New Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith, who earned his big NFL break as Tampa Bay's linebackers coach nearly two decades ago, was supposed to return the Bucs to glory. They added key free ...
A debate about the two-high safeties defense—or, as you may know it, the "Tampa 2"—broke out on ESPN's Get Up after Mel Kiper Jr. said it should be outlawed because he wants to see more downfield ...
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — True innovation in the NFL can be tough. Successful schemes breed imitations and force opponents to adjust. Eventually, even for the soundest of systems, the code is bound ...
Monte Kiffin, one of football's greatest defensive coordinators who shined at both the college and professional levels, passed away on Thursday, Ole Miss announced. He was 84. Kiffin was with loved ...
History: The Tampa-2 defense has it's origins from "The Steel Curtain" days of the Steelers from the 1970's. In fact Tony Dungy was quoted saying "My philosophy is out of the 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers' ...
Tampa-2 utilizes the middle linebacker to cover deep middle Lovie Smith is bringing the philosphy back to the Bucs%2C who thrived 20 years ago with it Tampa Bay then had strong up-the-middle ...
Each week I will discuss a trend in the game that looks to be evolving from my discussions with coaches and players, video tape study and observation. Let's start off the 2007 season with the famous ...
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — True innovation in the NFL can be tough. Successful schemes breed imitations and force opponents to adjust. Eventually, even for the soundest of systems, the code is bound ...