Discussion of Cover 2

[hitmandm]

The Redskins can't beat a cover two. The question is why? Basically a standard cover two is where the the safeties divide the field into halves and give coners deep help. The underneath zones are divided by the corners and the LBs.

There are a couple of passing ways to beat a cover two.

1. Freeze the safety. The WRs fake a deep route, freeze a saftey, then break to the sideline.

2. Send the WRs deep and send a TE or RB into the vacated CB area away from the backers.

and 3. Run the ball like monsters. Big running plays change cover 2. This makes the defense bring up the safeties and LBs.

Hmmm...why can't the Redskins beat the cover 2? Its because in 1. The Safteies don't buy that our WRs will be getting the ball long and will break to the sidelines(where Brunell can only throw) to completely cover our WRs.

In 2, the defense doesn't believe that the WRs will get the ball long, so the safeties jump the underneath routes.

In 3, we have to establish the run.

Either way, the reason why cover 2 is killing us in passing situations is that Brunell can't get the ball vertically to the WRs any longer. Defenses know this and are cheating to where they know our play will most likely go.

I wish Brunell would play well, but it is time for him to go.

--Hitman

[#98QBKiller]

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174440

[hitmandm]

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174440

I read that thread and I decided to post another. I think the discussion there is inaccurate. I wanted to open a clean discussion with a different premise.

--Hitman