Cover 3 beaters

Scott, don't panic. I do throw out of some 25 diferent formations (your wording about what you wanted specifics on indicated to me you did not want to hear about my 3 x 2.)

We throw out of the Pro with "I" backs quite often, "I" with split backs, double wing, power "I".

Bill has about said it all,, ALWAYS FIRST GO TO THE FLATS AND CURLS. SMASH WITH THE #1 RUNNING A 7 YD HITCH AND THE #2 AN 18 YD CORNER. FROM THE DOUBLE SLOT ( A WR AND A SLOT TO EACH SIDE) 4 VERTICALS THAT HAVE THE #1'S RUNNING A BOUNDARY RELEASE FLY WHILE THE #2'S RUN AN
18 YD POST FROM RIP TO LIZ AND A 12 YD CORNER FROM LIZ TO RIP SIDE.

THESE JUST HAPPEN TO BE MY FAVORITES.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

I always enjoyed having the waggle from the wing-T vs cover 3. QB rolls out with 1 or 2 guards pulling. FB into the flats....playside TE runs a corner...backside TE runs a 8-10yds in route...and backside wing runs a post...QB also has the option to pull the ball down and run.

With the QB rolling out and a threat to run it puts the man with the flats responsability in a bind. Does he come up and pressure the QB or take the FB in the flats. He comes up the QB drops it right over him. Corner is run off by the playside TE. Good yards gained.
Using thw ing-T you generally have plenty of speed. Any hesitation by the FS and corner they can be run right past. Any pressure by the playside ILB usually opens up the backside TE on the in route.

Hope this helps coach

Thanks coaches.

Gridiron347,

If run waggle with one pulling OG, do you use the frontside or backside OG?

I AGREE!

Mostly I agree that cover 3 is generally not very effective. Against two backs though you can have some success with it, especially if you are willing to walk a safety up when you play it. In our system we are two high every time we see a one back set (which has become like 90% of the time). The only time we run cover 3 against a one back set is when we see a formation where the bubble is very likely. In this case we will "roll" to it and that corner to that side becomes our numbers defender. Where this can get tricky though is if we check to our roll and they send three verticals from one side (numbers, seam, and #3 to the opposite seam) the linebacker has to be able to run with the third vertical.

Rolling the corner up like that would be much more reasonable in the high school game, however. I would always roll the corner to the field side and the backer, in most occasions, can cover the boundary side because of the wider hashes.

In saying all that, I have to agree, cover 3 shouldn't be a staple in a defense that has to defend the pass frequently.

When you talk "robber" you are talking about a cover 1 pretty much, correct?? As in the safety robs up to digs/curls and plays underneath the post??

Of course. However based on posts you've made I thought you were referring to a specific robber out of man coverage, we don't run any cover 0 with the FS playing the robber but I would like to get some opinions on it and what situations some coaches use it in.

Our system uses the robber in almost all coverages. We are a base 2/4 team and we rob from it. In 4 our corners are the deep guys and our safeties rob and in 2 it is the opposite. We have a VERY good offense so the theory we play by is creating turnovers even if it is more susceptble to the big play.