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Special Projects

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How To Watch All-22 Film

Attacking the Off-Season Self Scout

MatchQuarters College Football Playoff Final Four Preview

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What is…? Playlist

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What is a Sub-Package?

What Is A Blitz?

What Is Motion? Understanding Offensive Motion in the NFL

What is a Nickel Pressure?

What is a Coffeehouse Blitz?

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» Coverages:

What is Cover 1? Types, Usage, Advantages, and Disadvantages

What is Cover 2?

What is Tampa 2 Coverage?

What is Cover 3?

Defending a "Quads" Wheel Route Into the Boundary With Cover 3

What is Quarters?

What is Cover 6? Explaining Quarter-Quarter-Half and its Sister, Cover 8

What is Poach Coverage?

What is Stubbie Coverage?

Film Analysis: Breaking Down "Stubbie-4" Coverage

The "Low Red" Solution: Adjusting Stubbie to Stump

What is a Man-Indicator Zone?

What is a No Cover Zone?

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» Specific DB Techniques:

What is a Bail Technique?

Film Study: Clemson's Ashton Hampton Shows Elite Soft Press Bail Technique

Two Pillars of DB Coverage: Backpedal vs. Shuffle

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» Front Structures:

What is an Over Front?

Heavy Technique Primer and Cut-Up

What is an Under Front?

What is an Odd Front?

6 or 9 Technique? What's the Best Way to Defend a Tight End?

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DB 101 Playlist

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MatchQuarters Coverage 101 Podcast Series

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» Coverage & Technique Installs:

DB 101: Defensive Backs Technique for Man, Zone, & Press Pt. 1 - Off Coverage

MQ DB 101: Defensive Back Techniques for Man, Zone, & Press Pt. 2 - Closed Stance & Press Coverage

MatchQuarters DB 101: Expanding the Vision of Your DBs

MatchQuarters DB 101: Defending Perimeter Screens

MatchQuarters DB 101: Match 3 vs. a Slot Fade

Where do my eyes go when my receiver doesn't release down field?

Defending The Slot Fade

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» CB Press Techniques:

MatchQuarters DB 101: Soft Press Technique

Soft Press Technique vs. a Fade Route

MatchQuarters DB 101: Press vs. a Back-Shoulder Fade

MatchQuarters DB 101: Defending a Low Red Zone Fade with Alabama's Kool-Aid McKinstry

The Power of the 'Pier Step': A Breakdown of Kool-Aid McKinstry's Soft Press Technique

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» CB Off-Ball Techniques:

MatchQuarters DB 101: Off-Ball Bail Technique

MatchQuarters DB 101: Defending a Fade with a Zone Turn

MatchQuarters DB 101: Jabbar Muhammad Off-Man Technique

MatchQuarters DB 101: The Catch Technique

The Slingshot Technique Within a Coverage Toolbox

The Denver Broncos' Fabian Moreau & Pat Surtain II vs. Comebacks

The Broncos' Pat Surtain II's Off-Ball Technique vs. a Dropout

The Cowboys DaRon Bland's Off-ball Technique vs. a Curl

The Bills' Maxwell Hairston's "Hook, Look, and Lean" Bail Technique Clinic

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» Trap 2 CB Techniques:

MatchQuarters DB 101: Trap Tech - The Step-Down Hinge

The Trap-Hinge Technique in Tampa 2 Coverage

MatchQuarters DB 101: Trap vs. a Base Technique

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» Safety Techniques:

DB 101: Playing Safety in Split-Field Coverage

The Patriots' Kyle Dugger's Safety 'Sticks' Technique

The Cleveland Browns Cheat Technique

Base Safety Footwork

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» NFL Technique Analysis:

2023 Breakdowns:

MatchQuarters DB 101: Technique Analysis of Seattle Seahawks Tariq Woolen

MatchQuarters DB 101: Technique Analysis of the Titans' L'Jarius Sneed

MatchQuarters DB 101: Technique Analysis of the Browns Martin Emerson Jr.

MatchQuarters DB 101: Technique Analysis of the Cowboys' CB DaRon Bland

MatchQuarters DB 101: Technique Analysis of the New York Jets' Sauce Gardner

MatchQuarters DB 101: Technique Analysis of The LA Rams' Darious Williams

MatchQuarters DB 101: Technique Analysis of the Bears' Jaylon Johnson

2024 Breakdowns:

Technique Analysis: Eagles CB Quinyon Mitchell

Hybrids: Breaking Down Zack Baun

Player Profile: Eagles' Rookie CB Cooper DeJean

MatchQuarters Technique Analysis: The Cardinals Safety Budda Baker

MatchQuarters Technique Analysis: The Lions DJ Reed

Jalen Pitre: The NFL's Most Versatile Slot Defender

2025 Breakdowns:

How Vic Fangio is Unleashing Quinyon Mitchell

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Game Breakdowns

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The Lions run game vs. the 49ers

The Super Bowl Blitz: Kansas City's 3rd Down Plan

Boise State puts the brakes on UNLV's Go-Go offense.

