Coverage Comparisons

How Cover 3 adjusts to a 3x1 trips formation, where it is stressed (the No. 3 vertical, Sail, the backside) and what a quarterback throws.

How quarters coverage adjusts to a 3x1 trips formation, why the No. 3 vertical is its problem, and where a quarterback throws against each adjustment.

Man vs zone coverage in football: who each defender covers, where each is weak, how a quarterback identifies them before and after the snap and what beats each.

How to beat man coverage in football: identify it, then attack with crossers, rubs, breaks against leverage, backs on linebackers and isolation throws.

How to beat zone coverage in football: stretch defenders high-low and side to side, overload one area, sit routes in the windows and move defenders with your eyes.

The concepts that beat Cover 1 man-free: crossers, rubs, isolation routes and backs on linebackers. How each works, the read, and how to avoid the hole player.

How to beat Tampa 2: the corner route behind the cloud corner, Sail, the void under the running Mike, and the run game. How each works and the read.

The concepts that beat Cover 3 defense: Stick, Curl, Sail, Hitch and Dig. Where the zone is soft underneath, how each concept attacks it and the read.

How to beat Cover 4 quarters: quick game to the flats, hitches against deep corners, crossers underneath and routes that put the reading safety in conflict.