BlitzBest for: Passing down
Safety Blitz
A safety blitzes off the edge or interior gap to add a rusher.
Concept: The blitzing safety fires his gap while the coverage rolls to single-high behind him.
Base alignment — schematic, not to scale
Every position's job
Nose
Two-gap the center
Defensive Tackles
Two-gap the tackles
Defensive Ends
Contain the edges
Linebackers
Cover their gaps and drops
Corners
One corner rotates to the deep middle behind the blitz
Safety
Blitz downhill through the assigned open gap
How to teach it
- 1Rep the safety's timing to arrive with the snap
- 2Teach the corner rotation to the vacated deep middle
- 3Drill the safety keeping his eyes on the ballcarrier
Common mistakes to fix
- !Safety blitzing too early and exposing a pass; fix by disguising until the snap
- !No deep help behind the blitz; fix by rehearsing the corner rotation
Build this into your call sheet.
Adopt this system in your coach portal, tag plays by situation, and print call sheets and player wristbands.