Robber Coverages

"ROBBER" COVERAGE


CORNERS:

ALIGNMENT: 2 yards inside & 9 yards deep - #1 receiver.

Key: QB

Run Responsibility: 2nd contain — alley support.

Pass Responsibility: Must stay inside #1 (C.P. — if you are Corner to FS side, you can play much tighter because the free safety is controlling #2. The split side corner must be aware of #2).


FREE SAFETY:

ALIGNMENT: 8 yards deep, inside foot back. Cheat over OT to #2 side late.

KEY: #2

RUN RESPONSIBILITY: 1. TE blocks down — fill outside. Think toss or power. 2. TE blocks out — think ball away. 3. TE cuts off DE — think A gap.

PASS RESPONSIBILITY: 1. #2 vertical — FS must lock on. 2. #2 drag — FS work over top. Look up #1 — opposite side. 3. #2 flat — look up #1 for curl or post.


ADVANTAGES OF "ROBBER":
1. Able to get FS to both sides of the ball.
2. Able to get control of #2 deep on any vertical routes.
3. Lets inside LB play run because #2 is always controlled vertically to TE side.
4. Able to use 5 DB's as a base package, which gives us better team speed.
5. Alignments blend in with playing our other two coverages (Cov. 0, and Cov. 1).



OUTSIDE AND INSIDE LINEBACKERS:



OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (ROVER & WILL):


ALIGNMENT: 2 yards outside TE & 2 yards deep (if NO TE — 2 yards outside OT & 2 yards deep).

KEY: Triangle (flow-TE-QB).

RUN RESPONSIBILITY: 1. Flow to — sky support. 2. Flow away — check reverse, then fold.
NOTE: On split end side if both backs flow into B Gap, then you must fill B Gap. Flow away, B Gap.

PASS RESPONSIBILITY: Once you read pass, work the #'s. You have flat, and any #2 receiver that goes flat and up.


INSIDE LINEBACKERS (SAM & MIKE):


ALIGNMENT: Sam is in a 30 technique (straddle outside leg of OG) 4-5 yards deep. Mike is in a 30 technique (straddle outside leg of OG) 4-5 yards deep.

KEY: Flow, to Guards.

RUN RESPONSIBILITY: (Sam): 1. Flow To — stack C Gap, unless both backs are in A Gap. Flow Away — A Gap front side. (Mike): 1. Flow To: - B Gap. Flow away: - front side A Gap.

PASS RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Sam: Read #3 (back). Back expands — Sam expands to look up #1. Back goes vertical — Sam must take him man to man. Back blocks — Sam works to front side hook zone.
B. Mike: Read #2 (back). Back expands — Mike expands to look up #1. Back goes vertical — Mike must take him man to man. Back blocks — Mike works straight back to hook.

ADDED THOUGHT: EXCEPT THAT PART ABOUT MOVING YOUR FS OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD! HAHA

JC

ME EITHER, THAT IS WHY YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE SOME SPECIAL ATHLETES AND WHERE FRANK CONTINUES TO FIND THEM IS A REAL TRIBUTE TO HIS RECRUITING PROWRESS, AS WELL AS, THAT OF HIS STAFF.

JC

The two corners & the F/S play no differently. Just get your undercoverage to take the duties I listed for our 4 LBers (above). This would be easier from the 5-2 than 5-3, because a 5-2 (I.E. "34") is a four LB defense. Not sure HOW you would do it froim a 5-3 unless one of your ends could drop in coverage.