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Bend Don’t Break: A Defensive Series, Part One

Here at Film Room we find ourselves troubled by the prospect of a football-less autumn. A lack of film is, of course, our greatest fear. Nevertheless, we soldier on. Our commitment to analysis will always persist, even were the world to crumble around our film booth!

Welcome, fellow football nerds, to our next Film Room project.

Having looked at fronts, coverages, and blitzes in our seven-part Film Room series, I thought it might be instructive to look at Mizzou defensive coordinator Ryan Walters’ 2019 defense in action. This fifteen-play drive against South Carolina is exemplary, based on its length, the diversity of fronts and coverages it offers, and—since we’re all Tiger fans here—its ultimate success for the Tiger D.