2LD Defense - Gregory Double Wing

The diagram below shows the effect of the offense sending Trips receivers to thewideside of the field. Even though Cover has been called, defenders respond toSam's call of "TRIPS WIDE! TRIPS WIDE!" by repeating the call, and byexecuting their Trips assignments: Len drops to the deep outside 1/3 on theTrips side, while Will, Mike and Sam drop to the Trips-side Wide Flat, Wide Hookand Middle Hook, respectively. The DS moves up under control to cover theremaining deep 2/3 of the field, while Ron Maxes the now-isolated backside widereceiver. The backside End executes a technique which is not quite a zone,called Shortside Square: if the remaining receiver who is in position to threatenthe shortside of the field, the fullback, releases shortside, the End drops andplays his Square responsibilities (see pp. 23-24). Quad receivers would producethe same result, whether the offense lines up that way, or shifts and/or motionsinto a Quad formation wideside -- with the sole exception that the shortside Endwould be freed from the possibility of a #2 receiver releasing to his side, andcould crash as usual. If crossing routes were causing problems, of course, wecould still game-plan dropping that End to Shortside Square to wall off crossingreceivers.5 LEFT COVER vs. WIDE TRIPS (right hash)37