The Situation

David Hartman, Head Coach Crossroads Youth Football League, Victoria (TX) AFM subscriber since 2002 44Base Crash Laser 54, Cover 1 Our play LASER 54 calls for 6-man pressure involving a dog by the LOU and ROB inside linebackers thru the 5 and 4 holes, respectively. For simplicity, when calling blitzes, we utilize a mirror of our offensive hole numbering system so players on both sides of the ball only have to learn a single set of numbers. Since both ILB’s are responsible for the first back out to their side, ROB should pull up his rush and slide outside as the near back releases. MIKE takes a 5 yard drop initially looking for shallow crossers or a possible dump to the TE before reading screen and pursuing to get over the top of the play. MIKE’s recognition of the play and pursuit to the ball will be critical to holding the screen to little or no gain. Playing man-free coverage, we