Football 101: Bail Technique

A series we’ll put out each Sunday morning to help get you – not that you needed it – into a football mindset. A basic Football 101 series that will look at a concept or scheme with the intention of making you a smarter football fan.

What I think this series is useful for is it to take concepts we mention all the time but don’t always take the time to sit down and discuss on its own. And that’s what we’ll do here.

Today we’re looking at a concept used be cornerbacks: bail technique. When we think of coverages, we think of about man-to-man, turning and running with the receiver. Or we think of zone, sitting in a backpedal – like you’ll see at the NFL combine this week, check out the “W” drill…