cover-3 Stories - Shakin The Southland
Watch for Bears use of Cover 3 against the Seahawks
The last couple of weeks I've heard some things on Chicago sports radio that caught my ear. (I don't remember which station, nor which guest expert said it) The expert spoke of the Bears probably being the best team in the league at disguising their coverages. This I did not know. Every team...
OSU v. Iowa: The OSU Defensive Review
The Buckeye defensive performance against Iowa was fairly typical of what you expect from a Jim Heacock led unit. There was some bending, not a lot of break, and in the end the defense is again largely responsible for another OSU victory. Iowa has a solid, balanced offense, and OSU responded with...
The Matchup: The PSU Defense v. OSU Offense
Everyone knows the consistency of the Penn State program and they do things the way they do things and we could probably not even study this year's film and still have a pretty good idea of what defense they're going to play... --Jim Tressel Press Conference. Coach Tressel's press...
Indiana Offensive Review and Mid-Season Analysis
"I think we thought they were going to get a little bit more run, maybe a little bit more scramble with Pryor," cornerback Adrian Burks said. "But they ended up passing the ball more, and passing it well, obviously." "Coach Tress said this week, just joking, 'If we don't get 20 throws in the first...
The Florida State Defense Under Mark Stoops
As former Arizona defensive coordinator Mark Stoops attempts to resurrect the Florida State defense from its horrendous 2009 campaign, he'll undoubtedly be changing a lot. But the most noticeable change will be the increased use of zone coverage. FSU will now be playing zone coverage on a...
Previewing the FSU Offense
Having been at LSU while Fisher ran the offense to the 2003 national championship, I'm pretty familiar with what he likes to run out there. He's always been able to develop his quarterback into at least a solid, and potentially great, player under his tutelage (JaMarcus Russell, Patrick Nix, Matt...
Inside the Steele Curtain: Cover 3 Zone Blitzes
First thing to get straight in your head is that a zone blitz is not what is called anytime you see a Defensive linemen drop into coverage. In reality, a DE may have a seam/flat responsibility on pass plays even when a blitz is not called. Also, just because you see the down 4 linemen rush on a...
Inside the Steele Curtain: Defending the spreadwith the Nickel defense
The first topic to address is the misconception that the spread offense is a system on its own, it isnt. The spread is a set of formations with 3 or more wide receivers, thats all. Steele comments in his press conference that he expects multiple formations from Tony Franklin's offense: wishbone,...
Inside the Steele Curtain: Cover 3 & ZoneBasics
In starting my research of candidates for the DC job when it became apparent that VK was going to be out of Clemson, I looked at all the names mentioned and I thought that getting Kevin Steele or Dick Bumpas would be a small coup. Both had the mentality, that I missed when Reggie Herring left, of...
The Bob Sanders Beatdown Defense is Dead
BSBD (or, the Bob Sanders Beatdown Defense) was a term coined on this site by our very own BigBlueShoe. In the coaching world it is known simply as "Cover 3." Now, I don't want to go into too many details, but essentially Cover 3 is when the corners give a big cushion, one safety plays deep...
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