Quarters Coverage

Coach,

We used to try to show 4 across and roll to cover 3 based on the QB. If he rolled to one side we rolled the safeties to him on play actions, sprintouts and naked boots. It worked well, but teams started half rolling on us (5-step rolls) and made us a little grey at the safety position because they didn't know if they should or should not roll in these situations. We have since changed to where we only roll the safeties to Cover 3 on sprintout passes and naked bootlegs when the QB is clearly trying to leave the pocket. The only time we do otherwise now is when we zone blitz and roll behind to cover for the blitzer. I hope this helps in some way.