![]() Here are a couple of our Cover 3 zone blitzes, including ALL OUT. Generally speaking, the closest defender to the zone is responsible, however if the defensive coordinator is trying to get cute and confuse the QB in his pre-snap reads, he could alter those responsibilities. This coverage mixes cornerbacks and safeties dropping into coverage, each responsible for a deep third of the field. This slows down the receivers off the line and will allow the back of the coverage to expand and get into better position, specifically the linebackers. In zone, they will be right up on the line of scrimmage and will use a bump technique. One of the telltale signs of Cover 2, especially zone, will be the alignment of the CBs and their depth off the line of scrimmage. This is pretty simple and what the coverage looks like: Your two high safeties are responsible for the deep halves, everyone else has a man coverage responsibility, minus the Bandit he blitzes. Probably the simplest to start with is a man coverage. ![]() This is how you can defeat zone coverages and "find holes." Now, you can see that those two defenders have just opened a huge hole up the seam where NO ONE is. Then the offense can take another receiver and run it through the zone on the right (typically called a curl zone) and settle towards the sideline. You can take the middle linebacker to one side of his zone by running a receiver through it, settling on the left side. ![]() Where those holes are will be determined by the coverage itself, the talent of the defender and the number of routes run through that zone.įor example, take a coverage that has 3 underneath zones like a cover 3 blitz or cover 4. Now, while zone may be easier to cover your deficiencies in talent, it's going to open up holes all over the field. You'll see bigger plays in a missed man coverage assignment than in zone. The biggest drawback of man coverage is that you have to be confident that your coverage players are as good or better than the receivers. In man coverage, you can have tighter coverage on the receivers. Now you may ask, why call man over zone or vice versa. I have included a few blitzes, including our favorite, the ALL OUT. Most of these coverages have both, a man and a zone coverage option, but I have included mostly zone looks with a max coverage, meaning there are the most number of defensive players dropping back into coverage. In these coverages, the field is divided evenly between the players responsible for the coverage. When you see that a defense is called cover and then a number, that number is referring to the number of deep coverage responsibilities. I understand it may still be complicated. I have tried to color code everything and draw lines connecting the players and their coverage responsibilities. Most of the coverages I've drawn up are from the base 3-4 look to try to limit confusion. I plan on charting and drawing up the defensive coverages from a game at some point soon. This is meant as a conversation starter, not the end all be all presentation of what coverages Tech runs.
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