Match Up Zone Coverage vs. The Drop Back Passing Game

by Tim Hundley
University of TX at El Paso
American Football Monthly December 2007 Issue OnlineCover 4 coverage is our version of a match up zone defensive pass coverage. It is a zone taught through the concept of pattern reading specific receivers to determine what routes can aggressively be attacked and covered by linebackers as well as defensive backs.

Pattern reading gives our linebackers and safeties the best chance to play all receivers in all routes and make adjustments for a particular game situation. It’s based on counting receivers from the outside to the middle of t
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