4-3 Defense — Aggressive Zones, the Double Mug Overload, and 6-1 Red-Zone Run Defense
Updated Oct 12, 202611 min read4-34-3-even-6-1nickel-double-mugmid-blitz-zerodouble-mug-overloadzone-strategydefault-zone-dropscurl-flats
BLT's 4-3 defensive playbook scheme, in the order he teaches it:
settings, one macro, one coverage shell, one red-zone run fit, then a
ranked game to prove it. The through-line is the same as his
4-2-5 Man Pressure ebook: don't blitz
by default, make them beat a good user, and save the overload for third
and long.
Patch timing (read this first). The video went up Aug 27 but was
recorded earlier — at 23:45 he says the speed boost "hasn't been patched
in this game when I'm recording this," and speed boosting was removed in
the Aug 20 update. So the gameplay predates both Aug 20 and the Aug 27
Title Update 3.5 contain nerf. The settings, the overload macro, the
Cover 3 Buzz shell, and the 6-1 run fit don't lean on the contain loop, so
they should carry across. The one snap where he pairs Tampa 2 with QB
contain + pass commit (29:09) is the pre-nerf version of that call — see
Over G Cover 3 Sky for what post-patch pressure
looks like.
The rest is for members
01Settings: aggressive zone strategy on default drops02The Double Mug Overload macro03The no-adjustment shell: Cover 3 Buzz from 4-3 Even 6-104Red zone run defense: 6-1, four yards over the guard05Setting zone strategy at the line, not in the menu06The switch-stick shell — pressure look, zone coverage07LB Blitz Zero (Nickel Load Mug) — four-man overload with auto flip OFF08Cover 6 vs corner routes — and the zone-drop gotcha09Red-zone RPO — the four-step stop10In-game notes from the ranked rep