripts tool improves how football coaches prepare their practice cards and scripts....
Peel Pressure Let’s You “Cheat”
There are details with a peel pressure that must be coached well or you will have the offense's best player with the ball running free....
Bring Pressure To The Protection Back
Once you figure out which way the center is turning this pressure to the protection back is easier to arrive at than you might think....
Solve Linebacker Conflict Of Assignment
Conflict of assignment is exactly what it says it is. It is when a defensive player has two responsibilities that work against each other....
4-3 Under Base Defense
Let’s slow down today to look at FirstDown PlayBook’s 4-3 Under Base defense. Sometimes as football coaches we spit words out like “over” and “under”...
Snake: Sam Strong Safety Pressure
The FirstDown PlayBook Sam Strong Safety Zone Dog pressure is jut one example of how we pump your playbook full of defensive pressures....
This Corner Fire Good No Matter The Hash
Regardless of the playing field, no hash is so far away from the boundary that a Corner Fire can't get home to ruin a quarterback's day....
Football Coaching Carousel Gives Venables A Chance
We don't get into the coaching carousel very much anymore but we like it when coaches like Brent Venables get a chance....