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Originally Posted by canes21 |
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Its on Varsity, not veteran. 
And I think the reason we don't see many defensive videos is because defense is more of a reaction part of the game and not all strategy like offense. On offense you're always trying to gain mismatches, catch the defense off guard, set other plays up, etc. On defense, your trying to counter their play call and stop the play from working. Like calling a nickel when they bring that extra WR out, or calling a 4-4 when they bring out a tight formation.
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I beg to differ. Defense is as much strategy-oriented as offense. While there are obviously many teams who rely on their athletes to make plays in a base defense (Texas is the best example), and play a much more reactionary role as you say, others utilize various stunts/movements/coverages to keep the offense guessing (Bama's style of play).
Another thing that contributes to defensive strategy is adjustments, not just to formations but techniques and assignments within particular formations/coverages.
For instance: a spread team picks apart a soft defense on the perimeter with bubble screens on one drive. The defense comes out the next series and instead of playing a soft cover 4 they play cover 2 and jam the #1 receivers to prevent those easy perimeter plays.
Another example: an I team is gashing a 4-3 defense with iso because the center is getting a free release on the MLB. So the defensive coaches have a DT move down to a shade on the center so he won't get that free release.
Unfortunately, the defensive side of the ball is not flaunted as much as offense. Therefore more attention is given to offense because that's what more fans understand. And let's be honest....in some places they don't even play defense
