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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
9 years ago

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

Shadyjukes9989
Shadyjukes9989
9 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
9 years ago
Reply to  Shadyjukes9989

Don’t re blitz the DE

nickbreezy4ever
nickbreezy4ever
9 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
9 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
9 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 ?