tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44549896232644397352024-02-19T00:35:18.630-05:00FootballSimStrategyFootballSimStrategyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613734670481613142noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4454989623264439735.post-37407282773987203022018-02-22T03:48:00.002-05:002018-02-22T03:49:02.861-05:00Football 101 - Basics of Attacking Cover 1 <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cover 1 man defense can be done a lot of different ways but in general, there is <a href="http://footballsimstrategy.blogspot.com/2018/02/football-101-cover-1-coverage.html" target="_blank">one safety and man defense on all eligible receivers</a>. Since Cover 1 is in the single high family it will usually have a numbers advantage against the offense in the box(unless it is an option play). So, generally against cover 1, you want to look at the passing game when attacking it.</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cover 1 man defense.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Isolate the best and compress the rest. Think players not plays.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Outbreaking routes attack away from zone help</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Inside routes attack before zone help or on the other side of field</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Underneath routes. Maybe the most effective way to attack cover </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tough to run against but can use the option or outside runs.</span></li>
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FootballSimStrategyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613734670481613142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4454989623264439735.post-4580356275870399092018-02-17T13:17:00.001-05:002018-02-17T13:19:06.171-05:00Football 101- Cover 1 Coverage<br />
Cover 1 is a <span style="background-color: white;">man defense</span><span style="background-color: white;"> that is identified by it's single high safety. </span><span style="background-color: white;">In a basic version of cover 1, there is one deep safety defending the deep middle and the rest of the players are either rushing or playing man to man defense on a potential receiver. Cover 1 is in the </span><span style="background-color: white;">single high family</span><span style="background-color: white;"> of coverage's. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The deep safety is the last line of defense in this coverage everyone else is underneath. His job is to defend anything that comes into the deep seams. The routes he normally defends are deep posts, inside verts (streaks), and if he is really aggressive inside breaking dig routes(this is dangerous though). The the underneath defenders use the deep safeties as help and if possible force their receivers into the safety.</span></div>
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The job of the underneath coverage is to play the receivers. Usually, in cover 1 the defenders align(especially the outside corners) in an off-man coverage. The reason for this is because of the position of the deep safety and the lack of over the top help. With the safety in the middle of the field, he will have a hard time defending outside verticals routes by receivers. So, if the outside receivers beat the corners deep it is usually a touchdown.<br />
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As when we talked about <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://footballsimstrategy.blogspot.com/2018/02/football-101-intro-to-coverages.html" target="_blank">attacking man defense</a>,</span> you want to look for favorable match-ups. Well, on defense you want to have the match-ups your favor. First, you want to make sure you put your defensive players in match-ups they can win. Second, you want to funnel receivers as best you can to your help( free zone defenders). Your help in cover 1 is usually in the middle of the field. Depending on how many players rush you can have more than 1 players in the zone. For example, if you rush 5 you likely will have 1 middle safety who can help. He stays in the deep middle or can be used to break on any inside breaking routes. This also means depending on how good shading works on the game you may want to shade receivers to the outside to contain outside routes and if they go inside run them into your zone help.<br />
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Through the years of playing different games, cover 1 has been a tough coverage to run consistently especially from off-coverage. You can press which has been better for man defense but, with just one safety deep if any of the outside receivers have a speed advantage on your corners you can give up a touchdown.<br />
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Since cover 1 is single high defense it can be good against the run (as long the QB isn't a runner). The single high defense allows the defense to gain the <a href="http://footballsimstrategy.blogspot.com/2018/01/football-is-numbers-game.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">numbers advantage against the offense.</a><span style="background-color: white;"> So if you feel the offense is likely to run, playing cover one can do a good job containing the play. Cover 1 is usually better against inside runs then outside runs. This has to do with contain defenders and cover 1 having to use the lineman to contain the ball. However, that is more of an advanced concept and for a future post. The thing to remember is cover 1 is good versus the run game.</span></div>
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In the passing game personally, think cover 1 is best for inside the red zone(inside the opponents 20 yard line) with press coverage where the deep threat is not a factor. Another play is on 3rd and short(or 4th and short if they like to go for it on 4th down) where your opponent is less likely to risk throwing deep(low percentage throws) on a crucial down.<br />
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<li>Cover 1 is a 1 high man underneath defense.</li>
<li>Defense usually in off man because no safety help on deep outside passes.</li>
<li>It is good against the run especially inside runs when there is no option play</li>
<li>Match-ups are the key to man defense in the passing game.</li>
<li>Use in the red zone or on 3rd(and 4th) and short situations to limit the threat of the deep pass</li>
<li>Change the type of zones your players have to take away specifics routes and protect certain defenders.</li>
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Against man defense, you want to find mismatches. This is either by star players like a high rated receiver. Or a natural mismatch like a quick running back on a linebacker or a receiving tight end on a safety. I generally like having players who are natural mismatches rather than relying on having a wide receiver that must consistently dominate a corner who is a natural match-up for him.<br />
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Against a zone defense, you want to attack the weaknesses in the individual coverages. We will talk about those weaknesses in future posts but generally against a zone you want to attack with speed and skill in space. Try to get your fast players matched-up against slower players or players with lower skill in as much space as possible.<br />
