Coach and Coordinator Podcast

Defense With DJ Eliot - Wyoming's #23 Ranked Defense

11.11.2021 - By Keith GrabowskiPlay

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Coach DJ Eliot joins us on the fifth episode of our Defensive Series to discuss the #1 ranked defense in the FBS, the Wisconsin Badgers. 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 #23 Wyoming Cowboys defense:

-4-waying the TE/FB in man

-Understanding the man coverage you are in to communicate how to cover

-Practicing communications in inside skelly

-Back to Backers drill for boot, play action, and bunches

-Quarter/Quarter/Half coverage

-Creating Bear fronts

-Getting the offense to check into different protections

-Variations of how to play stacked receivers

-Playing sticks coverage technique

-5 man pressure on 3rd down

-Playing Orbit and Fly motions

-Making motion adjustments look the same

-Motion to Empty or from Empty

-Cross face on Long stick and LB fits

-LB coverage will take you to the run fit

-Different ways of playing bunch

-Man free sim

-Aligning at different levels in man

-2 minute QQH disguise

Keith example that beat Quarter/Quarter/Half

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvoU2kTTBAQ

For your chance to win the package from Glazier, go to www.glazierclinics.com/win

Drawing is on the 5 year anniversary of the podcast on 12/12/21.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More episodes from Coach and Coordinator Podcast