Admittedly, this isn’t the sexiest topic to write about. But if you like the highlight reel plays, the sacks and big plays, they often stem from doing the little things. To create pressure, it all starts with discipline, rush lane integrity, and balance.
Before all the drawings, the schemings, and the stuff that looks cool in Dick LeBeau’s playbook is a breakdown of a disciplined rush. In laymen’s terms, as much fun as it is to draw up a blitz or fire zone concept, it still has to have integrity. Gaps must be accounted for, there must be contain, and no obvious escape lanes for the quarterback to flush or scramble to.