Blitz of the Week #4

This week's Blitz of the Week comes from the 2003 Buffalo Bills Playbook which can be found here in the 4-3 section. This week's blitz is Swim Tilt Fire Zone. The pressure is run from a front featuring both defensive tackles in head up 2 techniques.

The blitz features the Sam & Mike overload blitzing the strong side A & B Gaps.

• Strong DE - C gap vs. Run, Contain vs. Pass
• Strong DT - Opposite A gap
• Weak DT - B gap vs. Run, 3RH drop vs. Pass
• Weak DE - C gap vs. Run, Contain vs. Pass
• Sam - Blitz B gap
• Mike - Blitz A, must clear for DT
• SS & Will - Seams
• FS - Middle 1/3
• Corners - Fire Zone 1/3

This type of pressure can be very effective by creating a difficult exchange for the Guard and Center as they attempt to pass off the twisting DT and blitzing Mike linebacker.