Learning the Vic Fangio Defense

No one has written more about the Fangio system than MatchQuarters. Here's everything you need to know about the scheme in a step-by-step list of content.

Philosophy

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The Fangio Philosophy Pt. 1

The Fangio Philosophy Pt. 2

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The Fangio Tree's roots keep growing - Part 1

The Fangio Tree's roots keep growing - Part 2

The Fangio Tree's roots keep growing - Part 3

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Coverage Systems

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Where Single-High & Two-High Collide: 6-Cross

Flipping the Script

Unlocking the Fangio coverage system.

Explaining Fangio's Sub "Zeus" Tag

Amplifying 2-man concepts: Fist, Finger, Pounder

How Vic Fangio Creates Ambiguity In His Coverage Structures

Vic Fangio's Trips Toolbox

Vic Fangio's 3-Site

The Fangio Evolution: How Quarters Coverage Was Critical to the Eagles' Dominant Defense

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

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Front Structures & Pressures

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The Fangio System's Penny Sam 8

The Eat Front within the Penny Package (5-1)

Attacking Weak: Ni Whip & Penny Whiskey 9

The Miami Dolphins 'Backer Plugs vs. the Chiefs.

The Eagles Bench Walk Front vs. the Packers

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Fangio-Adjacent Coaches

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Branden Staley

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January '21 Blitz of the Month - Rams 'Miami' Creeper

Rodgers & LaFleur put on a clinic versus the Rams in the NFC Divisional Round

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Raheem Morris

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The Rams' Defensive Primer Pt. 1

The Rams' Defensive Primer Pt. 2

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March '22 Blitz of the Month: The Ram's Off-Ball 'Read' Sim

Has the Rams’ defense gotten “soft”?

Doubling Chase. How the Rams used targeted coverage to shade the Bengals' top WR.

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

Stacking the Back: A lesson from the Rams.

The LA Rams Boss Front Simulated Pressure

How the LA Rams' Cover 8 and Cover 6 structures translates through the scheme.

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Anatomy of a Pressure: The Falcons' Hot Blitz

Sky Force vs Cloud Force: Defending the Trips Nub Formation

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Ejiro Evero

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Attacking the Guard in Pass Protection

The Carolina Panthers' Early Down Safety Pressure: Base Rain/Lightning

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Chris Shula

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Anatomy of a Pressure: Meet the Rams' new 'Fearsome Foursome'

Anatomy of a Pressure: The Rams Boss Not Stunt

How Chris Shula's Hybrid Defense Dismantled the Jaguars

Weaponizing Entropy: How the Rams "Broke" Sam Darnold

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» There’s even more Fangio-adjacent schematic content in the Archive!

MatchQuarters Comprehensive Archive

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