Drills Report: Making Improvements In Your D-Line Pass Rush

by Jeff Engel
Defensive Line Coach, Minot State University
American Football Monthly February 2010 Issue Online

With the current trend of offensive football becoming more and more spread out, defensive line coaches are seeing less and less of the traditional 5-and 7-step passing game. The traditional pass rush angles and teaching progressions don’t necessarily fit in defending the “spread” offense. Pressuring the QB in the shotgun and 3-step passing game has definitely become harder and forced D-linemen to adapt as pass rushers. We have developed seven “points of emphasis” in the pass rush t...Login to Read More

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