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Developed in the 1990s, zone blitzes are a staple for defenses in football. They are successful for three reasons. They allow the defense to apply pressure to the offense without resorting to risky man-to-man coverage on speedy wide receivers; offenses have trouble identifying blitzes since they appear from the line of scrimmage as a standard zone defense and the defensive players switch responsibilities, which can confuse the offense.
As you drop back to pass, you barely have time to release the football before three different defensive players are hammering you to the ground. One of two things is happening: you have no offensive line, or the defense is sending a blitz. By using these strategies you can negate the blitz effectively, no matter how many defensive players blitz.
The blitz is a defensive strategy in football that is extraordinarily effective at disrupting opposing offenses. When you run a blitz, you're essentially betting on the fact that the extra defensive pressure up front will either result in a sack of the quarterback or a quick containment of the ball behind the line of scrimmage. It's high risk, high reward.
Aggressive play is a staple of almost every defense in football, and this does not change when a team is playing the nickel defense. While a full blitz in a nickel defense has some different obstacles than a normal defense the same rules for blitzing still apply.
