


353 angle/slant defense including defensive line and linebacker techniques, pass coverage, defensive calls, and stunts. It is primarily for high schools coaches. A similar defense was used successfully at Northeast Missouri State University in the late 60s and early 70s while I was defensive coordinator.
STRONG GUN – Strong Safety or Anchor, if aligned off LOS, comes off corner and forces ball inside (diag. 6)
WEAK GUN – Strong Safety, if aligned on weak side in C-3 or weak side Corner in C-2 comes off corner and forces ball inside (diag. 7)
GUN – both Gunners come off opposite corners and force ball inside (diag.8). NOTE: Anchor and Strong Safety are Gunners in C-3. Anchor and weak side Corner are Gunners in C-2. CP: Gun is off when aligned on two wide-receiver side
FIRE - linebackers forego reads and fire gap responsibilities on ball movement
SPECIAL FIRE – Mike and ILB away from call exchange gap responsibilities; only run with w/ Louie/Roger
PINCH – Ends, Anchor, if off LOS, and ILBs penetrate inside gaps respectively, while Mike plays base and is responsible for both A gaps. CP: Mike can also loop to either A gap w Wild-card responsible for opposite A gap.
DIAMOND FIRE – Mike and Wildcard penetrate A gaps; Sam and Will, B gaps; Ends, angle-to technique; Cover-1 is secondary call in Diamond Fire with Strong Safety coming off weak side corner if free.
KILLER – same as Diamond Fire except call is Cover 0. Anchor and Strong Safety, if free, are added to the blitz. CP: rush more defenders than offense can block in Killer