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Shane Dierking, DC, North Central College (IL)

Watch the entire Glazier Drive video: 4-2-5 Defending 10 Personnel

Summary

This video dives into defensive strategies for containing explosive plays and pressuring quarterbacks against 10 personnel formations, with a focus on match coverage techniques:

Three Match Coverage

• Designed to defend against crossing routes, mesh concepts, and wheel routes
• Key assignments:
  • Boundary corner: Mess of #1 player with outside leverage
  • Field corner: Plays off at "7 tilt" alignment, mess of #1 except shallow
  • Weak safety, boundary overhang, and nickel: Outside leverage, mess of #2
  • Mike and Will linebackers: Match #3 players or push to middle hook zones
  • Field safety: Post safety closing middle field

Key Techniques in Three Match

• Players "squeeze, scan, and steal" to handle under routes and crossing patterns
• Gap cancellation to alleviate stress on Will linebacker
• Communication of "unders" to exchange responsibilities
• Funneling receivers toward the post safety

Two Read Coverage

• Alternative to traditional "squat corners" coverage
• Corners walk out from 7 tilt position to outside tip of #1
• Read #2 to #1 and quarterback eyes/tone
• Effective against teams that condense formations and try to use full width of field
• Good solution when team was getting out-leveraged in quarters coverage

Applications

• Particularly effective against teams running mesh wheel, mesh drive, and crossing concepts
• Demonstrated handling of boundary overload concepts
• Special adjustments for "nasty snugs" formations

The video includes multiple play examples with detailed breakdowns showing how these coverages handle various route combinations and offensive strategies.

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