MatchQuarters DB 101: Safety Play vs. Stacks and Reductions

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*Originally posted within MatchQuarters ICYMI Week of 2/26/24

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» In this episode, I talk about:

• Formational awareness regarding route concepts

• Playing a reduced ‘X’ in split-field coverage

• Playing a ‘flexed’ Stack alignment with a hard CB in Cover 2

• Why you shouldn’t teach hard alignments to Safeties

• Defending vertical double moves when in split-field coverage (Trust your partner!)

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» Other DB 101 resources:

Defending Stacks with Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs

DB 101: Playing Safety in Split-Field Coverage

MatchQuarters DB 101: Defending a Fade with a Zone Turn

MatchQuarters DB 101: Off-Ball Bail Technique

MatchQuarters DB 101: Soft Press Technique

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