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The Fire Zone Blitz 
Posted on July 19, 2010 at 03:49 PM.
Over on the brophy football blog, there is an excellent post on the fire zone. Alabama is one of the teams that uses this complex defense with great success, so you know I'm interested...




"Sweeping the game for the decade has been the fire zone. Not to be confused with the once mind-blowing "zone blitz", where zones are voided or exchanged with one or more players, the fire zone is a 5+ man pressure package coordinated with a 3-deep, 3-under coverage."




"This type of pressure typically involves a "pirate" stunt (two pressure end linemen stunting inside) or a "long stick" where the playside end crashes all the way down two gaps inside. These DL stunts facilitate a protection overload (generally can get 4 rushers to a side) as well as help disguise defenders "coming from where they ain't". The entire premise of a fire zone is disguise and ambush. It is a feigned punch at the offense to set up the counter jab."

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