In football, there are primarily 4 types of zone coverages. These zone coverage schemes can be adjusted by the coach, but they are often played the same by most defenses a… See more

We can see that it carries elements of both a Cover-4 and a Cover-2 scheme. On one side of the field, we see the Cornerback dropping back to take 1/4 of the deep field, with the saf… See more

With one cornerback dropping deep downfield to take a 1/4, the underneath coverage has to rotate to fill this gap. Since we now know the corner that rolls deep is typically o… See more

The strengths and weaknesses come from who is on the field at the time this defense is called. A nickel package vs. a 4-3 (or even a dime package) will dictate the speed and covera… See more