Why Spagnuolo's Secondary is Struggling: A Deep Dive into their Communication Lapses

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» Chess Match Series:

MatchQuarters Chess Match: The Chiefs Offense vs. Broncos Defense (Week 8, 2023)

Chess Match: Georgia's Defense vs. Texas

Chess Match: Bills vs. Dolphins (Week 9)

MatchQuarters Chess Match: Texans vs. Dolphins ('24 Week 15)

MatchQuarters Chess Match: The Buffalo Bills Cover 2 vs. the Miami Dolphins (Week 2)

Meet The NFL's New Defensive Meta: Fighting Heavy Personnel with Base Quarters

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Coverages & Installs

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» Split-Field Universe:

MatchQuarters Quarters Coverage Install Clinic

MatchQuarters 2-Read/Palms Install Clinic

Teaching Poach Coverage

MatchQuarters DB 101: Cover 6 vs. Shallow

The Saints Stubbie Coverage vs. the Packers

The New York Jets' Quarters Scheme ('23)

Pittsburgh Steelers Quarters Distribution

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» Coverage Disguise & Non-Traditional Tampas:

Explaining Non-Traditional Tampa 2's with the Minnesota Vikings

The Pittsburgh Steelers' Nontraditional Tampas

The Kansas City Chiefs Weak Rotation Package

The Dolphins Non-Traditional Tampas

A Review of the Miami Dolphins Non-Traditional Tampa 2 Coverages

Schematic Fluidity: How The Buccaneers' Todd Bowles' 2-Roll Coverage Baited Mac Jones

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» Cover 3 Universe:

Arizona Wildcats' TE Alert in their Cover 3

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» Bracket Concepts:

Cutting the Crosser

The Steelers Double Bracket

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2-Man Bracket Concept

Third‑Down Clinic: The Lions’ Double‑Robber Blueprint

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» Stacks & Bunches:

Playing Stacks with the Chicago Bears

Defending Stacks with Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs

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» Blitz/Hot Coverages:

Teaching Hot/Eyes Coverages

Blitzing Through It! The Vikings Hot Blitz vs. the Chicago Bears ('23).

Heating Up The Dawgs

Boise State's Hot Blitzes vs. Penn State

Anatomy of a Pressure: Texas A&M's Hot Blitz vs. Mizzou

Anatomy of a Pressure: Breaking Down the Falcons' Hot Quarters Blitz

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» The Saban Coverage System:

Alabama's Low Red Zone Bracket Coverage

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» Vic Fangio’s System & Adjacent Concepts:

Vic Fangio's 3-Site

Vic Fangio's Trips Toolbox

How Vic Fangio Creates Ambiguity In His Coverage Structures

What is 'Targeted' Coverage?

The Defensive Masterclass That Erased Travis Kelce in the Super Bowl

Breaking Down Vic Fangio's "Stuff" Coverage (Cover 6)

The Fangio Illusion: How Match-3 Disguises Itself as Split-Field Coverage

Cover 3? Quarters? How Fangio’s Defense Makes QBs Guess Wrong.

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LB Play & Techniques

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Linebacker Drills and Fundamentals

Belly-Key (Fall-Back) Technique Clinic

Teaching your Weak Hook Defender in Cover 3

Teaching the Weak Hook Defender

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Defensive Structures

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Mint Package vs. Tite Front

Nick Saban is Goat'd

Breaking Down a Nickel Defensive Structure

The Eagles Bench Walk Front vs. the Packers

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» Three-High or Three-Safety (Big Nickel) Defenses

