Coach and Coordinator Podcast

Defense with DJ Eliot - Breaking Down The Michigan Defense

10.28.2021 - By Keith GrabowskiPlay

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Coach DJ Eliot joins us on the fourth episode of our Defensive Series. Coach Eliot has 20+ years of coaching experience in the collegiate rankings.

Coach Eliot’s pedigree includes coaching stops at Kansas, Florida State, Miami, Colorado and Kentucky, as well as time with proven winners and program builders Jimbo Fisher and Mark Stoops. Additionally, Coach Eliot is among a select group of defensive thought-leaders that regularly clinic around the principles of the 3-4 defense.

Today we break down the Michigan defense:

-Defense vs different personnel

-Nub side adjustments

-Getting corners enough nubs

-How top practice run fits

-Unbalanced adjustment

-When the offense shifts back from unbalanced

-11 personnel - 4 man front with sims

-2 from the field sim

-Must win the 1 on 1 vs the back

-3 over player

-Quarters coverage vs Trey

-Defending boot with sail out technique

-Defending boot with end

-Pin boot - switching responsibilities

-Robot and Radar

-Defending boot - techniques for the end

-Two ways to fix every problem

-Stress instead of read 3 concepts

-3rd downs 5 man - man free pressure with safety down to the back

-Making checks on defense when they look to the sideline

-Communication problems because of noise

-Double Mug Zero

-One Cross on 3rd down

-Assigning the safety to come down to 3 locations

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