What too look for when scouting

• defense by formation ... fronts
  
• blitz by formation ... who is blitzing
  
• coverage by formation ... zone/man; mofo/mofc; who from front is in coverage
  
• coverage by down/distance ... zone/man; mofo/mofc
  
• blitz by down/distance ... overall %; % inside pressure vs % outside vs no pressure
  
• defense when offense is coming out (minus 20) ... overall scheme; does it change based on how they normally defend the formation
  
• defense inside the 20 ... overall scheme; does it change how they normally defend the formation or % they normally blitz
  
• goalline defense (inside 5) ... front; coverage; blitz %; inside vs outside pressure; who has the back out
  
• motion adjustments ... coverage adjustments; front adjustments
  
• shift adjustments ... coverage adjustments; coverage adjustments; do people flip sides on the shift or slide
  
• blitz based on field/boundary ... where is it coming from
  
• adjustment to trips and/or twins into the boundary ... is coverage or front affected or played differently than normal
  
• who has contain on play away ... backside end or lb on such plays as toss, zone, fly, etc.
  
• how to DE's play things such as GT, counter, etc.
  
• how fast to LB's play ... do they fill hard, get one read and hit it on run plays, fly out to zone on pass key, etc.
  
• who is their best DL vs run; best pass rusher; weakest
  
• who is their best cover guy; who is their weakest
  
• who is their best LB on runs away, runs to; who is worst
  
• who can we get isolated on our best receiver; how (formation, motions,shift, down-distance, etc.)
  
• who must we set the protection to ... who must we assure we get an potential extra body fo