Wing T coverages

Coach,
We play with 2 safties and will play man to man on the wings. When motion occurs the saft will bump and cross key for the opposite wing counter, reverse etc.. Almost looks like a free saft we will also rob the waggle by the TE by reading the pull of the guard. We have also rolled our cover 3 and have seen people be VERY successful with cover 2 and rolling the corners up on the TE/Wing.
PG

frmrgriffinsafety,

Can you go into more detail about your cover 8? So if the WR runs a drag or a deep cross, the corner stays in his deep 1/4 zone and looks for a receiver to rob?

About your man coverage you said you will bring your free saftey down if a back or wing motions across the formation? So are you losing the free defender and it becomes Cover 0?? Is that what you mean by coverage audibles?

thanks

Coach Joe,

I forgot to mention this about cover 8, if the wr runs any route deeper than 12 yards, they lock up on the WR, playing the upfield shoulder and having safety help underneath. The safeties are playing so aggressively against run they may bite on a playfake and therefore won't be able to give help over the top. If the WR runs a more shallow drag or crossing route, the corner passes him off and is looking to pick up somone coming into his zone, possibly a back out of the backfield.

And yes, bringing the free safety down with motion becomes a cover 0 and that is what I meant my coverage audible. The rest of the dbs will have to know they don't have the help in the deep middle anymore and will have to adjust thier positioning or footwork. The Wiong T is such a run oriented attack, I don't mind losing my free safety deep b/c most teams with a Wing T don't have the recivers to really hurt you there. If a team does, then adjustments can be made from scouting and such to even a straight cover 2 but telling the corners they have to play the outside run aggressively. I like to have my coverages balanced with the offensive formation and that's why I like the Cover 2 and Cover 8 against the Wing T.

To clarify the invert/revert thing on Cover 3, for those who may not know what I'm talking about, the free safety and the strong safety switch responsibilities. It's the terminology I learned in college and have been calling it that since.

I hope I helped out. If further clarification or questions, just post and I'll try to get back on it.