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The Secret To The Vikings’ Dominant Defense

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Ask George Edwards about defensive philosophy, and the Vikings defensive coordinator will make this very clear: Everything they do is predicated on pressure.

“We want to be able to affect the quarterback, whether we do that with a four-man rush, whether we do that with a five-man rush, or a six-man rush, I mean, that’s our whole game,” Edwards said.

That pressure comes from a strategy that’s been a staple of Mike Zimmer’s defense for years — the double A-gap blitz.

The two gaps between the center and the guard are called the A-gaps.