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<blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 685243" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>It's not. I'll try to break it down.</p><p></p><p>Cover-2 (and it's son, Tampa-2) and Man-2 are great coverages that prevent the long play. The jobs are relatively simple and you have two safeties who have the sole job of "Don't get beat deep."</p><p></p><p>So why doesn't everyone run cover-2 all the time? Because it, like everything else in life, has compromises. 2-deep shells can be hurt by the running game (7 men in the box for base, 6 for nickel) because you don't have that extra safety in the box. I can be hurt with under throws. Cover-2 can be beat by flooding zones. Cover-2 can also be hurt if you don't have the pass rush. All zones have holes, but it takes some time to exploit those holes.</p><p></p><p>Which leads us to other teams. It's the chess match of playcalling. Teams have stats men that cover down and distance, formation, route combination, etc. You try to run the defense to take away the common/most likely play concepts based on the above. </p><p></p><p>Even the players know these details, it's what film study is about. Good pros likely know the most likely combination when It's 2nd and 3-6 yard to go, on the 44 yard line, right hash mark, with 11 personnel from gun with the slot guy in motion to the wide side. Now imagine what the coordinators have up stairs with the big stack of papers.</p><p></p><p>The book on the Packers has probably been something like </p><p></p><p>1) Play Man-2 to take away the deep and intermediate throws.</p><p></p><p>2) Lacey won't be able to hurt us for a long drive due to his weight/asthma, so we can live with a couple of first downs. Keep in a 7 man front.</p><p></p><p>3) Rodgers is unwilling or unable to hit check downs and quick throws. Keep 2 safeties deep.</p><p></p><p>Finally, against the Bears, the Packers were able to execute well enough to beat man-2. </p><p></p><p>Cover-3 is also a good big-play-prevention defense, but it's almost too simple. The Seahawks run it well, but they have 2 phenomenal in Sherman and Thomas that makes the scheme go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mradtke66, post: 685243, member: 4199"] It's not. I'll try to break it down. Cover-2 (and it's son, Tampa-2) and Man-2 are great coverages that prevent the long play. The jobs are relatively simple and you have two safeties who have the sole job of "Don't get beat deep." So why doesn't everyone run cover-2 all the time? Because it, like everything else in life, has compromises. 2-deep shells can be hurt by the running game (7 men in the box for base, 6 for nickel) because you don't have that extra safety in the box. I can be hurt with under throws. Cover-2 can be beat by flooding zones. Cover-2 can also be hurt if you don't have the pass rush. All zones have holes, but it takes some time to exploit those holes. Which leads us to other teams. It's the chess match of playcalling. Teams have stats men that cover down and distance, formation, route combination, etc. You try to run the defense to take away the common/most likely play concepts based on the above. Even the players know these details, it's what film study is about. Good pros likely know the most likely combination when It's 2nd and 3-6 yard to go, on the 44 yard line, right hash mark, with 11 personnel from gun with the slot guy in motion to the wide side. Now imagine what the coordinators have up stairs with the big stack of papers. The book on the Packers has probably been something like 1) Play Man-2 to take away the deep and intermediate throws. 2) Lacey won't be able to hurt us for a long drive due to his weight/asthma, so we can live with a couple of first downs. Keep in a 7 man front. 3) Rodgers is unwilling or unable to hit check downs and quick throws. Keep 2 safeties deep. Finally, against the Bears, the Packers were able to execute well enough to beat man-2. Cover-3 is also a good big-play-prevention defense, but it's almost too simple. The Seahawks run it well, but they have 2 phenomenal in Sherman and Thomas that makes the scheme go. [/QUOTE]
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