D-Back Formation Adjustments

Versus Double slots, I go Cover 2, spread the backers, you must take away the quick seam. You also must tecah your CB to be aware of the China pattern. If the #1 goes to the flats on a out be aware of the number 2 on a Corner and likewise, if the #2 crosses the number 1 be aware of the wheel.

Now you can do 2 things vs. trips.

Have you CB split one and two 8 yeards off and your SS/LB split 2 and 3 - 4 yards off, safety deep, Cover 3 or
CB outside levarage on number 1 - 8 yards off, SS/LB 4 yards head up #2 and FS head up #3 10-12 yards, still in a Cover 3.

Coach Easton:

What do you typically see, in the way of secondary disguises, vs. your empty gun set? What reads do you have your QB go through if, for example, you have DBs in press alignment then the DBs post and bail to pattern read?

Thanks.

My QB's are taught to read FS to SS to CB's in the PSL. If the CB's are in press with inside leverage, it becomes an automatic fade for the #1's. I give sight adjustment privileges to our #2 and even #3 receivers. We go in with game planned adjustments, but my guys are well experienced football players and I rely upon their judgement lots of times to run what they see will help us. I teach the QB's to have an idea where you want the ball to go in the PSL on the trips side. If he is open fine, if not stay with the trips side as long as possible because you have more to work with on that side, and follow your progression be it verses man or zone. We read from top to bottom, outside in or inside out depending upon the route being run. I'm talking my 3 x 2 spread here now, as that is our primary passing formation out of some 22-23 formations that we both run and pass out of. We see alot of cover #2 with zone/man both under, straight man (which we love to see because that means that we should win 3 of the 5 matchups in as much as we have 3 4.4 - 4.5 40 guys on two LB's and a SS. We see normal stemming, rolled up hard backing out to various zone coverages, showing zone in the PSL and really playing loose man after the snap, etc. Our QB reads are designed to reduce the field by 50% in the PSL (know where you want to go with the ball) on the snap we reduce it to 1/3rd by zeroing in on a single defender. Make certain your QB knows that he will be attacking and reading a defender in a specific area of the field when he is facing zone, and that he will be throwing into the void created by the DB's own movement within that zone to his receiver who knows the ball will always be delivered AWAY FROM THE DEFENDER. When facing man coverage he will be reading his receiver all the way as he will be attacking a single defender and not an area of the field, looking for that all important SEPARATION by the receiver from the defender AND ALWAYS THROWING AWAY FROM THE DEFENDER. IM A BIG BELIEVER IN TAG ROUTES TO MAKE THE QB'S JOB A LITTLE EASIER. Whenever we tag a route in a pattern, it is for a specific reason that we have spotted from upstairs or the sidelines and I tell the QB stay with that tag read as long as possible because it will get you a big yardage play if you can get the tagged receiver the ball! If he is forced to go to his next progression read, then go, but hang with the tag as long as he possibly can.

Coach Easton

Basic question - not entirely related to topic, but I could not post a new topic - kept getting error message.

I recall a discussion on the relative merits of running Cover 3 with the corners aligned with inside leverage - mirroring Man to Man. The positives appear to be disguise and making the QB throw the ball farther and over a defender. The negatives appear to be no help on deep passes.

Contrast to the typical outside leverage alignment - easier to read and thus adjust, and IMO gives up the skinny/ basic post route, especially if we can hold the safety. The ball is thrown inside the corner. Of course we might get some help from the FS - but I find that the FS is often late in getting over in Cover 3, both for us and for opponents - so is the "Help" concept overrated?

What else am I missing? We would like to mix Cover 1 and Cover 3 this year as our base for 21 personnel groupings. Last season we ran a lot of Man - Cover 1, Cover 1 with a hole Robber and 2 Man with a lot of success out of a 2 Deep shell. This year I need the extra guy in the box no 2 gap players this season : ( . I could afford to have my corners getting run off last year with the 2 safeties coming downhill late, as I had a solid front 7. This year we need to force things to happen - So I'm a little more leery of the deep ball burning us.

Thoughts -



Thanks,

MCOACH

We can check to cloud coverage, but we still send 5 men. WE believe that if you can get 10 yards by just throwing him the ball, then I want to see you do it all night. Our End mest hit the QB, to make this coverage succesful as well. Our philosophy is P.O.P Piss on the Pass and hit the QB. We have been burnt some but not enough to make us change. If there is trips to one side the CB will probaly be in a cloud coverage anyway.