25 base defense for american football

8/22/2019 25 Base Defense for American Football

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25 D

Defense used against spread gun

teams with a weak running game.

Or

Defense has a limit on D-Line

players.

Roldan Leyba


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WHY

Kills inside run game, forces outside run by RB and QB.

Allows the use of Cover 3,4 and 2.

Allows 8 Defenders in Coverage

Allows Inside Stunts we call STICKS and Heavy Outside Blitz

combinations, and Fire Zone against 50-60 fronts that willover- whelm the Offensive Line.

Forces RB in protection thus only 4 receivers can be used.

Mixes well with Base 43 and 34 Defense fronts.

Overloads field side Hash play without sacrificing andunbalancing the Defense front 7 or 8

Easy install with three looks in the front.


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Rules

Stay or Go Rule. OLBs can attack or stay on

outside to read play. If Team runs Zone read

they QB. If team runs a pitch option they have

RB.

Pick up #4.(RB) Strong and Will always pick up

that RB who slides to lower flat even if Blitz

call is on.

Trip receivers always check to our base Cover

21 call. Unless we have practiced another

cover.


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Personnel

Nose- must be the best and strongest D-Lineman

Tackle- Must be the fastest D-Lineman

Rifle-Strong Safety type and aggressive

Strong- outside linebacker who can hit and play TE 1 on 1. Willalways have stay or go rule, pick up Number 4.

Buck- Agile Middle-line backer who can play hole coverage.

Mike a good strong Middle-linebacker who loves to blitz.

Will- a DE type who can play flat coverage and can read throughand Key RB and QB

Wolf Corner/Corner can play cover2 read 1 to 2 or 1 to QB

SS can play 1 0n 1 with Slot and play Cov 2 and able to come up andforce.

FS has to cover hash to hash easy in Cov 3.


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Tackle and Nose play.

The Nose has to be able to 2 Gap read and getoff his Man and make inside tackles.

The Tackle has the speed to force the blocking

scheme and be the inside rush man. They will only line up Outside shoulder of

Guards- Head up on Guards, Nose will Line up

on Hash defense Head up on Center and playtwo gap. Right SlantLeft Slant- Shoot- andTrash Bag are the Line calls.


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Line call when Head UP only.

Slant right- The Nose and Tackle will slant to

right. Nose will play Gap and over- which is

play the gap at 1 Yard depth and play the next

gap outside.

The Tackle will pass rush his Gap

(see illustration)


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Slant Right

NT

The Nose fights to

1 yard depth

squares hisshoulders and plays

gap to outside / it

allows inside stick

from Will.

W

BM

S

Buck Read and React.

25 Base Slant Right WhaM STICK

WhaM is Blitz call, STICK tells Will to go inside. STICK call

only for S/W/R

RRifle Read and React or in Cover Scheme.


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Slant Left

NT

The Nose fights to

1 yard depth

squares hisshoulders and plays

gap to outside

W

BM

S

.

R

Any 25 call Blitz, Stick or Fire Zone can be called.


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SHOOT Call is used to maximize Pass

rush. This can be called on outside

shoulder, hit the gap and go.

Can run Blitz, Fire Zone .

(please see illustrations on next slides.)

The alignment Of the Mike cause a forced blocking scheme

and helps in the pass rush, freeing one rusher. The only

adjustment is keeping the RB in for protection. ( This can open

a screen to weak side) The adjustment is Strong takes TE man

and Buck spies RB. Thus Screen heavy teams have a realproblem with defense.


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Shoot on 25 OUT with Buck Blitz

NT W

B

S

R

TE

M

SSSS takes TE man- Strong Buzzes Curl

taking inside route away from wide

Receivers- 3 Man rush on Weak side.

Mike spys

inside blitz to

center


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Shoot on 25 Rifle /SS Fire Zone OUT

NT W

B

S

R

TE

M

Fire Zone on TE side

SSStrong Buzzes Curl and

Buck turns and drops into

seam reading TE taking

Inside away. Cover 3 run

behind

Tackle cause the

combo because of

alignment of Rifle.


