Last offseason spent a month with a couple of teammates doing endurance training in the Rockies, but this offseason consisted of more time in the film room. Hendrix has great strength, agility, and speed, but too often he made poor reads. Play action always had him off balance and you could not even count the number of times he over shot or undershot a tackle attempt in the backfield on a running back. Plays like that should be three yard losses, but often times they led to big chunks being gained by the running back. The Hawks defensive coordinator and the entire Hawks defensive line dissected and learned from a bunch of these plays compiled in a video from the previous season. The players learned that different running backs have different tendencies, some like to attack holes between the guards and center while some of the more speedy runners like to keep stretching the run to the outside. There are also teams that like to use play action much more than others, being aware of these tendencies entering the games will help the players increase their odds of making the correct decision. The four members of the Hawks defensive front have made a goal to increase their tackles for loss this season by 30% over the previous. (217)
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