Stunts & Blitzes

stunt

Sam Twist

A linebacker-tagged twist

Sam.Sam → B

Say it like this

Sam blitzes inside while the lineman in front of him loops out.

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Coach detail

What happens

The Sam backer — not a lineman — dips and rips across the Tackle's face into the B-gap. It is the twist concept with a linebacker as the mover.

Coverage behind any blitz — the one rule to teach: whoever is left uncovered by the blitzer's departure rotates to fill his zone. If a Safety blitzes the edge, the other deep defender (or a rotating corner) takes the deep middle third and the underneath defenders redistribute to 3-under. If Mike blitzes an A-gap, the backside ILB or a rotating DB takes the vacated hook-curl. One rule applied consistently beats memorizing a different rotation per blitz.