Attacking the Zone Blitz

by Bruce Arians
Quarterback Coach, Indianapolis Colts
American Football Monthly July 1999 Issue OnlineEvery year we all come up with "new" and improved ways to out-attack our opponents. The zone blitz of the 1990s is one such defensive innovation that has created havoc for quarterbacks at all levels. Historically, QBs have been taught to pre-snap read safeties to alert themselves of the potential of a "dog" (LB) or blitz (DB). The difficulty caused by the zone blitz is that effective use of the package does not allow the QB to trust any pre-snap gathering of information by alignment, maki...Login to Read More

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