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Cover 4 Palms

7 Formations23 Sets23 Plays

Overview

The Cover 4 Palms tag flags every quarters-based coverage shell where the corners and safeties read the number two receiver, playing a trap/palms technique on out-breaking routes while carrying vertical stems deep. It spans 23 plays across 7 formations (Nickel, Dollar, 4-3, Dime, 4-2-5, 3-3-5, Big Nickel) and 23 sets including Over G, Single Mug, Odd, and 2-4 Load, so you can see how the same shell behaves out of different fronts and personnel. Competitive players use this filter to build a coverage rotation that punishes flat and out routes without abandoning deep-fourth help, and to pair matching pre-snap looks with man and Cover 3 calls so the offense cannot diagnose your shell before the snap.

Formations (7)

Formations using Cover 4 Palms
FormationMatching setsAlignmentOpen
3-3-5Defense22
4-2-5Defense11
4-3Defense22
Big NickelDefense11
DimeDefense77
DollarDefense11
NickelDefense99

Plays (23)

Plays tagged Cover 4 Palms
PlayDiagramOpen
Cover 4 Palms3-3-5 › Over Flex
Cover 4 Palms3-3-5 › Penny
Cover 4 Palms4-2-5 › Over G
Pinch 4 Palms4-3 › Odd
Cover 4 Palms4-3 › Over
Cover 4 PalmsBig Nickel › Over G
Cover 4 PalmsDime › 2-3-6
Cover 4 PalmsDime › 2-3 Single Mug
Cover 4 PalmsDime › 3-2-6
Cover 4 PalmsDime › Load Weak
Cover 4 PalmsDime › Normal
Cover 4 PalmsDime › Rush

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