Cover 2 is your basic 5-under, 2-deep coverage. “Tampa 2” is essentially a 4-under, 3-deep coverage due to the Mike, or Middle Linebacker, dropping into the deep middle third — creating a three-across look that forces the ball to go underneath. However, in “Red 2” the corners will sink underneath any vertical route by No.1 to create a 2-under, 5-deep look. This is done to protect the safeties — who have a ton of ground to cover when they play Cover 2 in the red zone. I'll make it easy.......... "This guy is 10 yards," he says. "If this guy [the safety] backs up, that corner is going to walk up [toward the line]." At the snap, the safety takes one step back, the corner moves forward. "I can anticipate that," he said, "because that guy [the safety] lined up 12 yards deep. I tell the quarterbacks that the corners lie. The safeties don't lie. The answer to the test is the safety. I'm giving you the answer to the test, but you don't want to look at it." Keep your eye on the Safety they don't lie, corners do........:thumb: :lol:
