man vs bunch?

We zone or play man areas, depending on the front and coverage shell. We often use Rex Ryan's "Loaded" zone concept against most types of trips formations as a coverage audible (see his book on the 46). If we are in a man concept becuase we're blitzing, we will run "Banjo" or "Triangle" coverage against bunch. Well coached receivers should modify their routes as necessary to effect the rubs. We would put our best press escape guy at #2 (sometimes a TE if the DB at that spot is small) because we run a lot of routes with #1 to the flat and making a mess for the inside aligned DB to run through is key.

Also, we run bunch to isolate the backside SE one on one against the corner. He's ususally our playmaker and it gives him space to operate on a choice read of the corner's pre-snap alignment. Thus, we run the loaded zone because it allows us to double cover the backside guy with the weak corner and FS.