As we head into the winter/off-season and jump into our film study from the 2014 season, please find below some ideas for areas of analysis as you reflect on the past year. These are the areas that we will focus on at both a player, position group, unit, and team level as well as for each player game-by-game and for the season. All the best as you all dive in and attempt to get a jump start on getting better in 2015 – enjoy the process!
INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE PLAYERS
Alignment and Assignment – 90%
Swarm (pursuit grade) – 92%
Block Destruction – 17%
Tackling – 90%
Ball Disruption – 17%
DEFENSIVE UNIT
Scoring Defense – 20 points or less + they score less than we do in 4th quarter
Takeaways – 2 per game (20 in 2014)
Game Breakers – Score off of a takeaway AND/OR advance football into plus territory off of a Takeaway
3rd Down Defense – 35% of Less
Red Zone Defense – 45% or less TD success rate for opponent
1st Down Defense – 3 yards or Less
Rush Defense – 3.3 yards or Less
Pass Defense – 6.7 yards or Less
Defects – Penalty and critical error FREE
TEAM
Takeaways and Turnovers = Turnover Differential: +2 each game and lead the League