What is a cover 6 defense?

In Cover 6 the field safety and field corner cover fourths of the field, and depend on a field outside linebacker to support underneath them. The free safety covers the boundary-side deep half and the boundary corner plays the flat.

How does Cover 6 work?

Cover 6 is a blend of two separate coverages: Cover 4 and Cover 2. As a result, it looks very similar to Cover 3 with three deep defenders and four underneath. It offers the ability to disguise, protect against the passing strength, and has safeties that are active in the run game.

What is Cover 6 vs Cover 4?

Cover 4 refers to how the four members of the secondary will each split a quarter of the field to cover. Cover 6, by contrast, is a combination of those two defensive schemes. It gets its name from the fact that it's a combination of Cover 2 and Cover 4... Or 2+4=6.

What is cover 7 in football?

What is Cover 7? Cover 7 is part of the Man-Match Quarters coverage family. It is a two-high split field coverage concept where defenders distribute routes tightly, running with receivers, even across the field in their hip pocket.

What is cover 8 in football?

Cover 8 is defined as an eight-man front with a 7, 3, 1 and 5 technique backed by four linebackers, two corners and a safety. The beauty of the Cover 8 is you have eight to nine men in the box, which covers all situations that may be presented.

Football 101: Cover 6

What is cover 9 defense?

9 Men Coverage schemes have 2 defenders rushing the quarterback, while 9 defenders drop back in pass coverage. Below are a few examples of 9 men coverage schemes that we like to call from a 2 Man Under base defense.

Is there a cover 5 in football?

Cover 5 is a 2-deep coverage with 5 underneath defenders who play man coverage. This defense is often played in long passing situations and provides extra support for deep passes.

What is a Cover 0 defense?

In the coverage known as Cover 0, there are 0 safeties over the top of the coverage helping the underneath defenders. Those defenders are in man to man with no extra help to rely on. Cover 0 is a man to man defense.

Why is it called Cover 1?

Cover 1 means there is 1 single safety in the middle of the field, while the other defensive backs and linebackers play man coverage. Cover 1 is common among teams that want to play man coverage but still have safety in the deep middle of the field.

What's better zone or man coverage?

In their simplest forms, man coverage is when a player is guarding an opposing receiver and zone coverage is when a player is guarding an area of the field. Using perfectly covered plays as a proxy, on the team level we can see that man coverage is more stable year-to-year than zone coverage.

How do you know if a defense is in man or zone?

Reading the coverage before the snap is quite simple. Look at the Cornerbacks, if their backs are pointed towards the sidelines, they are in zone coverage. If their backs are pointed towards the endzone, they are in man coverage.

What formation is Cover 6?

Cover 6 is a hybrid shell - Half of the field is defended similar to a cover 4 shell, and half is defended like in cover 2. The concept behind this shell is that very often, the ball isn't snapped in the middle of the field. It could be closer to the left hashmarks or the right hashmarks.

What is the weakness of Cover 6?

Cover 6 has the disadvantages of both Cover 2 and Cover 4. The field side is generally soft on flat coverage. The field side corner can be left in single coverage deep as well. On runs, the field side may be spread by a tight end and 2 receiver formation, offering an advantage on the edge.

What is Cover 6 vs Cover 2?

Essentially, Cover 6 plays Cover 2 to the boundary (or away from the strength of the formation), with Cover 4 elements to the field (or the strength of the formation), depending on what the offense's personnel looks like.

Does Cover 3 stop the run?

It also allows the defense to add an extra safety down closer to the line of scrimmage to help stop the opponent run game. If you're watching a game and you hear the announcer suggest putting an 8th man in the box to stop the run, playing a cover 3 defense is one way to do that.

What is a 46 defense in football?

The 46 defense is an American football defensive formation, an eight men in the box defense, with six players along the line of scrimmage. There are two players at linebacker depth playing linebacker technique, and then three defensive backs.

What is Cover 1 robber?

The main goal of Cover One Robber is to play man coverage across the board. The free safety drifts back into the deep middle of the field, while the strong safety comes down as the hole defender over the middle. The players in man coverage are tasked with playing outside leverage.

What is the Cover 2 defense?

What is Cover 2? The base Cover 2 is a zone defense where every defender is responsible for an area of the field and not a specific man. The field is divided into five underneath zones and two deep zones. The two corners and three linebackers play the underneath fifths, and the two safeties play the deep halves.

What is Cover 2 man weakness?

The primary weakness of cover 2 man is intermediate to short routes breaking towards the middle of the field. Since a defender has no zones in the middle of the field to help him, there is plenty of room to run if a receiver can get off of press coverage and get a step to the middle of the field.

Is there a cover 1 in football?

A Cover 1 call tells the defense that it is man coverage across the board with a specifically assigned player underneath taking away the intermediate to short middle of the field. Whether it is a “robber” or “hole” call can change who is the underneath zone defender in cover 1 looks.

What is a dime defense in football?

What is the dime package? The dime package refers to six defensive backs on the field at the same time. The defense now employs four down linemen, one linebacker and six defensive backs. It is a lot like the nickel package. The only difference is a sixth defensive back for the Sam linebacker.

What is a 4i defense?

A player aligned directly in front of an offensive tackle is a 4-technique. A 4i would be on the inside shoulder of the tackle. 4-techniques are usually 3-4 defensive ends. They're a little slimmer than 3-techs and often work against tackles by alignment. They have to be impact players in both the run and pass game.

Why is it called Cover 2?

The Cover 2 defense gets its name from the two safeties who play deep over the top, serving as the last line of defense between the offense and the end zone.

Why is it called Cover 3?

Cover 3 in football is when the defense has three deep defenders and four underneath defenders. It's a balanced coverage that helps against both the run and the pass. This article will show you the two types of coverages in cover 3 and how you can implement them into your team.