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Defensive Pressure Packages

Defensive Pressure Packages

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 1, 2024

FirstDown PlayBook offers a defensive football coach several different ways to find sound defensive pressure that fits their specific scheme....

Not Too Late For Your Defensive Pressure Package

Not Too Late For Your Defensive Pressure Package

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 2, 2021

One of the areas that you may still be tweaking week to week with your football team is your defensive pressure package....

3 Man Twist (Coached Well) Gets Home

3 Man Twist (Coached Well) Gets Home

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 22, 2021

Make your opponent think. A 3 man twist will nine times out of ten, slow a protection down. The key is to not slow your guys down doing it...

Defensive Football Help That  Actually Helps

Defensive Football Help That Actually Helps

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 13, 2021

We aren't in a contest to have the most Twitter followers. We are in a contest though, to provide you with sound defensive football help....

Kyle Fuller Says Tackling Is Not A Lost Art

Kyle Fuller Says Tackling Is Not A Lost Art

by Will Cinelli on Jul 1, 2021

Fuller elects to go low here, driving his shoulder through the thigh of the runner while his arm wraps the inside leg....

Kpassagnon Recognizes Reacts & Retraces Vs Raiders Screen

Kpassagnon Recognizes Reacts & Retraces Vs Raiders Screen

by Will Cinelli on May 27, 2021

The Chiefs Tanoh Kpassagnon completes this tremendous effort play vs the Raiders screen play as he recognizes, reacts and then retraces....

Rodgers Pick 6? Not Often But It Happens.

Rodgers Pick 6? Not Often But It Happens.

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 20, 2020

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....

How Do You Teach Defensive Adjustments?

How Do You Teach Defensive Adjustments?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 21, 2020

Can you get on the board and fit your base defense up against any formation that the offense might throw at you? What about shifts, motions and trades?...

Bears’ Fuller Shows Up In A Critical Spot

Bears’ Fuller Shows Up In A Critical Spot

by Will Cinelli on Aug 20, 2020

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....

Wisconsin Defense Leaves Few Places For This Ball To Go

Wisconsin Defense Leaves Few Places For This Ball To Go

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 26, 2020

Obviously the Wisconsin staff had done their homework because this defense looked like it was designed specifically for this play....

Zone Dog Pressure…Free Safety Style

Zone Dog Pressure…Free Safety Style

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 27, 2020

Bringing the free safety can take some nerves of steel especially if your strong safety is not real comfortable in the deep middle of the field....

Former Texas DC Bull Reese

Former Texas DC Bull Reese

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 27, 2018

Today on the Coach and Coordinator week one Gameplan Coach Reese shares his thoughts on making gamely adjustments and why he thinks that if you wait until the day after the game to look...