JOE DANIEL / JANUARY 22, 2026

How Football Coaches Should Call Defense on Game Day | FBCP S20E02

The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

Defensive Play Calling 

JOE DANIEL / JANUARY 22, 2026

Defensive Play Calling | FBCP S20E02

The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

Defensive Play Calling 

The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

We Cant Stop Dual-Threat QBs

The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

We Cant Stop Dual-Threat QBs

“There’s levels to this, man.” That is true, there are levels to calling a defense. Every play in your playbook fits a certain level of play calling, and has a specific task. Calling defense isn’t hard, if you have an understanding to your system, and use the tools to solve problems.

In this episode Joe Daniel and Daniel Chamberlain discuss the finer details to defensive play calling. They talk about the Three Levels of play calling, how you can always know what play to call, and how to use your own weakness to stay a step ahead.

Three Levels of Play Calling

  • Base
  • Movement
  • Aggressive
  • 7, 8, and 9-man spacing

Know What Play to Call

  • You can’t make up dream situations for every special play call, or it’ll never happen
  • You’ll start to assign plays to the things the offense likes to do

Use Your Weakness to Stay Ahead

  • You have to know the weakness of your defense, and have a plan to take it away
  • Your weakness likely goes beyond your X’s and O’s.

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