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Advanced Defensive eBook Nickel 2-4-5 DBL A-Gap

The Nickel 2-4-5 DBL A-Gap formation is our go-to formation for passing situations when we aren’t in the 3-4 Bear formation.  The plays in this formation are very effective.

Playbook: San Francisco 49ers

Formation: Nickel 2-4-5 DBL A-Gap

Play: Will 3 Buzz (Left Side Nano)

Setup:

  1. Spread your defensive line
  2. Crash your defensive line down
  3. Shift your linebackers to the left
  4. Re-blitz your LE (on the right side of the screen)

Overview: If the defense isn’t blocking extra guys, you should see the defensive end on the right side of the screen shoot through the B-Gap.

Playbook: San Francisco 49ers

Formation: Nickel 2-4-5 DBL A-Gap

Play: Will 3 Buzz (Right Side Nano)

Setup:

  1. Spread your defensive line
  2. Crash your defensive line down
  3. Shift your linebackers to the right
  4. Re-blitz your RE (on the left side of the screen)

Overview: If the defense isn’t blocking extra guys, you should see the defensive end on the right side of the screen shoot through the B-Gap.

Playbook: San Francisco 49ers

Formation: Nickel 2-4-5 DBL A-Gap

Play: Mid Blitz

Setup:

  1. Spread your defensive line
  2. Crash your defensive line down
  3. Shift your linebackers to the left
  4. Hot route your LOLB (on the right side of the screen) to a zone

Overview: This play is the man to man version of the last blitz.

Playbook: San Francisco 49ers

Formation: Nickel 2-4-5 DBL A-Gap

Play: Cover 1 Hole

Setup:

  1. Spread your defensive line
  2. Put both of your outside linebackers in whatever zones you’d like.

Overview: This is a play to call every once in a while if you need a man to man max coverage defense out of this formation.

Playbook: San Francisco 49ers

Formation: Nickel 2-4-5 DBL A Gap

Play: Nickel Overload 3

Setup:

  1. Crash your defensive line down.

Overview: You should see pressure come from the cornerback or sometimes the DE up the middle.

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Jdmdr3
Jdmdr3
10 years ago

Will 3 buzz says shift linebackers to right but in the video u say to the left….

Shadyjukes9989
Shadyjukes9989
10 years ago

On the will 3 buzz blitz, in the video u never tell us to re-blitz our LE, while in the steps, it does tell us to do so, so are we suppose to re-blitz him or not?

Starborn007
Starborn007
10 years ago
Reply to  Shadyjukes9989

Don’t re blitz the DE

nickbreezy4ever
nickbreezy4ever
10 years ago
Reply to  Starborn007

i reblitz the lolb for the browns which is mingo in practice and they fly through everytime. add me on psn idontevenlift135 to maybe lab sometime or something.

Markoboii
Markoboii
10 years ago

I like the way the pressure gets in but is there a way to sacrifice the middle coverage n attend to to the top because I get pressure but I might get there like a milli second late to stop his deep lob throw to a speedy receiver

juan104
juan104
10 years ago

So for the will 3 Buzz
1. Spread line and crash down
2.shift your line backers to the left
3.and do you re blitz the end or not ?
Also for the opposite side do you have to flip the play or can you do it normal and just shift the linebackers the opposite way ?