Eric Panasci, Defensive Coordinator at Springfield Central HS (MA) is a strong believer in blitzing with a purpose. Some of his reasons to blitz are to attack the opponent's schemes or tendencies, exploit a weakness in specific individuals, attack a blocking scheme, or attack protections.
In the video below, which is taken from his Glazier Drive clinic on Coordinating Simulated Pressures with Your Traditional Blitzes out of the Multiple 3-4 Defense, we show five of his blitzes from his system.
Key Takeaways:
- Creating tackles for losses puts the offense in 3rd and long.
- That allows the defense to become the offense and dictate what happens.
- On 1st and 2nd downs, the defense is reacting to the offense. The offense picks the formations. The defense has to react to shifts and formations. Must be ready for all of the different things that the offense can do.
- When you force the offense into 3rd and long, a huge chunk of their playbook is gone and they have to react to the defense.
- Springfield Central is going to bring pressure on 3rd and Long and create some type of disruptive play. Sack or at least hit the QB, force a quick or poor throw, etc..