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Minnesota Defense – 4-3 Under

Playbook: Minnesota Vikings

Formation: 4-3 Under

Play: Edge Sting

Setup:

  1. Base Align
  2. Spread the defensive line and crash them down
  3. Bluff blitz the OLB on the right side
  4. Bluff blitz the DE on the left side of the screen into a zone

Overview: This play brings pretty consistent heat right up the middle while only rushing 4 guys.

Playbook: Minnesota Vikings

Formation: 4-3 Under

Play: Cover 3

Setup:

  1. Base Align
  2. Shift your defensive line to the right
  3. Crash your defensive line down
  4. Spread your linebackers
  5. Blitz the OLB on the left side of the screen

Overview: Make sure the blitzing OLB is lined up outside of your blitzing defensive end.  Also, it is usually a good idea to user control the blitzing OLB and after he takes a step or 2 in on his blitz, cover the left/middle of the field.

Playbook: Minnesota Vikings

Formation: 4-3 Under

Play: Cover 3 (Version 2)

Setup:

  1. Base Align
  2. Shift your defensive line to the right
  3. Crash your defensive line down
  4. Spread your linebackers
  5. Bluff blitz your MLB
  6. Blitz your free safety and move him up to the line of scrimmage

Overview: It is usually a good idea to user control the blitzing free safety and cover the flat or the running back.

Playbook: Minnesota Vikings

Formation: 4-3 Under

Play: FS Fire 3

Setup:

  1. Base Align
  2. Pinch and crash the defensive line down
  3. Move the blitzing free safety up closer to the line of scrimmage
  4. Adjust the zones behind it however you’d like

Overview: This is a 5 man rush that brings B-Gap pressure.  If your opponent is blocking an extra guy, this blitz will not work.

Playbook: Minnesota Vikings

Formation: 4-3 Under

Play: Sam 3 Press

Setup:

  1. Base Align
  2. Crash your defensive line down
  3. Put your DE on the left side of the screen in a zone
  4. Move the blitzing linebacker out toward the sideline slightly (see video for positioning)

Overview: This is only a 5 man rush and get pretty consistent pressure.

Playbook: Minnesota Vikings

Formation: 4-3 Under

Play: Cover 4

Setup:

  1. Base Align
  2. Spread your defensive line
  3. Put both defensive ends in yellow zones
  4. (Optional) Put both defenders in light blue zones into purple zones

Overview: This play locks up the entire field.  It is especially effective if your opponent starts to block extra guys because he is afraid of the pressure defenses from this formation.

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justin
justin
9 years ago

Finally a 4-3 playbook. Looking forward to applying this to the Bills roster.

ca831mob
ca831mob
9 years ago

I find it quicker to hot route players by double tapping the group, selecting player, then hot route. For example on the 43 edge sting play: L1 twice (dline group), square (DE), hot route. For the OLB it would be R1 twice, circle, hot route. This way you don’t have to scroll through players and if for some reason you can’t get the hot routes off in time you’re still on the guy you want to user and not stuck with someone else.

Ringfinger
Ringfinger
9 years ago
Reply to  ca831mob

I can’t find the cover 3 play. Is it 4-3 Under Cover 3 Cloud?

Sidewinder33
Sidewinder33
9 years ago

A few things, on the 43 under cover 3 is the play called cover 3 cloud? Also, your write up says to blitz the right of screen olb but in your video you do it with the left of screen olb.

Sidewinder33
Sidewinder33
9 years ago

In practice mode why doesn’t my while dline shift? It’s always one of the ends thst doesn’t shift properly which messes up the blitz

shawndollaz
shawndollaz
9 years ago

i cant find 43 “under” on ps4 what is it called? ODD -STACK-OVER?

pdouble713
pdouble713
9 years ago
Reply to  shawndollaz

under is odd

Kerbyjejo
Kerbyjejo
9 years ago

Where is Cover 3 in 4-3 under? I see in the Viking playbookCover 3 sky wk, 3 cloud show 2, Cover 3 Cloud

vRewind
vRewind
9 years ago

Should we follow the setup in the video or the text setup. I noticed that sometimes the setup is different from what it says on the video or the text

Hun1061
Hun1061
8 years ago

Just speed on dline no other attributes ?

Aaron
Aaron
4 years ago

can you make the offensive and defensive domination e books free plzz!!