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Cover 2 Article by Bob Davie

Posted by dedfischer on October 28th, 2008 under Uncategorized

I thought Davie did an excellent job in breaking Cover 2 down in pretty simple terms.  I learned a few things from this article, and given Tech fans are used to seeing it, I thought some of you might enjoy.

 I thought this related pretty well to the times this defense has struggled:

Cover 2: How offenses attack it
(3) In-Out stretch horizontally on the corner
Another way to defeat cover two is to horizontally stretch the corner and create a void between the corner and either the SAM or WIL linebacker. The offense does this by outside releasing the wide receiver to make the corner flatten out and widen. As we stated before, the corner must jam and widen to keep the receiver from releasing outside and stretching his safety. The offense takes advantage of the corner’s technique by making him widen with the wide receiver’s release and then sending the No. 2 receiver either tight end or running back into the void or stretched area between the linebacker or corner.

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6 Responses

  1. dedfischer said:

    October 28th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    Pasted above.

  2. commish said:

    October 29th, 2008 at 5:48 am

    That was good stuff. It looked like that article was part of a series but I couldn’t seem to find a link to the archives or anything. Do you know if there are any more like it?

    One question: Do teams try to differentiate between cover 2 zone and cover 2 man under by sending a WR in motion and reading the LB’s? Are there other ways to get a read pre-snap?

  3. dedfischer said:

    October 29th, 2008 at 7:42 am

    “One question: Do teams try to differentiate between cover 2 zone and cover 2 man under by sending a WR in motion and reading the LB’s? Are there other ways to get a read pre-snap?”

    I never played QB at the Big 12 level, but I think the answer is yes and yes.

  4. commish said:

    October 29th, 2008 at 8:02 am

    Alright, so it was a dumb question.

    Having never played, I won’t pretend to know much about X’s and O’s. That’s why I enjoy your stuff.

  5. dedfischer said:

    October 29th, 2008 at 8:34 am

    “Having never played, I won’t pretend to know much about X’s and O’s. That’s why I enjoy your stuff.”

    I didn’t mean to come across as condescending. I apologize.

  6. commish said:

    October 29th, 2008 at 8:57 am

    No harm done. In fact, the smart-ass sizzle of your blog is one of reasons I like it so much. Keep up the good work.

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