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Another thing that can be done will require some knowledge of your opponent's personnel strength and play-calling tendencies. As we talked about earlier the alignment of the back can be an indicator of where the run will attack. You use this knowledge to align in the likely gaps being attacked. For example, inline formations have heavy <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://footballsimstrategy.blogspot.com/2018/02/football-101-backfield-alignment.html" target="_blank">tendencies as inside zone </a></span>which have a landmark <u>usually</u> in the opposite A gap. The offset backfield alignment<span style="color: cyan;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">tends to be outside zone heavy </span>toward the opposite C gap. This can change depending on play design and game.<br />
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This is one way of dictating to the offense where you want the ball to be run and into a position that won't hurt your defense like other gaps will. Side Note: Attacking the gaps that are hardest to defend change year by year but the concepts stay the same.<br />
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If you notice on the above plays everything from the linemen's and wide receiver's blocks to the initial steps of the running back all looks the same. This is important because for a split second at the beginning of the play the defense shouldn't be able to tell by the player's movement what area the play is attacking. This split second of hesitation can hold the pursuit of the defense and help the play be more successful.</div>
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So now you have two plays that look similar at the snap but attack different areas. You have also have a chance of getting into a good play against whatever front you see. This can be done by calling a run play that's an outside run and having your audible as an inside run. Also, keep in mind these plays can also be flipped to add more opportunities for the offense.</div>
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Complimentary plays allow you to have more options when you come to the line of scrimmage and not hope the defense left the gap open for the specific play you ran.<br />
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The positioning of the RB slightly behind the Qb and to his side naturally makes the path of the running back toward the inside of the line of scrimmage.<br />
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He can take more lateral paths but this involves steps that will allow for more pursuit time for the defense.<br />
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The offset position directly beside the Quarterback in the gun generally indicates plays in a more lateral direction.<br />
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Examples of these plays would be outside zone and counter plays.<br />
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The reason this is a popular position for dominant tailbacks is that it doesn't give any indications on where the run will go pre-snap. This position can hit anywhere along the line of scrimmage with <span style="color: lime;"><a href="https://footballsimstrategy.blogspot.com/2018/01/football-101-defending-gaps.html" target="_blank">minimal slowdown by the back</a> </span>(Generally I like the under center and pistol run game more). The drawback is that in the passing game it is hard for the running back to affect the coverage because of the distance it takes to get from the center of the formation to the flats.<br />
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With prior knowledge fo the alignment, the defense is in he believes that he can better call a play that attacks those gaps. Also, he believes that his base play (<a href="http://www.phillymag.com/birds247/2014/07/17/22-philadelphia-eagles-inside-zone/" target="_blank">the inside zone</a>) is good enough to handle any alignment even if it's not ideal.<br />
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Thank you for reading please comment and share.FootballSimStrategyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613734670481613142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4454989623264439735.post-52220572391431219232018-01-30T03:42:00.001-05:002018-02-17T16:59:52.545-05:00Football 101 - Defending the GapsWe talked attacking the gaps and why it is important for <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://footballsimstrategy.blogspot.com/2018/01/how-to-run-ball.html" target="_blank">the running game. </a></span>So now how does a defense deal with this? First, we have to understand in general the fewer gaps there are to run the harder it is for the offense to establish a run game. However, because of the threat of the pass and the threat of wide sweep play, there are usually gaps in the defense for offenses to run. So if you can't close ever gap on the line of scrimmage what do you do?<br />
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Gaps that are generally vulnerable to big plays are dictated by your defense. So if I'm playing a single high defense my extra defender is concentrated in the middle of the field so in general before I know my opponent's tendencies I want to funnel the runs inside <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://footballsimstrategy.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-box.html" target="_blank">the box</a></span> as close to my <span style="color: blue;">unblocked defender</span> as possible. This means I may leave the A gap or B gaps open so the offense will tend to run to those gaps.<br />
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The offense wants to get downhill as fast as possible. Ideally, they don't have to make any cuts to slow the runner down and allow for pursuit.<br />
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Links that may help<br />
<a href="https://coachgarner.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/terminology-bubble/" target="_blank">Terminology bubble</a><br />
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On the next post in the series, we will talk about how the alignment of the runner can tip you off to the type of plays your opponent will run, and what the aiming point(gap being attacked) might be.<br />
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Now there are more defenders then the linemen can block. With an unblocked defender close to the line of scrimmage ready to hit the running back for a short gain the general strategy is to pass.<br />
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FootballSimStrategyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613734670481613142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4454989623264439735.post-68845093408199110702018-01-01T23:57:00.001-05:002018-01-29T15:39:38.849-05:00Football 101 - The BoxYou hear the term constantly throughout the football season. "They have a light box the offense should run". "They have a stacked box they are daring the offense to pass." So what is the box and why is it so important?'<br />
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Now the exact dimensions of the box vary from team to team, but the definition I have found the most effective was the distance from the line of scrimmage to about eight yards deep vertically and goes to the last attached man at the end of the line of scrimmage.<br />
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So now that we have defined the box why is it so important? <b>In general it is a way to make sure you are running the ball when you have a numerical advantage and passing when you don't.</b><br />
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When you have two defenders out of the box and all other receivers are covered you have numbers to run. when you have one safety out of the box and all other receivers covered you are at a numerical disadvantage in the box and it is a good choice to pass where you now have one on one match ups outside. Although that can be somewhat overrated but that is for another post.<br />
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Box no tight ends (4 wide set)</div>
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