This week we talk with longtime FBS defensive coordinator DJ Eliot about the defenses of Kentucky, Texas A&M, and Iowa and Penn State. We share what those defenses do well and how to incorporate some of their concepts and strategies from game planning to practice to in-game adjustments. Kentucky: -Cloud to a receiver -Star vs top receiver -What are you looking for in game plan -What can hurt cloud Texas A&M: -Brackets coverage -Playing the run with a “light” box -Games for run and pass -Jab and Go and Deep and Slow -Using Line stunts to push everything to safety -Calling a run or pass stunt and training DL to redirect -Structuring the terminology for games calls for run or pass -Teaching games in practice -Using special teams time with the offensive line to work games -Every pass game has to look like a rush Penn State vs. Iowa A game of adjustments and clock management Iowa defense: -Over-quarters -The balance of enough vs too much -Getting doubles on vertical when #2 eliminates himself -OLB grab #2 to flat and safety double #1 -How to adjust when key player is out of the game -Stoppers” on the call sheet -QB change - how does their game plan and calls change -Rush mentality and games and pressures change vs running QB -Game planning - identifying and knowing how #2 QB is different -Example - facing Lamar Jackson Penn State: -3 Buzz -Under 1 -Making front looks and pressure looks look the same -Responding to sudden change -Installing sudden change in practice -Sudden change is a critical situation -Philosophy staring 11 in regardless of where a rotation is -Message of optimism -Sudden change in practice -The emotions of sudden change Related: Week 1 of Defense with DJ: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/evolution-of-bama-uga-defenses-stems-creepers-complimentary-ball-dj-eliot-defensive-coordinator Interview with DJ Eliot - Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/player-development-and-the-race-against-time-dj-eliot-defensive-coordinator-kansas Part 2: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/player-development-and-the-race-against-time-part-2-dj-eliot-defensive-coordinator-kansas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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