Superchief-cvr 3 roll

I feel that you have to get out of an 8-man front vs a 1-back formation. Yeah, you can stay in it and stunt, but the FS's alignment lets the offense know what you're doing.

I am not a big fan of using 2-deep vs a spread formation. Think about it. If the ball is on one hash and a WR is aligned on the other hash, there is a lot of space for the wide side force player to cover. There is also a lot of space for the 1/2 field player to fill. If you are an 8-man front and get into some form of
2-deep, you have become a 7-man front. So why not just line up in a 7-man front? I like 1/4's pattern-read because it gets 9 in the box AND no one assigns a blocker to the Safeties. Once the safeties get the hang of the scheme, they'll make tackles by the bushel basket.

We have incorporated a 4-3 into our package with our SE-side OLB becoming a 1/2 field player. When the offense comes out in a balanced 1-back formation, we will jump into our 4-3 and play 1/4's pattern-read. We also have the ability to align in 4-3 and play combination coverages where we stunt on one side and play man, while playing 1/4's pattern-read or cover 2 pattern-read on the other side. Running this front and these coverages has allowed us to give the pressbox coach the same look every play, but do different things. In other words, the coach in the box can't predict what we're in and make his call. The QB must recognize what we're doing (after the snap) and make the right read/decision.

If you are still interested in some kind of ROLL coverage, post a question here and I'll get back to you.

Go to multiple7manfront.com/ and click on 4-spoke secondary.


This is a pretty intriguing way to do cover 4. Check it out. The only technique that bothers me is the 1/4's he has against twins, but you can use what fits your players.



Let me know what you think.

Thank you Superchief.

You are exactly right. I posted somewhere or e-mailed someone that we do not play cover4 to a wide slot or twins. If we are in our 8-man front, we will run man-free and keep the FS in the middle of the field. If we are in our 4-3 front, we will play cover2-read(which lets us keep the OLB closer to the box) or some form of man or man-free(depending on whether or not we're stunting).Text

Superchief:

Thanks for the response - we are on the same page with that.
In your 8 man front do you like man free over cover 3? I see man free as better against pass but cov 3 better vs the run. In your 4-3 how do you differentiate read cov2 vs regular cov2? Does it differ in that read cover 2 corners don't jam and turns into 1/4's vs two verts?

Thanks for the response.

Thanks for the info.