defense calls 1, 2, 3 on who is covering players, defence control defenders by keeping the ball carrier to the outside at all times to control their direction of run, and type of tackle.
-call your responsibility
-stay inside runner
-stay flat or else open gaps in defense
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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