This football drill is a good one for a football team coach to use with his linebackers and safeties. Disrupting a TE or Slot receiver’s timing on a passing play can be done by jamming a player on the line, inside the 5-yard area. 
What you need – You can run two or more stations of this, just to get repetitions for the linebackers and the safeties.
How this drill works – In most cases, defenders can make contact with a receiver within a 5-yard area from the line of scrimmage. This is to help them disrupt the timing on passing plays.
In this drill, the linebacker or safety will step up and jam the TE or receiver on the snap of the ball. The LB or safety must release any contact if the receiver gets by the 5 yard mark – at which point they must cover the receiver.
This drill focuses on getting a good jam at the line of scrimmage – for disruptive purposes. At first, have the receivers play along while the LB’s get the right technique, and they don’t get caught out of position. Gradually build up to full speed drills.
To go one step further, you can make the LB or safety continue the coverage downfield for a pass play.
Result – The defender is going to learn to create an effective jam on the line, and then continue to cover their man down the field.
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