3 x 1 adjustments

RAMCOACJ,

I HAVE RAN THE 4-2-5 FOR 20 PLUS YEARS AND AM A MAN COVER GUY ALL THE WAY! ROLL YOUR CB'S UP HARD WITH INSIDE LEVERAGE AND PLAY MAN FREE BEHIND THEM. WE HAVE HARD AND FAST RULE ABOUT WHO HAS WHO, NO MATTER WHAT THEY COME OUT IN! CB'S TAKE 1'S, TIGER BACKS AS WE CALL THEM (TWIN SS'S) OR YOU PROBABLY CALL THEM OSLB'S ALWAYS HAVE THE # 2 RECEIVERS TO EITHER SIDE AND WE ALWAYS WALK OUT A LB ON # 3 TRIPS SIDE.

YOU SAY YOUR CORNER'S ARE GETTING BEAT IN MAN. MY ADVICE COACH, IS TO COACH THEM UP AND TEACH THEM TO PLAY BUMP AND RUN, NOT TURN AND RUN!!! ANYTIME YOU GIVE A RECEIVER A FREE RELEASE INTO HIS PATTERN YOUR GUY IS GOING TO BE AT A DISADVANTAGE! THE HARDEST THING TO TEACH A RECEIVER IS TO GET OFF THE JAM, PERIOD! SO, IN VIEW OF THAT WHY JUST LET HIM RELEASE FREE???

VERSES A 3 X 1 LOOK, YOU CAN DOUBLE YOUR BACK SIDE OSLB WITH THE CORNER ON THE X IF YOUR CORNER CAN'T HANDLE HIM ALONE. THIS LEAVES YOU VULNERABLE TO A BACKSIDE RUN AND YOU COMPENSATE FOR THAT BY HAVING THE ISLB ON THAT SIDE SPY THE RUN.

JUST A FEW SUGGESTIONS AS ALWAYS.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

Put your corner(s) on the slots if you must and put someone taller/better on the backside SE for fade.

Cover 3 if not sound vs 3x1 if you are playing a team with a decent passing game. They can and will run four verticals out of 3x1. Moreover, If your CB is mismatched on deep ball in cover 1, he is equally mismatched in cover 3. The same SE will beat him on a deep fade.

Stop them with numbers on one side and talent on the other.

If you really have NOONE on your team that can cover, you are in trouble in man or zone. You will need to set traps and try for picks. My sympathies if that is your situation.

We have a couple who can cover, but not enough and no height at all. We won this week because of dropped passes and throws that took this WR out of bounds. The whole team went to church together the morning of game. I guess we pray better than we play!