Civil's Dollar Zone Defense

Intro

What To Expect

Abilities - Personnel

Suggested, Not Mandatory

Audibles & Coaching

Follow These

Quick Adjustments

How To

Keys

• Our Defense is SIMPLE. Learn it. Master it.
• Know your User Responsibility
  
• Remember, if they keep hitting the same route,
  it's on YOU.

Abilities/Personnel

• Deep Out Zone KO is the #1 Ability. Must have for
  Outside Corners and Safeties
  
• Midzone KO is our #2 Ability. Give it to Safeties
  first, then your Outside Corners, then MLBs
• I LOVE Acrobat on my players, especially my safeties
• See video for full breakdown, or click here
  to see my current team

Keys

• Add Cover 4 Drop Contain into our top Audible spot
• See video or picture below
  for Coaching Adjustments

SET UP

• A beginner's guide to
  quick adjustments

Base Defense

These are the main blitzes Civil uses. Note: he prefers the man coverage ones

DB Fire 2 Basics

The basics of DB Fire

Why The Coverage Works

Must Watch

Cover 4 Drop Contain

Our Anti-Shitter Coverage D

Heavy Blitz Set Up

If You Know They're Passing

Defensive Playcall Script

I Call Your First 6 Plays

Set Up (in this order)

• Pinch Defense
• Move Both Safeties Down Slightly Behind LB Depth
• User MLB on HB Side
• Back Off Outside Corner (optional)

SET UP

• Moving the Safeties down
  changes EVERYTHING
• Outside Corner Depth
  is huge in limiting Corner
  Routes developing quickly

SET UP

• Pinch Entire Team
• Move Safeties Down
• Shade Down (Shading back up is optional)
• User MLB on HB Side

Set Up

• Press Coverage
• Backoff Outside Corner
• User In Gap As Shown
• Pass Commit (optional)

Your First 6 Plays

• DB Fire 2 Blitz
• Cover 4 Drop Contain
• Cover 4 Drop Contain
• DB Fire 2 Blitz
• DB Fire 2 Blitz
• Cover 4 Drop Contain

Attacking The Meta

Trips Defense

Meta Offense

Tight Defense

Meta Offense

5 Wide Defense

Must Watch

Set Up

• Focus on Inside most WR
• User LB on OPPOSITE side of HB (unless they start running)
• Prepare to back off Corner on
  Trips side
• Defend your area vs Post/Slant!

Set Up

• Optionally put your Outside CBs into Outside Thirds to protect vs Corner Routes
• Force them to throw ANYTHING besides Corner Routes
• Cover 4 Drop Contain is really good against this

Keys

• Cover 4 Drop Contain
• Protect the Seams. Look to
  bait with User or Slot CBs
• Blitz 1 Slot Corner (send 4 total)

Run Defense

Shotgun Run D

Slight Variation

Undercenter Run D

Nickel Over - Overstorm Brave

Set Up

• Pinch Defense
• Move Both Safeties Down Slightly Behind LB Depth
• User MLB on HB Side
• Crash DL Down and Loop as shown

SET UP

• Cloud Flat both Outside CBs
• Man Up both safeties to Outside WRs
• Blitz User
• Hook Curl MLB

Redzone Defense

Redzone Defense

Cover 3 Buzz

Set Up

• Must have Outside Shades on Outside CBs
• Press
• Shade Coverage Outside
• Adjust LBs as shown in video