Cover 4 Quarters Coverage 1/4

We had alot of success throwing in some cover 2 post snap vs. trips. I know it leaves a potential 3 v 1 deep, however, who is going to call vert routes if you are a base cover 4 team? Not a smart OC. This way, you can show cover 4 and have OLB take flats, cover 3 and rob flats with FS, or roll into 2 and have corner jump the flats with FS over the top. I personally would not want to get into trips if a team showed all three of these. And even if you just show a mix of coverages vs. trips early in the first quarter then go base for the remainder of the game, it will most likely discourage the opposing OC from getting in it. If you can keep them from getting in Trips, you can eliminate the major weakness in cover 4.

Has worked for us anyway.


Added: This also helped us prevent teams from throwing the bubble to the middle slot out of trips. We got two picks (one score) off of our CB anticipating and jumping it in cover 2.