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title: "Football Coverages Explained: Cover 1 to 6, Man & Zone"
description: "Defensive coverages with diagrams: Cover 1, Cover 2 Tampa, Cover 3, Quarters, Cover 6 and more, what each one takes away and how a quarterback reads and beats it."
url: https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/coverages/
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Crucible playbook

# Football Coverages

A coverage is the defense’s plan for the pass: who plays man, who drops into a zone, and how many defenders stay deep. Every read a quarterback makes starts with figuring out which one is in front of them.

Below is every coverage Crucible trains against, from Cover 1 man to split-field quarters, with the diagram, what each coverage takes away, where it is soft, and the plays you can rep against it.

[Coverage comparisons and how to beat each one](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/compare/) · [Guess the coverage (daily game)](https://www.crucibletech.com/guess-the-coverage/)

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![Cover 1 diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-1.thumb.webp)

Cover 1 31 plays to rep against
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![Cover 1 Robber diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-1-robber.thumb.webp)

Cover 1 Robber 31 plays to rep against
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![Cover 2 Tampa diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-2-tampa.thumb.webp)

Cover 2 Tampa 31 plays to rep against
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![Cover 3 diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-3.thumb.webp)

Cover 3 31 plays to rep against
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![Cover 3 Buzz diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-3-buzz.thumb.webp)

Cover 3 Buzz 31 plays to rep against
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![Cover 3 Weak Buzz diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-3-weak-buzz.thumb.webp)

Cover 3 Weak Buzz 31 plays to rep against
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![Cover 4 diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-4.thumb.webp)

Cover 4 31 plays to rep against
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![Cover 5 diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-5.thumb.webp)

Cover 5 31 plays to rep against
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![Cover 6 diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-6.thumb.webp)

Cover 6 31 plays to rep against

## More Coverages in Crucible

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![Cover 4p diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-4p.thumb.webp)

Cover 4p 15 plays to rep against

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![Cover 8 diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-8.thumb.webp)

Cover 8 31 plays to rep against

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![Cover 8p diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/coverages/cover-8p.thumb.webp)

Cover 8p 15 plays to rep against

Reading It Is the Hard Part
Knowing what a coverage looks like on paper is step one. Crucible puts you at quarterback against it, rep after rep, until the read is automatic.
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