On this week’s podcast, I’m joined by Coach Vass, the doyen of online defensive scheme discourse and the host of the Make Defense Great Againpodcast. Vass and I go deep — deep — on the state of modern defense. Including:
* The lack of creativity at the pro level
* Why teams have shifted from match-three (cover-3) coverage to quarters looks
* Why do NFL teams spot drop in split-safety, zone coverages rather than pattern-matching?
* Which defensive coordinators have an overinflated reputation
* Who is underappreciated
* The key tenents of a ‘sound’ defense in 2021, at any level
* Why teams are using ‘loaded’ fronts on late downs and sending five-man pressures on early downs
* What college teams are getting right that pro teams are not
* Which college coaches NFL teams should be looking to poach from the college game
* Lots more
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