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During Fairbanks-Bullough 3-4 defense week we brought you some notes from a coaching clinic where Dean Pees gave some pointers on the Patriots defense. Today I found some additional notes and it looks like BB spoke there as well, so forgive me since we’re in the middle of Erhardt-Perkins offense week but I had to share.

Here’s what Belichick laid out…

Bill Belichick Head Coach New England Patriots

Patriot Football

Organization

• Sign going into the football offices at Gillette Stadium – Do  Your Job
• Create a division of labor 
• Put together an organization to become the best
• Tell staff what to do and say in situations
• Be out in front of the direction of the team
• Meets with captains every week because it’s a more manageable group to deal with
• Allow players to make some decisions, create a connection to program
• Group discipline and rewards-Works both ways

Setting up a D

• Must be able to defend what you are going to see
• Define how you will defend a basic set of problems
• Regardless of your personnel the 3-4 is more flexible
• Originally made it easier to sign and draft  players but is changing as more teams adapt 3-4
• Maintain as much coverage flexibility as possible in order to take away best player 
• Establish the front 7 to handle running game
• Running game force is OLB
• Set Edge
• Force inside
• DL two gap responsible, if no two gap must add secondary into run game D
• If LB is being committed to one gap then secondary comes down
• Quarters (cover 4) is #1 coverage, Cover 3 is #2.