Option Tips

Defense with DC (Week 11): Making Halftime Adjustments, Georgia-Tennessee Observations, and Army-Air Force Option Tips

Dan Carrel, Defensive Coordinator for the USFL’s Michigan Panthers, is back for another week. In this episode, Coach Carrel focuses on halftime adjustments, blitz checks, and takeaways from the Georgia-Tennessee and Army-Air Force games. Listen On: “Start to peel back the menu a little bit, especially your third down and situational menus.”– Dan Carrel at…

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Defense with DC (Week 6): Moving the Front, Defending Condensed Sets, and 4-Minute Situations

Dan Carrel, DC of the Michigan Panthers, coaches up new defensive front looks, moving that front, the buzz safety, 4-minute defense, max field goal block, and more option tips, using takeaways from Ole Miss and Georgia State.

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Defense with DC (Week 5): Learning from MTSU vs. Miami Plus Defending Critical Situations

Dan Carrel, DC for the Michigan Panthers of the USFL, digs into the MTSU upset of Miami, tips for handling end-of-half and end-of-game two-minute situations, and coaching points for defending the option out of a 3-4 structure.

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Defense with DC (Week 4): Self-Scouting the Game Plan

The Defensive Coordinator for the USFL’s Michigan Panthers shares his self-scouting lessons learned for optimizing practice efficiency, preparing for opponents’ adjustments, as well as his weekly tips to defend the option – this week from a four-down structure.

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Defense with DC (Week 3): Learning from the Texas-Alabama Game

On this week’s episode, Dan Carrel, DC of the Michigan Panthers, discusses teachable moments and takeaways from the Texas-Alabama game, as well as weekly tips to defend the option.

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