Covering the Hash

Albeit there are only two types of fronts, one being Odd and the other is Even....3-3 or 3-5 is a 50 Defense...I totally understand your frustrations with pass coverage, and in my opinion it's not the type of coverage that you are running, it's the way you are running it.....Receivers get open by not being Rerouted, and the Trigger Man having Too much time to Toss the Rock....We play Quarters coverage regardless of the Defensive 4mation(Base 50/50 stack); butwedo not Landmark 2Rareas, We collision and sink with the Receivers........
4 example, if the offense comes out in a Pro Set, our Flank...would align in a 60(head up-1.5yds off of the ball)....our CB would align 5 off and either head up/inside/outside depending on the receiver split..Our FS would align 1 yd outside the TE at 10 yds depth.....If number 1 runs a hitch, the CB would collision him and sink to this area...if the TE goes vertical, the Flank would collision him...escort him 2 the FS, and React if the Hitch is thrown(as will the CB)....The weakside inside quarter player is Either the Flank or the Stack Olb depending on which way we send our directions(slants)....

This is Highly effective because the Trigger Man holds the Ball longer to enable his Receivers to Clear, and this allows the pass rush to be Disruptive....It also enables us to Jump the passing Lanes.....:beer;

If there is a TE, we never let him have a 'free ride' into the secondary. Our Sam backer will either walk up and jam or he will meet him after the ball is snapped. As our Spurs are 3x3, there are times they are responsible for hook/curl-then flat coverage. If a spur is blitzing, the Hook/Curl goes to the Sam or Will backer. Now, this is all within our blitz schemes. The spur will also split the difference between the end man on the LOS and the Slot receiver to take away a quick-slant. If the Spur doesn't have drop responsibilities he'd normally re-route the slot receiver from getting off the LOS freely.

It is really dependent on what we see from our opponent's game tape. If the Slot is a favorite target, we'll even go as far as to line head-up and give the Spur (your Outside Backer) jam responsibility. At the least, he will chuck him to cause disruption. If it turns out to be a wide run play, he's already in position to beat any block from the Slot.

We have a lot of the same problems I picked up a new version of the cover 3 (well new to me) at a clinic this year from coach saban it is a match cover three which I think will still allow me to send 5 and be sound... you might see if you can get a hold of it