Nickel Storm Cover 4

Nickel Storm

Here we have Nickel Storm. Storm means that we are running the stunt from both sides. We are going to rush 7 and cover with 4.

The DT takes the A Gap to the wide side; the inside LB'ers take the B Gaps; the DEs take the C gaps; and the SS and W takes the D Gap.

The rest of the secondary aligns like they would in normal zone coverage, but they are going to lock up man-to-man (indicated by the dotted lines).

What we learned this year on this and other stunts is that when facing superior passing teams, these 4 defenders have to step up and lock up much sooner than they do against average teams.


Of course the idea is that we are going to get to the QB before he has a chance to release the ball to a 'hot' receiver. It becomes a game of who can beat who to the punch the fastest.


In this clip, we won. In fact, during this game (a playoff game against the eventualy repeating state champion at their field) we won most of the time and took this passing team out of their game plan. Our Nickel Stunt Defense (http://jvm.com/coachfree/NickelStuntD.htm) shut down their 300 passing yards/game offense completely. They only notched 65 passing yards in this game.