Cody Alexander is the creator of MatchQuarters & the author of five books on defense. A former Texas HS Football Coach & FBS Defensive GA, Coach A. has a vast amount of experience at all levels of football.

Before returning to the high school ranks, Coach A. was the Defensive Graduate Assistant at Baylor University under current North Texas Defensive Coordinator, Phil Bennett. During Coach’s tenure at Baylor, he assisted with the development of the corners. In addition, he was placed in charge of opponent breakdowns while overseeing and assisting with defensive recruiting, discovering All-Big 12 LB Eddie Lackey. While at Baylor, Coach A. was on staff for three bowl appearances (Fiesta, Holiday, & Alamo) and a Big XII Championship (2013).

NFL Trends in 2022:

-Two high defenses to stop McVay and KC type offenses

-More Nickel

-Shanahan tree of coaches building around outside zone

-College offense trickling up to NFL

-Wide zone with motion and condensed sets

-How that’s changed how Kirby Smart runs defense

-More sims and creepers on early down

-Trends in offensive movement/sets - get reductions

-Force a corner to make tackles

-CB position in NFL

-DIfference in college especially with ISU type systems

-Trend in draft - get safeties, big nickel

-Being sound against play action

-What the Rams and Staley have done with two high

-Taking away pre snap tells with two high shell

-Taking advantage of the time QB has his back to (eyes off) the defense to sell wide zone play action 12:00

-The bell curve of QB talent

-Make QB react to a static shell post snap

-Handing Y Leak with weak rotation

-Trends in pass rush

-Zone-Match Fire Zone

-Evolution of the Georgia Bulldogs

-Games early down - Read-Pop

-More five man pressures to create 1 on 1 and change the math

College Trends:

-Uptick in 5-1 (Penny) schemes against spread-zone offenses

-The 4-Down is back

-Odd spacing creepers and sims out of 4-down

-More 1st down passing needs a better rush

-Peso package (Wisconsin)

-RPO answers from two-high (not necessarily quarters)

-Bracket coverage trend - it unlocks your defense

-Mitigating risk

-Handling 12 and 21

-More hybrids

-Trends in defending tempo

-Dropping of field and boundary in call structure

-BTF - Blitz the Formation

-Making your athletes students of the game

-Let go of the control

-Verbal cues in teaching

-Players need to know the why - coach needs to show how

-Trends in teaching and practice formats

-Small side games

-More efficient practices

-Feed the Cats

High School Trends:

- Three-High Safety

- T on 7 has made more DB and WR

- Fitting a school’s personnel needs

- Trickle down of creepers and sims

- Access to information

- More diverse coverage structures

Cody Alexander Websites:

https://matchquarters.substack.com/

https://matchquarters.com/

Twitter:

@The_Coach_A

Related:

Match Quarters and Hybrid Defenders:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/match-quarters-hybrid-defenders-cody-alexander

Simulated Blitzes:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/systematic-blitzes-cody-alexander

Self Scouting - Cody Alexander:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/self-scouting-cody-alexander

Positionless Defense

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/positionless-defense-with-south-dakota-defensive-coordinator-travis-johansen

Feed the Cats:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/creating-apex-predators-tony-holler-feed-the-cats-113021-657-am

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/feed-the-cats-tony-holler

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