Setting the Tempo by Attacking and Reacting
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By Kevin Cristillo, Defensive Line Coach
Kentucky Christian University
My philosophy as a D-line coach is to be aggressive and stop the run. As a defensive lineman, your main job is to stop the run. By stopping the run you are dictating the tempo of how the game is going to be played. Almost every team wants to establish a run game presence so that they can complement that with their passing game. Stopping a team’s ability to run puts them i