Anybody from the "I like to blitz and play man" philosophy on here?

Hey Troy,

I am not a big blitz guy, but much prefer man (bump & run) to any zone scheme going. I do like to send the house when we have them pinned back deep, when it is an obvious passing situation, when it is imperative that we stop a first down attempt, etc. Basically when the situation calls for it! Sure, we will blitz at other times as well, just to keep them guessing. I ALWAYS WILL TRY THEM EARLY ON IN THE GAME TO SEE IF THEY CAN PICK UP THE BLITZ EFFECTIVELY OR NOT. IF THEY CAN'T, THEN WE ARE GOING TO BLITZ THEM ALL NIGHT LONG. Just my way as always.

Coach Easton

Thanks Coach for the reply!

coach, whenever the ball is snapped....................

Early in my career I was a very big blitz guy. I'd send the troops in any situation. It took losing a game that we could have (not necessarily should have) won, but didn't because we blitzed. We gave up three 50+yd runs for TD's that should have been simply long runs. That taught me the value of keeping someone in the middle of the field. Since then, we have taken an ATTACK/COVER philosophy. Based on what the offense does or the situation, we will have one call that is an aggesssive blitz call (ATTACK) and one call which is a safer (COVER) call. The safe call might be a line stunt or sending 1 LBor OLB and playing pure zone coverage.
Since our FS is usually the best athlete on our defense, I like to keep him in the middle of the field as much as possible.
We will send 6 or 7 and play man (no one in middle), but we will pick and choose our spots; we will not do this every down. We will overload if scouting tells us there is a definite tendency to run/pass to a specific area, but again, it will not be every down.

I like the blitz in almost all situations. Do it early to see how they respond and then mix it up with coverage...mix it with Jams, Man and Zone and throw them off. I do not always save it for 3rd and long...put it out there on first down to rattle the QB