SECONDARY ADJUSTMENTS

VS 4 WIDE RECEIVERS

WHEN THE OFFENSIVE TEAM COMES TO THE LOS AND SETS UP IN A 4-WIDE-RECEIVER SET AND WE DO NOT HAVE AN ADEQUATE PASS DEFENSE CALLED - WE MUST ADJUST! JUST EXACTLY HOW WE ADJUST WILL BE BASED ON THE SCOUTING REPORT. IF, HOWEVER, THE SCOUTING REPORT DOES NOT INDICATE A 4 WIDE SET, WE MUST BE READY. ONE ADJUSTMENT IS TO BUMP INTO OR AUTOMATIC TO A "COVER 5" CALL.

IN THIS ADJUSTMENT THE WILL LB'ER BUMPS OUT TO THE FLAT AND THE MIKE LB'ER BUMPS OVER INTO THE POSITION VACATED BY WILL. ANY BLITZES OR STUNTS THAT HAPPENED TO BE CALLED IN THE DEFENSIVE HUDDLE ARE "OFF" AND WE WILL STRAIGHT-UP COVER 5.

THE PERSON WHO MUST FIRST RECOGNIZE AND CALL "COVER 5" IS THE FS. HE IS IN THE BEST POSITION TO SEE THE 4 RECEIVER SET. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE MIKE LB'ER TO COMMUNICATE TO THE DT'S THAT HE IS VACATING AND THEY MUST BE MORE AWARE OF DRAW.

SOMETIMES THE OFFENSE MAY MOTION TO A 4 WIDE RECEIVER SET. WE CAN EITHER BUMP AS WE DID ABOVE OR WE COULD AUTOMATIC INTO A "COVER 4-MAN" SITUATION. ONCE AGAIN, THIS WILL MORE LIKELY BE DETERMINED BY THE SCOUTING REPORT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

THE CALL IS MADE BY THE FS. WHEN WE SWITCH TO A COVER 4 THE FS MUST COMMUNICATE THE CALL TO THE OTHER SECONDARY PLAYERS. COMMUNICATION IS VITAL. IT IS EASIER TO COMMUNICATE AND MOVE TO A COVER 4 ON MOTION THAN TO A COVER 5 BECAUSE FEWER PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED.

THE SCOUTING REPORT MAY INDICATE THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THE WILL LB'ER BUMP TO MOTION IN COVER 4 AND KEEP THE FS "FREE." THIS IS DEFINITELY POSSIIBLE AS SHOWN.

THESE ARE OUR THREE BASIC ADJUSTMENTS TO 4 WIDE RECEIVERS. EACH ONE OF THEM IS SOUND AND WE MUST PRACTICE EACH EVERY DAY SO THAT THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE OFFENSE.

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