Trenton Football Cover 4

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

Cover 4 Alignments

Cover 4 vs Pro Set C F/S S/S C M B W T S E N 8 yds deep 8 yds deep 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Cover 4 Bounce vs Trips F/S S/S C C B M W S T N E 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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Quarters and Halves

Cover 5 Press vs Pro Set C F/S S/S C M B W T S E N 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

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

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

HOT Coverage

Cover 4 Hot vs Pro Set S/S C C F/S M B W T S E N ¼’s side HOT Call 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.

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

Cover 4 READ IT

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

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

Cover 4 Read It vs Singles 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

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

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