Minnesota Defense – Nickel Wide 9

Playbook: Minnesota Vikings

Formation: Nickel Wide 9

Play: 2 Man Under

Setup:

1. Man Align
2. Press Coverage
3. Put both defensive ends in yellow zones (you may want to sub in outside linebackers if you haven’t already)
4. (Optional) If you are facing a scrambling quarterback put a DT in a qb spy

Overview: This play does a really good job of covering the entire field.  User one of the defensive ends in the yellow zones.  Your opponent will have a lot of time to throw on this play however so keep that in mind.

Playbook: Minnesota Vikings

Formation: Nickel Wide 9

Play: Odd LB Dogs

Setup:

1. Pinch and crash your defensive line down
2. Pinch your linebackers
3. Reblitz all of the linebackers
4. (Optional) Press coverage

Overview: This play brings extremely fast heat off the left side of the screen unless your opponent is blocking extra guys.

Playbook: Minnesota Vikings

Formation: Nickel Wide 9

Play: Odd Overload 3

Setup:

1. Base Align
2. Crash the defensive line down
3. Put the DE on the right side of the screen into a zone
4. Move the blitzing cornerback inside the DE on the left side of the screen (See video for positioning)

Overview: This is a play you may want to mix in.  The pressure isn’t instant but it is a little change from the defensive lineman coming in unblocked.