3rd Down Study: Using the Load Front in pass rush situations

Using the Load Front in Passing Situations

The load front is common throughout the NFL and is popular on 3rd down. It has many benefits. 

1. It forces matchups and you can also run some stunts off it. You can vary your pressures with 4 and 5 man concepts and also get 1x1 matchups with the center and guard of your choice. 

2. The stunt options are endless. You can incorporate the on the ball LB into your stunt game or drop him into coverage. You can run some natural picks with the walk up LB and the DE but also teams will run some 3 man games with different loopers

3. Most NFL and college teams will slide. Many teams will 4 man slide against this front, which will allow a 2x1 situation on the running back and blitz the the back. Here the Jets incorporate that against the Texans 4 man slide. If it's a center driven protection system(which means the center makes the call, not the qb, it's not easy for the QB to trump the protection call. Trump means the qb has final say. 

In this article we will look at 

A. 2 man games with DL 

B. 2 man games with  LB as pick defenders

C. 3 man games 

D. Overload and pressure concepts

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