Option vs 4-3 C/2

IF YOU CAN EXECUTE WHAT YOU LIST, WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HELP WITH? SOUNDS LIKE YOUR A SOLID OFFENSE TO ME.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

Coach,

Just a few quick thoughts...

(1) 4-3 teams are geared to defend a 1-TE formation. The more you can give them 0-TE or 2-TE, the tougher it will be for them to adjust.

(2) Against a Cover 2 team, make sure you read the CB as the pitch key on your options. Not every snap, but make sure you do it, otherwise, the options will be a bitch to run with a hard corner force.

(3) Run formations that will get them out of Cover 2. Their players may not play as comfortably if it's not their base coverage. And, their coaches may not have all the answers from a different coverage.

(4) P/A and hit the seams in the cover 2...between the safeties and outside the safeties/over the corners.

(5) Midline/Freeze option and counters to try to minimize the activity of the MLB.

(6) Widen the splits of the tackles to give them a chance to get to the MLB when you run ISV.

kc

COACH,

Very effective pass play against cover #2 has always been a 7 route (Corner route) or a smash route. When running the 7, I always ran the Post Corner where the receiver takes the defender inside and then stems back on the corner path, had one receiver on each side run straight take offs to blow the coverage off the top and to suck the safties out of position Wide receivers run the 7's while the slots run the take offs. #3 IF IN TRIPS RUNS THE HITCH AT 6 YDS.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

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Originally posted by: CoachJBone
Coach, we are a base 4-3 cov 2, read front. we play a 5,1,3 and 9 to a pro set. Our two tight adjustment depends on backfield numbers. What do they do in the secondary? We play a ton of coverages, so it allows us to be flexible in how we defend option teams.

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We run 2 backs, so how would you adjust? We run Inside Veer, Outside Veer and Midline...

Their 1 tech is big but their other DL are small and quick.

Vs Cover 2 have WR's split almost to the boundary to get the Corners AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE. WR's block the Corners on option, & there is NO RUN SUPPORT in the "alley" on keep or pitch either one!

Run Power, I would also suggest you option to the 3 tech and have your tackle wash him and read the ELOS for dive. Tell your PSG to cut the Hell out of the mike. Put the lead blocker (depending on formation could be TE, RB, Wing) on the OLB and have the WR take care of the corner. Pitch off the Safety.
You could also run twins or the old army formation (2 WR on same side) they will be forced to get out of cover 2 and will give a ss to the 2wr side (most likely).

Coach TD

Coach,

I never played my corners with outside leverage ever. Always played a combo coverage of man hard under and zone deep. Ran the option for years and always drilled our CBs to attack the stalk they knew was coming as 90% of all options that break big, break in the outer 1/3rd of the field when we faced another option team. Just my way, but it worked great for us.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

CUI,

BOTH! PREFER MAN FREE ( WE HAVE ALWAYS CALLED IT "SOLO ZONE" FOR YEARS) BUT THE QUESTION DEALT WITH COVER # 2.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY CONTENTION, CUI, THAT EVERY DEFENSIVE PLAYER HAS AN ASSIGNMENT WHEN FACING THE OPTION TEAMS. The secondary is always involved when facing an ISV/OSV TEAM as 90 % of all options that break big, break in the outer 1/3 of the field and that means that the CB's are always a primary blocking target for those stalking WR's. My FS was always coached to read and then react in such a way that was most advantageous to the team, be it become the alley player or staying in the MOF and not becoming the victim of a play action pass. The weak side LB's were coached to stay at home and not over pursue and to honor their cutback responsibilities. The DL was coached to react and then read what was going on when they were in the opponents back field! Having run the option very successfully a lot of years on the HS level, am totally convinced that assignment football is the ONLY WAY to successfully defend the option. Just my opinion as always.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

Hey td,

Find it amusing that you feel that you have to school me on what constitutes a cover #2. What I am saying is that I don't run a real cover 2, always a combo coverage with the CB's rolled up hard with inside leverage playing bump and run, with #1 as their responsibility. The SS will roll down hard if he reads option, the FS will rotate to the middle of the field. Hope we are not getting off on the wrong foot.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

Hey KC,

Your first question: Yes, we would move him up AND IN so as to make him harder to crack.
2nd question: Let me expound a bit on my version of the DALLAS 42 (4-2-5) so that you will better understand the way we do things.

In my version, we allude to our twin SS's as DB's, not OSLB's. Thus, we are in a nickel most of the time.
We call them TIGER BACKS, and they must be the best athletes on the defensive side of the ball as they have 3 assignments on every play: 1. Contain on the sweep 2. pitch on the option 3. Flats on the pass. They must be able to bring the funk on run support, run with both wide receivers and TE's in pass coverage. AS WE PLAY COVER #0 OR COVER #1 MOST OF THE TIME, WE ROLL UP AND PLAY HARD MAN UNDER ACROSS THE BOARD WITH INSIDE LEVERAGE (BUMP & RUN). If the Tiger Back has a slot receiver over him, the LB ON HIS SIDE WILL BECOME THE FORCE PLAYER AND THE DE WILL TAKE QB AS WE ARE GOING TO HONOR THE RECEIVER AT ALL TIMES. BUT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM FREE RELEASE INTO THE PATTERN, WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO NOT LET HIM INTO THE PATTERN AT ALL!!! THE OPPOSITE SIDE LB ROTATES INTO THE MIDDLE TO DEAL WITH CUTBACKS, QB KEEPERS, ETC. It may not be the best way, KC, but it has worked very well for me for over 20 years now.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

KC,

Your more than welcome.

Jerry

When WR cracks Safety - Corner has to yell "CRACK" & replace Safety in run support!

If they do it a lot - roll Corner up & Safety over the top ("CLOUD").

Tiger,
I am not trying to challenge you. I wouldn't have a chance. I was just trying to understand the front you were running with the cov. to see how you were dealing with the option. So most of the time you look like you are in a 4-4? We play our olbs very similar in 4-4 to your tigers. 1. sweep, 2. contain boot, 3. flats, 4. play away cutback. What do you do when you get a tight to one side?

coach TD