Video: Defending Passing Plays in a 4-4 Football Defense

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Learn how to defend pass plays with a 4-4 defensive football formation with expert football tips from a former football player in this free video clip on playing defense.

- Defensive Advantages of a 4-4 Football Defense
- Purpose of a 4-4 Football Defense

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A lot of times these offenses they give you that impression that they are a strong running team because of the way they set up their formations, which a lot of times that is just a disguise to throw the ball more. Because your tight end here, he is an eligible receiver, and you have running backs that you can put in motion and make an eligible receiver. In that case, then you may not like a four-four front, because all these guys here, they may not be able to get down and cover pass routes. So you may want to exchange some of those personnel. And you can exchange some of the personnel by either one, you add what they call a nickel back, which is an extra defensive back, or two, another safety or corner back to get you out in coverage and then what you have done is what we call a nickel front or a four-two front.

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Defending Passing Plays in a 4-4 Football Defense

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