Organized Chaos: A Philosophy and Strategy for 3rd Down – Ola Adams, Defensive Analyst and Coordinator of Analytics, Penn State

Ola Adams is the Defensive Analyst & Analytics Coordinator for Penn State. Prior to Penn State he served as the assistant defensive backs coach for the Denver Broncos for a season. He was the defensive coordinator for Villanova before his jump to the NFL

In this segment from the beginning of his talk for the Lauren’s First and Goal Clinic which he titled “Organized Chaos” he discussed his 3rd down philosophy and strategy. He gives his approach to this critictal down sharing insight both on what he likes to do as well as highlighting what offenses like to do in each 3rd down category.

Coach Adams takes a very organized approach to third down because he knows his defense’s success is critical to the success of the team in winning the game.

Stay tuned for our winning edge takeaways following this clinic segment. The link to his entire presentation can be found in the description, and thye slides from this segment can be found on our enhanced shownotes on coachandcoordinator.com.

Show Notes: 

• Ola Adams 3rd Down Philosophy
• Play Calling Philosophy
• Breaking down 3rd down
• Efficiency on first down
• Winning as affected by 3rd down
• Understanding who is their best players
• Evaluating their offensive line
• Understanding what is required in the situation
• Fingerprint of the offense
• Are they a sticks team
• It’s about your mindset and what to expect from an offense
• Third and four to six
• Third and seven to ten
• How does motion affect your disguise
• Third and eleven
• Winning Edge

Ola Adams “Organized Chaos” Entire Presentation:

“Organized Chaos” 

Related Episode:

Ola Adams - 3rd Down Creepers and Walking to Build Relationships

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