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Defending Empty Formations

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Jul 25, 2024
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Much like our article on Blitzing the TE, we like to write about our failures or shortcomings and the journey to overcome them in future games. Defending empty has certainly been one of these hurdles, but not in the way you’d think it would. 

Early in my career we faced off against an opponent we heavily outmatched. Their answer, get into empty formation…

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