Trenton Football Cover 4

1. Trenton Football Cover 4

2. Why cover 4? • It gets 9 men in the box against the run game • It handles play action pass with four deep defenders • It takes care of 4 vertical routes • Cover 4 is very adjustable against a wide variety of offenses • It can be taught in a relatively short period of time • It is easily disguised and gives QB’s a false pre-snap read

3. Cover 4 Alignments

4. Cover 4 vs Pro Set 8 yds deep 8 yds deep F/S F/S and S/S read #2 S/S C C M B 7 yds 7 yds W Force/Flat player T S E N TE Corners play 7 yards deep with inside leverage reading #2 receiver.

5. Pass Reads • Sky call needs to be made by corners and safeties • Tight displacement..inside release by #2= man coverage for Safety and corner • Tight displacement..outside release by #2 =match up zone • Corners on #1 and Safeties on #2 unless they cross sidewalks • Lock call is made safety is route goes past 10 yards

6. Cover 4 vs Pro Set Strong Side Run Fits S/S C F/S C M B Cut back player W E N T S Outside Run

7. Cover 4 vs Pro Set Strong Side Run Fits S/S C F/S C M B Cut back player W E N T S Inside Run

8. Cover 4 vs Pro Set Weak Side Run Fits S/S C F/S C M B Vice Rule W E N T S Outside Run

9. Cover 4 vs Twins Match up zone F/S S/S C Combo coverage M B C W T S E N TE S/S reads Tackle for run/pass key

10. Cover 4 Bounce vs Trips F/S Bounce call to corner S/S C C B M MAN W S T N E TE S/S lands on #2 F/S lands on #3

11. Cover 4 vs Trips S/S C SOLO Call C F/S B M MAN W S T N E TE

12. Cover 4 Bounce Exchange vs Trips S/S F/S C C B M MAN W S T N E TE On High Hat…End will drop to weak Flat.

13. Cover 4 vs ACE F/S S/S C Safeties read end man on LOS C M B W E N T S TE

14. Cover 4 vs WHAM S/S F/S M B Combo coverage C W C E N T S TE

15. Cover 4 vs Spread S/S F/S C C B M W N E S T TE

16. Cover 4 vs Singles S/S F/S C C M B W E N T S TE

17. Quarters and Halves

18. Cover 5 Press vs Pro Set F/S We can play Cover 5 Press or Squat S/S ¼’s side C M B ½’s side W C T S Force/Flat player E N TE

19. Cover 5 Press vs ACE Stem S/S F/S C M B ½’s side W ¼’s side C E N T S TE

20. Cover 5 Squat vs Singles ¼’s side S/S F/S C M B C W ½’s side E N T S TE

21. HOT Coverage

22. Cover 4 Hot vs Pro Set S/S ¼’s side HOT Call C C F/S M B W T S Force/Flat player E N TE HOT Coverage puts the F/S and corner in man coverage. F/S can cheat in the box to help with run support. We can place the F/S anywhere we want.

23. Cover 4 Hot vs ACE S/S C C F/S M B W ¼’s side HOT CALL E N T S TE Mike has to echo HOT call. He has #3

24. Cover 4 READ IT

25. Cover 4 Read it Rules Corners and Safeties still read #2 Secondary need to stem their alignments Will LB becomes a seam player If the corners flat is threatened then he will jump the route Read It coverage can turn into cover 2 or cover 4 based upon the #2 receiver

26. Cover 4 Read It vs ACE Stem S/S F/S C C M B W E N T S TE

27. Cover 4 Read It vs Singles S/S F/S C C M B W Seam player E N T S TE • Will becomes a seam player and makes a • Seam call. • Corners will play at their normal depth at 7yds outside leverage. • if a route enters the flat, corners will jump it and safety will play • over the top

28. Cover 4 Read It vs Pro Set F/S C S/S C M B W E N T S Will becomes a seam player

29. Aaron Segedi Trenton High School segedia@trentonschools.com cell: 734-552-4654