Footballl Defense Strategy

I understand the concept of zone but why can they teach players to respond better to when someone comes in your zone? How many times do we see someone more concerned about getting to a spot instead of responding to a player?

 

If you were manning up in zone coverage, wouldn't that be man coverage?

 

6-2 Stack Monster, yo.

 

Because some football players are not that smart.

Watch how often safeties line up with their heels to the back of the end zone with nothing behind them.

Many times on defense, a player on the line will not have a responsibility when the offense lines up. Many defensive players will just stand there when the ball is snapped while others will know to default to rushing the quarterback.

 

I'm struck my how often a receiver can just trot to a spot, turn around, be open and catch the ball.

No real speed involved in getting open, no deception, no quick pivots. Just never really challenged by a defender.

 

Don't get beat deep remains the prime directive of the secondary.

 

It could be matchup zone principles, a tighter zone, especially underneath, where the defender doesn’t care about the drop so much as “carrying” the receiver.

There’s also quarters coverage - essentially a cover 4 or cover 6 which might as well be man after a certain point downfield. Quarters is a good run defense more than anything, or should be.

Defensive coverage is complex. Often a little too complex.

 

There is some serious simplistic football intellect on this thread.

 

You realize that condescension only make you feel good right?

Adds nothing to any discussion. We should want others who don’t know to ask questions, not shut them down or belittle them such that they refrain from asking about anything.

 

It's the concept that Tom Brady and Peyton Manning built Hall of Fame careers around. Most of what the Patriots do in their passing game is find the hole in the defense, throw short, and then add a few yards after the catch.
Manning, particularly when his arm strength started to lag late in his career, spent 39 of the 40 seconds on the play clock figuring out where those holes would be and getting his receivers in position. Then he would throw the ball to a spot and it was the receiver's job to be there when it arrived. I'm not sure Manning threw a pass more than 25 yards down the field the entire time he wore a Broncos uniform.