Pass Protection

Screens Are About Your Offensive Line

Screens Are About Your Offensive Line

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 27, 2022

Defenses are built to make life miserable for the guy taking the snap. Screens are an important weapon to have to offset this....

FirstDown PlayBook Linemen View

FirstDown PlayBook Linemen View

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 20, 2022

The new FirstDown PlayBook Linemen View changes a lot for interior line coaches. That's not all. Every coach will teach better with this....

94 Or Dagger Concept Cuts The D Either Way

94 Or Dagger Concept Cuts The D Either Way

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 9, 2022

Defensive coaches are good too. They will coach the Will to push strong. This is why the read goes Seam-In-Shallow on this Dagger concept. ...

13 Personnel Comes Up Big For Burrow & Bengals

13 Personnel Comes Up Big For Burrow & Bengals

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 25, 2021

This 13 personnel touchdown was the first of many for Joe Burrow and the Bengals yesterday. The 3 tight ends had the Ravens thinking run....

Smash Concept From Waggle Protection

Smash Concept From Waggle Protection

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 23, 2021

Pushing the ball down the field can be hard for a young quarterback. That's why we like this smash concept off of waggle protection....

Youth Football Gap Protection

Youth Football Gap Protection

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 13, 2021

Your pass protection rules should be very simple. As simple as one word...Gap. Youth football gap protection is the only way to go....

Mitch Morse Keeps Josh Allen Clean

Mitch Morse Keeps Josh Allen Clean

by Will Cinelli on Aug 26, 2021

Not often you see an offensive lineman get a 2-for-1 special like this, but credit Mitch Morse for awareness and by being a great technician....

Andrew Thomas Shows Great Transition Vs Speed To Power

Andrew Thomas Shows Great Transition Vs Speed To Power

by Will Cinelli on May 13, 2021

The pass rusher elects to convert speed to power and try to knock Thomas back into the QB. Thomas sinks his hips to absorb the contact....

Damien Lewis Shows Us Why It’s Called A Pocket

Damien Lewis Shows Us Why It’s Called A Pocket

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 22, 2021

When it comes to creating a clean pocket to throw a QB's best friends are the interior OL who can stop the rush at the line of scrimmage....

Titans’ Ben Jones Sees It & Stones It

Titans’ Ben Jones Sees It & Stones It

by Will Cinelli on Jan 14, 2021

The best defense against exotic pressure schemes is a really smart and aware offensive linemen who can quickly process what's happening....

H Option With Some Help

H Option With Some Help

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 28, 2020

This is a powerful dropback passing game scheme that clears a lot of defenders out as the quarterback reads the H Option and the X/H high low!...

Hail Mary Offensive Line Strategy

Hail Mary Offensive Line Strategy

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 20, 2020

What you may not have noticed is the protection scheme that the Cardinals used to get Murray to the edge on the game winning Hail Mary Pass....