Coach DJ Eliot joins us on the first 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 talk about:

-The Evolution of Georgia and Alabama Defenses

-The Dave Aranda/Vic Fangio tree

-Stems, how to do them , calling them, practicing them

-Creepers and common offensive answers

-Suggestions for offenses on how to best handle creepers

-RPO and how a defensive coordinator looks at them

-Complimentary football between offense and defense

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