1. Multiple Pressures in the Colerain 50 Defense
COLERAIN FOOTBALL
RUN FAST! HIT HARD!
Multiple Pressures in the Colerain 50 Defense
Head Coach – Tom Bolden
Defensive Coordinator – Shawn Cutright

2. About Us Division I High School (Approx. 1100 Boys) in Cincinnati, OH
12 Consecutive Greater Miami Conference Titles
Playoff Qualifier 12 of the past 13 seasons
Multiple Division I College Players
2004 Ohio State Champions
since 2000
Defensive Averages Since 2005:
87 Rush Yds. Per Game
102 Pass Yds.
10.7 Pts.

3. “Six Pack Defense”
In any passing situation, or against most spread to throw offenses, we will adjust our base ‘50’ to look more like a 3-4 defense. From this look we will run a number of 4 and 5 man pressures using common Fire Zone schemes and concepts.

4. Six Pack Adjustments
TNT – Will reduce their angle and push upfield more. One or more of them may be involved in stunt, and one tackle will always be asked to keep contain.
Ends – No longer aligned on LOS unless #2 is a TE. One of these players will almost always be involved in our stunt and must be a relentless pass rusher, while the other must be able to drop into coverage effectively.

5. Six Pack Adjustments
ILB’s – Now responsible for recognizing the formation and directing where our pressure will come from. The LB’s are involved in most pressures and must know when they blitz and who they are “Hot” on in coverage. The ILB’s are key to effectively running this defense!
DB’s – Most pressures are run with a 3 deep coverage concept. The DB’s must know the coverage, play the ball, and be great tacklers. Do Not Give Up The Big Play!! It will be the responsibility of the Safeties to make sure the coverage matches the pressure and we are not leaving anyone uncovered. Occasionally we will ask a DB to blitz.

6. Keys & Coaching Points
Know the strengths of your players. Put them in a position to make plays (Rush vs. Coverage)
Make sure everyone is on the same page! (Who has contain & Who is everyone “Hot” on)
Utilize Walk-Thru Periods

7. Keys & Coaching Points
Disguise the pressures. Don’t show too early, just be in a position to do your the snap. We will also use “Show” calls to give a different look.
Mix up your calls. Use 4 & 5 man pressures, change where you blitz from, etc.
Make sure you rep blitzes in practice against all formations and routes

8. Deciding Where to Pressure From
Game planning is an essential part of making this pressure package effective. We will determine each week what pressures we can and cannot run, when we want to blitz, & most importantly where we want to blitz from.

9. Deciding Where to Pressure From
When we game plan we want to know:
Opponents protection schemes
Best/Worst offensive lineman
Formation tendencies (Do they ALWAYS or NEVER do things from certain formations, how can we exploit this or take it away)
Best Receiving Threat, QB Run threat?

10. Tagging your blitzes
Strong/Weak – Designed to bring pressures from the offensive passing strength. This may change weekly to attack certain formations, weak links on offensive line, etc.
Field/Bench – Simple way to dictate where your pressure will come from. You can also decide what your players are doing rather than allow the offense to dictate (You can be sure the guy you want to blitz is blitzing)
Back/Away – Many teams use protection schemes centered around the RB’s location. Our LB must ALWAYS be capable of defeating the block of a RB.
Automatics – If they do this, we will…These come from game plans & In game adjustments.

11. 4 Man Pressures
Pressures are designed to maximize pass coverage while not allowing the QB to have enough time to be comfortable.
All “Hot” Routes should be accounted for as you have 4 or 5 players in the underneath zones.
Blitzes will involve bringing any 1 of the 4 linebackers or any member of the secondary.
The 3-4 scheme allows a 4 man pass rush to be effective because the offense does not know where the 4th man is coming from
4 Man Pressures allow for more options in coverage

12. 4 Man Pressures w/OLB End Bird T N T E B B E T N T E B B E
Extension of our Angle 50, End simply rushes upfield, Tackle away from call is other contain
T N T
E B B E
- Both tackles are now contain rushers, End and Tackle to blitz call switch jobs

13. 4 Man Pressures w/ILB Typically run when we want to play Max coverage (Ends better in coverage)
Fire
Shoot
T N T
E B B E
ILB opposite call through opp. A Gap. Both Tackles contain, both Ends drop.
T N T
E B B E
ILB to the blitz call through the A Gap. Both tackles are contain rushers, Ends drop.

