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Cover 3

13 Formations74 Sets408 Plays

Overview

The Cover 3 tag pulls together every three deep, four under zone shell in the game, spanning 408 plays across 13 formations and 74 defensive sets from Nickel and Dollar to 4-3, 3-4, and Dime personnel. It covers the full family of variations: base Cover 3 Sky and Buzz calls, pattern matching concepts like Cover 3 Match, and zone blitz pressures such as Corner Blitz 3, Hot Blitz 3, and Sam Mike 3 Press that keep the deep thirds intact while sending extra rushers. Filtering by this tag lets you build a single high shell scheme with consistent pre-snap looks, then layer in different pressure packages and user-controlled defender assignments without ever tipping your coverage rotation.

Formations (13)

Formations using Cover 3
FormationMatching setsAlignmentOpen
3-3-5Defense203
3-4Defense5412
4-2-5Defense102
4-3Defense399
4-4Defense31
46Defense83
5-2Defense11
Big NickelDefense102
DimeDefense7211
DollarDefense152
NickelDefense16024
PreventDefense31

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Plays (408)

Plays tagged Cover 3
PlayDiagramOpen
Cover 3 Buzz Mable3-3-5 › Over Flex
Cover 3 Match3-3-5 › Over Flex
Cover 3 Sky3-3-5 › Over Flex
Hot Blitz 33-3-5 › Over Flex
Nickel Sim 33-3-5 › Over Flex
Over 3 Sting3-3-5 › Over Flex
3 Sam Will Blitz3-3-5 › Penny
Corner Blitz 33-3-5 › Penny
Cover 3 Buzz3-3-5 › Penny
Cover 3 Match3-3-5 › Penny
Cover 3 Sky3-3-5 › Penny
Hot Blitz 33-3-5 › Penny

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