Man to man coverage problem!!!

Whoever is covering the receiver on the LOS plays tight when we are in this situation. As Oneback mentioned, you have to take away the inside. Being physical and rerouting the receiver will mess up the timing of the mesh. We pay attention to matchups and try to make sure the person playing tight is capable of doing so.

Thanks gentleman, in summation press the receiver on the LOS, if possible game plan so the FS can play centerfield, and practice it to death. We play in the northeast and my section is about 75% run 25% pass. I feel that I have the athletes this year to play man, but the best laid plans of mice and men. I believe in stopping the run period. When the ball goes into the air three things can happen and two of them are bad.

Coaches,

Any team at any level that is coached correctly, is going to ALWAYS GEAR UP TO STOP THE RUN FIRST AND THE PASS SECOND. The "new 30 looks", what a joke, as all they are is the old 50 with a few different angles to block and are somewhat more mobile have made it popular to move the FS out of the MOF to be in a better alignment to stop the run. Most of these new techniques always turn out to be fads and sooner or later things return to normal. Do you really think that if they were better that EVERYONE would not be using them? If it was such a great tecnique, why did it take a hundred plus years of playing the game to come up with it? CUI, I am not looking to argue here, just stating my opinion as you have stated yours. My QB's are coached to locate the BEST LOCATED SAFETY ( farthest away from a receiver)
and get that receiver the ball immediately! With that premise, if you are going to insist on moving your FS to a cheated position on the TE we are going to make you pay for that mistake by running routes that are complimentary that will not allow your FS to recover in time, no matter how good he is. AS the FS is the QB of the defense, he is usually the sharpest kid a coach has on that side of the ball who is also loaded with athletic talent and is an excellent ALL AROUND FOOTBALL PLAYER. But, he is only human and if you put him in a bind by getting him out of position, he is not CONSISTENTLY going to beat a good well planned passing attack. Just my opinion as always.

Coach Easton

CUI,

I certainly respect your opinion, and your philosophy. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. If we all did it alike, it would be kinda dull I guess, eh?

Coach Easton

Coaches, when playing man coverage and the receivers cross on the two receiver side do you call a switch or do you fight through the picks? Remember there is no help deep inside or outside, just the LBers in the hook to curl zone 7-15.

Thanks coach, makes a helluava alot of sense. You guys are some resource. I appreciate your help!!!