Summer School: Getting pressure with the man blitz

We tie the front and the back of the defense together with man-coverage blitzes.

Throughout our Summer School series, we've tried to present concepts in the context of their place in the history of football. But for now I'm going to turn off the NFL Network and switch over to the History Channel.

For centuries wars were fought with lines of battle. From the phalanxes of Alexander the great or legions of Rome to the armies of Great Britain, France, and Prussia in the 18th and 19th centuries, battles were decided by great formations of soldiers lined up across from each other. That came to an end in the horrors of World War I and industrial war. Armies ground to a halt, resorting to trench…