The Arizona Cardinals Quarters 3-High Defense

The Seattle Seahawks Big Ni Package

The NFL's Four-Down Three-High Defenses

Ohio State's Four-Down Three-High System vs. a Counter GY

The Kansas City Chiefs Three-Safety Defense

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» Quarters 5-man Pressures

The Cincinnati Bengals' Quarters Five-Man Pressures

The Arizona Cardinals' Quarters Five-Man Pressure

NFL Trends and the Detroit Lions Quarters Pressures

Anatomy of a Sack: The Vikings Quarters Five-Man Pressures

Anatomy of a Pressure: A Chicago Bears Low Red Zone Quarters Five-Man Pressure

Quarters Pressures: How to Defend 3x1 Formations

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» Stunts

Solving Issues with the Read-Pop Stunt

Ron Robert's Reduction Fronts

Force vs. Feed and Weak Side Movement

The Chicago Bears Heavy Technique

How the Texans' Blood Stunt Affected the Bills' Run Game

The NFL's Most Popular Pass Rush Stunt

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» Run Fits

Defending Jet Motion From a Split-Field Defense

Fitting Counter GT with the Oregon Ducks.

Fitting the Run with the Wolverines and Ravens

Fitting The Run With The Iowa Hawkeyes

The Lions' Brian Branch and Fitting the Run as a Nickel

Fitting the Run in Quarters: Heavy vs. Read-Pop

How the LA Chargers Fit the Run From a Light Box

Defending Heavy Package QB Runs

Iowa State Run Fit Catalog

Fitting the Run with the New York Giants

Light Box Run Fits: Fitting the Run With a Head Up Nose

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Titans Duo Killer

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Heavy Box Run Fits

Jesse Minter's Chargers Defense: Inside Their Light Box Run Fits

Sky Force vs Cloud Force: Defending the Trips Nub Formation

Hybrid Run Fits: How the Patriots Use 7-Man Mechanics in 8-Man Spacing

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» End of Game/Hail Mary

End of Game/Half Philosophies

Bears vs. Commanders and End of Game Mechanics

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Pressure Paths 101

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Pressure Paths 101: The Nickel Creeper (Newton)

Pressure Paths 101: The Falcons NFL Sim

Pressure Paths 101: Bills NFL Sim

Pressure Paths 101: Odd Package Progression

Pressure Paths 101: The Mars/Venus Path

Pressure Paths 101: UCLA's Bears Path Cut-Up

Pressure Path 101: StarCat

The Baltimore Ravens Whip 3 Creeper

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Pressure Concept Breakdowns

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Michigan's 2-Steal Fire Zone Pressure

The Browns Double Edge Pressure vs. the Ravens

The Miami Dolphins 'Backer Plugs vs. the Chiefs.

The Rams' Coffeehouse 3-man Weave pressure vs. the Eagles.

The Saints Trap 2 Pressure vs. the Rams ('23)

How the Giants Attacked the Edge of the Lions Formations

Defending the Wave

Build-A-3-4: The Arizona Cardinals Theismann/Orton Pressures

The Baltimore Ravens' Nickel Five-Man Pressure Paths and Fire Zone Rotation

Film Breakdown: Inside the Vikings' 'Schematic Fluidity' and Favorite Early Down Pressure

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» Boss (Overload) Front

The Raiders Boss (Load) Wrap Stunt

The LA Rams Boss Front Simulated Pressure

Anatomy of a Sack: The Houston Texans Boss Front Blitz

Anatomy of a Sack: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boss Front Pick Pressure

Anatomy of a Sack: The LA Rams' Boss Front Series

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Rams Boss Not Stunt

UNC Defense: Breaking Down Steve Belichick's Favorite Blitz Path

The Simple Stunt Every Defensive Coordinator Needs in Their Playbook

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» Anatomy of a Pressure Series

Anatomy of a Sack: The Green Bay Packers' Double Mug Series

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Denver Broncos Plug Blitz vs. the Chiefs

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Seattle Seahawks Double Edge Blitz

Anatomy of a Pressure: Georgia's Odd Front Three-Through-The-A-gap Blitz

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Seahawks Thicc (Pick) Six vs. the New York Jets

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Baltimore Ravens Jet Diner 2

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Chiefs' Pressure to End the Game vs. the Bills.

Anatomy of a Pressure: Ohio State's CB Trap 2 Sack-Fumble vs. Texas

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Bengals Double Mug Wrap 1 vs. the Ravens.

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Dolphins Quarters Overload Pick Pressure vs. the Rams

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Saints' Weak-Side Movement

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Las Vegas Raiders B-gap Max Blitz

Attacking Pass Pro: How Indiana Used Plug Pressures to Dismantle Oregon's Protections

Anatomy of a Pressure: Breaking Down the Hoosiers' Overload Pressure vs. UCLA

Why Presentation Matters: Breaking Down Michigan's "Load Front" Pick Pressure

How the Broncos' Defense Manipulated Protection with a 'Double Mug' to Sack Mahomes

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