Untitled - Fast and Furious Football

EMPI{ASIS ON DEFENSE 127
:o look for the ball. The safeties should shout
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The Sam and Friiz play the number two re-
:,rilers in the sam€ manner Th€ backertu respon-
.rble for handling the number three receiver If
.la],ing a receiver who is aligned in the backfield,
:he defender attacks the back through his insid€
:alf, then mirrors him, staying undemeath and
: r his inside (see Figue 9).
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fhree-Deep Ro Weak Coverage
Dissuising ftom a 2-deep look, our next prosres-
:ionis to have the shons correr finess€ outofhis
rress alignment, and we roll weak to 3-deep (see
Fisxre 10).
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B- Start to the curl, reading number two. If
number two goes flat, continue to get width to
the curl. Ifhe comes shaishi down,latch on io
him in the hook area. If number two blocks,
hang in the middle.
$ Staft for the wide curl, top of the numberu
in the middle ofthefield, hash mark ifthe ball
is on the hash. Read numbei two. Hang in the
wide curl and play up to an)'thing that shows
flat.
In order to get to an 8-man ftont, the weak
corner can move into an alignment 3 yards outside
the nearest defender at a depth of 3 yards.
Safety moves out to a position slightly outside the
widest receiver on the weakside. The hem moves
closer to his middle on€-third zone. Obvioush the
diseuise is very limit€d.
Deep Man Coverage
Havingeight people around the ball provides the
opportunity fbr quick pedmeter pressure. By
rushing both Sam and the weah corner, the coverage
that is played is 3-deep man-to-man (see
Figure 11).
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FIGUBE II
3ieep, man'lo-man coverage
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SC Back out and play outside one-third zone.
H Roll to deep middle one-third zone.
S Roll to weak number one recklessly, unless
number two shows flat, then play up to num-
F-Start to curl zone readins number two. If
number two go€s flat, continue to th€ curl. If
number two come8 straight down, latch on to
him in the hook area. If number two blocks or
goes strong, go to the middle.
In this coverage, the strons comer and ihe
salety play more cautiously wh€n covering the
receiver. They start to backpedal, then run laterally,
striving to maintain inside pGition and keepinsa
cushionof2 to 3 yards. The imide linebackels
play the same as in 2-deep man.
fhree.Deep
Coverage
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In addition to the roll weak to 3-deep, we rotate
to a strong 3-deep (see Fieure 12)-
The hero and strons com€r can either roll or
invert. If a roll call i3 mad€, the corner p.esses