man and man/free coverage vs wing-t teams

Coach -

I don't think that man coverage is a good choice against the Wing-T. Due to the misdirection plays and the fact that the Wing-T is predominantly a running offense, I would think that you would not want your DBs and LBs turning and running with people. Cover Man will allow the offensive players to run your LBs and DBs off.

We see the Wing-T in 7 out of our first 9 games. We almost always play a Cover II or Cover III against these guys. In a zone scheme, your underneath defenders can pass off a receiver who might be trying to run them off and that defender will still have their eyes upfield on the offense instead of downfield on the receiver.