2006-08-20 04:35:42 · 5 answers · asked by The Time 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Cover 1, Cover 2, Cover 3, or Cover 4 all are referencing the number of deep zones. There will be a defensive back, drop back for this coverage
Cover 1 - generally, your free safety will drop back and have deep coverage while the other dbs or lbs play underneath zone or man.
Cover 2 - two defensive backs will each take a deep half of the field. as a general rule of thumb, that deep zone starts about 12 to 15 yards from the line of scrimmage and extends all the way back to the goal line. the two dbs are not always safeties, it can be corners as well.
Cover 3 - is the same but now three dbs will drop back and cover their assigned deep third.
Cover 4 - is a prevent type coverage to stop the long pass. this has 4 dbs all taking a quarter of the deep zone.
Those are basics. Cover 0, cover 8 are used in some defensive schemes as well.
2006-08-20 05:41:42 · answer #1 · answered by Nick K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Cover 2, the FS and SS both guard one half of the field, playing deep, while the CB and LB maintain their coverage style (i.e. man-to-man or zone). More recently, cover 2 has turned into mostly zone, with CB dropping to cover only their specific zones. Cover 3 means there are 3 men back, each defending a third of the field, and is more successful against deep passes down the middle, where the reciever would have split the cover 2 in half. Since Cover 2 usually leaves a hole down the middle where neither safety is playing, Cover 3 is a different scheme so that the hole is taken away. Usually in a cover 3, the 3 players back are the 2 CB's, who take quick drops to cover long, and one safety, who rotates over. The other safety then is free to play the flat.
2006-08-20 04:41:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Cover 2, the FS and SS both guard one half of the field, playing deep, while the CB and LB maintain their coverage style (i.e. man-to-man or zone). More recently, cover 2 has turned into mostly zone, with CB dropping to cover only their specific zones. Cover 3 means there are 3 men back, each defending a third of the field, and is more successful against deep passes down the middle, where the reciever would have split the cover 2 in half. Since Cover 2 usually leaves a hole down the middle where neither safety is playing, Cover 3 is a different scheme so that the hole is taken away. Usually in a cover 3, the 3 players back are the 2 CB's, who take quick drops to cover long, and one safety, who rotates over. The other safety then is free to play the flat.
2006-08-20 04:46:09 · answer #3 · answered by kengoward 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Refers to the number of deep zone defenders. Cover 2 means the two safeties are responsible for the deep zone, splitting the field in half between them. In a Cover 3, a third defender drops back, and each covers 1/3 of the field, sideline to sideline.
2006-08-20 04:45:52 · answer #4 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cover 2 corners cover the flats and the safeties have everything deep. cover 3 the corners usually have a deep third zone and the safeties cover the middle of he field
2016-03-17 00:16:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