Xs & Os: What are the Differences in Zone Coverages?

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One thing I want to note about cover 2 as a former lb, that middle line backer needs to get a really deep drop in cover 2 usually his drop is 10-12 yards from the spot. To be a cover 2 team you need a linebacker who is going to be able to make that drop quick enough to take away that deep in or cut off the deep post

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YES thank You for this vid! In my team in London I hear the qbs say "oh when you add a motion you can tell if its man or zone so its all fine" and then they make a stupid throw because they don't know how the zone is being played. Very well explained in this vid thanks!

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I loved calling smashes on Cover 2. The corner stays and protects the underneath hitch and the safety usually can’t get to the receiver running a corner in time.

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And if they do then you just hit the seam

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Cover 2: Safeties invert and Corners take deep halves. Great way to jump the center/in routes and mix up the reads.

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This was honestly a great video totally helped me understand the differences in each coverage.

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I had a vague sense of what zone coverages were before but this was such a good breakdown. The visuals were really helpful. There is often so much jargon thrown around in football analysis without explanation. Thanks!

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What a great video for teaching young QB’s (and their parents) how to attack certain coverages. Thank you for this!

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First video and first time subscribing anything. This was amazing. As a receiver in my younger days, this would’ve been helpful because we are seeing the same coverages y’all are and most people don’t know how to help your QB beat them

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this is the best video explaining the zones - I know i play Madden, but reading coverage has always been my weakness

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What about how to attack some other odd defensive coverages in the pass game excluding cover 0 and 20. Can we look at how to attack a cover 6 and 8? Having some trouble with the differences and reads with those versus cover 2 and 4 for example.

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Cover 6 is quarter quarter half. So one corner drops shallow the other corner backs up to quarters with a safety. The other safety has half the field. It’s used heavily vs trips. Cover 8 isn’t a coverage that is a define coverage. Coaches change up a coverage and call it cover 10 or what not for example. Your typical coverages are zero, 1, 2, 3, 4, and cover 6.

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These are all 4-3 Zones, kinda bugs me considering an extra linebacker in a zone coverage makes a huge deal.

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Guess he stopped playing before Urlacher changed the Dynamics of the cover 2.

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Derek even in a 3-4, by default one of the linebackers is going to pass rush to provide 4 man pressure. The overall basic scheme and shell of these coverages is still the same. If you want to rush three, you can, and then you can add a man into coverage anywhere you really want to. 3 man rushes usually give the qb enough time to read the field, unless he’s not expecting it. That’s where it’s good to mix in. You can 3 man stunt, or 3 man rush on a fake blitz. This video doesn’t get into blitzes or match zones. Coverages can get super complicated, but sometimes keepin it simple is the way to go.

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