American Monthly Football posted an article about disguising blitz schemes. This article goes into great depth about how to create blitz concepts, while making them look the same.
The following is an excerpt from the article called “Hide and Seek: Disguising Your Blitz” that was posted by: Dan Weil in June 2006
At SIU, the defense has an alert call to cancel blitzes. “If the quarterback changes the play, we’ll drop out of our man blitz, and go to a zone. That’s the linebacker’s call. We don’t always use the alert call. In certain situations, we’ll run the blitz regardless. But if we’re worried about the offense checking out, we’ll call an alert and get out of the blitz.”
And the new coverage would be dictated by the offense’s tendencies, Claeys said. “A common check when you’re blitzing is for the offense to audible to run receivers on hitch or slant routes. So our alert call would be to take those slants or hitches away by covering receivers instead of blitzing.”
Matthews’ blitz strategy with audibles varies. “With some defenses, you’ll stay with the blitz, with others you won’t,” he said. “You make the call in the huddle.”
Overall, there are two keys to blitz disguise, Martin said. “The main thing is you want to give one look and, secondly, keep it simple for the kids,” he said.
 JMU’s Disguising Blitz Package:• SS and FS give the illusion they are blitzing. FS’s bluff works in conjunction with the SS to give the illusion he is playing man-to-man on the Tight End. • The Mike and Weak Safety give the illusion they are blitzing from the weak side. • With our corners we employ our ‘bail technique’ to discourage the 3-step throw. |
 SIU’s Disguising Blitz Package: Right Florida Swap Louie• The two high safeties stay in place and make sure they’re at the same depth. • The Baron (‘B’) bounces the plays to the linebackers. • The defensive linemen must cover the face of the offensive linemen and force the ball to cut back into play. • FS drops to cover the #2 receiver. |
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