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Shoot on 25 Rifle /SS Fire Zone OUT

NT W

B

S

R

TE

M

Fire Zone on TE side

SS

Tackle cause the

combo because of

alignment of Rifle. Buck spys RB takes

away weak side

screen, strong side

and middle screen.


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Trash Bag

This call tells the Nose and Tackle grab the

man inside you or head up and Bull rush him

Back and Inside playing the outside shoulder

Gap.

(see Illustration)


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Trash Bag Call

NT W

B

S

R

TE

M

Force Guards to Inside play outside

Linebacker play can be Blitz to Read and React.


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3 Fronts to the Defense.

25 ON- Nose and Tackle Head up on Guards

25 Out-Nose and Tackle On outside shoulder

of Guards.

25 Over Right or Left- Nose on Center , Tackle

on Outside shoulder of Guard- great on Hash

Field side. Used for Liz and Rip style QBs and

teams.

(illustrations next three pages)


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25 OUT

NT W

B

S

R

TE

M


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25 ON

NT W

B

S

R M


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25 Over (line in Middle hash on 60 front)

NT WBS

R

TE

MBuck plays Up on

weak side.

TRASH BAG is best Call for Line on this, it

will seal Guard to Guard Gaps.


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Covers

Covers Vs 2x2spread / Cover 20/30/32/34/31/40

Covers Vs 3x1 spread /Cover 21/25

Covers Vs 2x2 tight- ( with Tight End)

20/30/32/34/31/40

Covers Vs 3x1 tight-( with Tight End) Cover 21/25

Cover 20-21-25 (cover 2 scheme)

Cover 30-31-32/34(cover 3 scheme)

Cover 40 (quads ) Can run Cover 1 and Zero also if talent allows.


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We Pattern read using Triangles

Corners read 1 to2 or 5 to 4 .

Safeties read 1 to Ball or 5 to Ball

OLBs read 2 to Ball or 4 to ball

Mike and Buck read Ball and cover Hook to Curl areaor Hole. (NEVER LET SOME ONE CROSS YOUR FACE

GO WITH HIM)

Cover 2 we funnel outside receivers inside and read

thru to inside receiver.

Strong and Will have stay and go rule and pick up #4,

the RB which can be numbered 3 this is just an

expression I use.


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2X2 spread Cover 20

NT W

B

SRM

1

2 4

5

Q3

C WSS

FS


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3X1 spread Cover 21- Cover 2 with

mixed Man cover

NT W

B

SR

M

1

24

5

Q3

C WSS

FS

Or best corner can cover

Man we play the trips in

half field or if on hash

load field side. Rifle has

#3 all the way.


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3X1 spread Cover 25- Cover 2 with

mixed Man cover

NT W

B

SR

M

1

24

5

Q3

C W

SS FSFS and W double

cover- R buzzes the

flat Mike hit high curl,

Buck takes Hole

Corner and SS play

cloud to trip side.


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2X2 spread Cover 30

NT W

B

SRM

1

2 4

5

Q3

C WSS

FS


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2X2 spread Cover 31

NT W

B

SRM

1

2 4

5

Q3

C WSS

FSSS and R take Man on

2 and 4 receivers.


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2X2 spread Cover 32

NT W

B

SRM

1

2 4

5

Q3

C WSS

FSSS take Man on 2


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2X2 spread Cover 34

NT W

B

SRM

1

2 4

5

Q3

C WSS

FSR take Man on 4


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2X2 spread Cover 40

NT WB

S

R M

1

2 4

5

Q3

C W

SS FS

TRIANGLE READ from all DBs


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Fire Zone, Blitz and Sticks.

3 Plus 1 should always be the rush. Seeing that only three are rushing and the

Nose is controlling.

3 plus 2 is the best pressure package.

Using the Strong and Will in Fire Zone with SS and Rifle will stretch the offensive

lines capability and make them keep a RB as a protector.

Sticks will allow the inside pass rush to collapse pockets quickly. This is a great wayto play a pass heavy offense with a less mobile QB.

Remember you can't defend everything but you can control what and when you

give offenses and cause them to alter and force the blocking patterns where it

benefits the defense.

Lastly make your own front attacks that work for a particular opponent, myphilosophy is take away their 10 best plays and make them use what they are not

best suited for.

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