
Sometimes it’s shading a tight end to chip an elite pass rusher.Īnd sometimes it’s something that occupies your entire gameplan.

You’ve heard the phrase a million times before, whether it’s on a Sunday broadcast talking about a particularly talented wide receiver or just about any preview of almost any game in any sport- the phrase applies not only to football, but the NBA, where teams can employ a box-and-one or consistently double-team a superstar it applies to baseball, where you can shift your defense based on the tendencies of a slugger, moving your defenders around to the areas of the field where the ball is most likely to go.Īnd in the NFL, it’s a constantly evolving technique, changing your concepts and schemes to not only fit your opponent, but who’s got the hot hand on the opposing offense, who you think the game will ultimately depend on and whether or not you have the personnel to stop it – sometimes it’s sending a corner like James Bradberry to take an elite wide receiver like DeAndre Hopkins, Mike Evans or Julio Jones out of the game.