14. 5 Man Pressures
Pressures are designed to overload the offensive line and get to the quarterback quickly
Blitzes will involve bringing any combination of our 4 man pressures, with some additional options
We will expect the ball to be thrown quickly from a QB under pressure, this creates multiple opportunities for turnovers
We must rally to any completed ‘Hot’ routes, never allowing them to turn into a big play
Most of these are played using a 3 deep concept
You must also be aware of vulnerabilities to certain formations such as 3x1 or Empty & be willing to adjust

15. “Fire Bird”
T N T E B B E C C S S

16. “Fire End”
T N T E B B E C C S S

17. “Shoot End”
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18. “Double End” Most effective against Sprint Out & Bootleg pass teams b/c it maximizes contain Can also effectively run Cover 2 behind this blitz May also choose to drop the NG if you wish
T N T E B B E C C S S

19. Bolt Series Blitzes Most Successful Blitzes
Use the same overload concepts, but add responsibilities for the Tackle
We run 3 separate blitzes from this concept and have great success with each
Blitz Responsibilities Tackle – Must crash hard across Guards face and push up through the ‘A’ Gap ILB – Follows behind the tackle through ‘B’ Gap End – Becomes contain rusher

20. “Bolt”
T N T E B B E C C S S

21. “Bolt Pick” ILB – Walks up over Guard Pre-Snap Tackle will now follow off the butt of ILB to the ‘A’ Gap
T B N T E B E C C S S

22. “Bolt Switch” End & ILB will switch responsibilities
“Bolt Switch” End & ILB will switch responsibilities. End will go in front of LB.
T N T E B B E C C S S

23. Eagle Series Blitzes Same overload concept as Bolt blitzes
This blitz times later than Bolt, bringing a typical speed/edge rush player through the middle of the offense
Puts a lot of pressure on the RB in pass protection schemes
End will now be ‘A’ Gap rusher
LB remains ‘B’ Gap rusher
Tackle responsible for contain rush

24. “Eagle” LB must go 1st, End will follow flat off butt of both Tackle & LB to ‘A’ Gap
T N T E B B E C C S S

25. “Eagle Pick” LB walks up over the Guard, gives the same look as “Bolt Pick” but will time up differently
T B N T E B E C C S S

26. “Weak Fire Bird” All blitzes can be run from offensive strength or weakness
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27. Blitzing 3 x 1 Sets
Anytime the offense aligns in a 3 x 1 set, the LB and End from the trips side cannot both blitz
In these cases you must adjust by either switching the responsibilities of LB’s or End’s (Rush LB now hot on #3, Coverage LB now rushes), or bringing your pressure from the single WR side.
Anytime you run a blitz from the single WR vs. 3x1, you must decide how you want to match coverage.
1. You can overload the 3 WR side with a Safety & End in
Coverage, leaving the backside corner without help
2. You may bring the Safety down to single WR, leaving LB’s to
cover skill players to Trips side.

28. “Bolt vs. 3 x 1”
T N T E B B E C C S S

29. “Weak Eagle Pick vs. 3 x 1”
T B N T E B E C C S S

30. SECONDARY BLITZES Safety End Safety Bird Fire Safety End
Fire Safety Bird
Safety Bolt
Safety Bolt Pick
Shoot Safety End
Shoot Safety Bird
Safety Eagle
Cannon (Corner)
Cannon Ball (Corner w/Drop End)
To give the offense another look, almost all of our blitzes can be run in a way that replaces the rush end with a defensive back. A simple tag with a ‘Safety’ or ‘Corner’ call gives you another weapon.

31. “Fire ‘Safety’ End”
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32. “Cannon”
T N T E B B E C C S S

33. Questions?? Film – www.hudl.com dcutright@nwlsd.org Shawn Cutright
Phill Joseph
Colerain High School
8801 Cheviot Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45251