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Zone Coverage

13 Formations75 Sets825 Plays

Overview

The Zone Coverage tag identifies every defensive call where defenders drop to spots rather than travel with receivers, spanning 825 plays across 13 formations and 75 sets: Cover 2 Hard Flat and Cover 2 Invert out of Nickel and 4-3, Cover 3 Sky and Cover 3 Match from 4-2-5 and Dime, plus pattern-match and zone-blitz hybrids like 3 Double Buzz, Corner Blitz 3, and Sam Mike 3 Press. It covers the full spectrum of shells (Cover 2, 3, 4, and 6) along with Prevent and Quarter looks for end-of-half situations, so you can see which sets give you the right leverage and flat-defender depth before you commit. Filtering by this tag lets zone-heavy users build a call sheet around consistent pre-snap disguises, find the coverages that hold up against corner routes and flood concepts, and pick the specific shells where user-controlling a hook or deep third actually shrinks the field.

Formations (13)

Formations using Zone Coverage
FormationMatching setsAlignmentOpen
3-3-5Defense403
3-4Defense10613
4-2-5Defense252
4-3Defense749
4-4Defense51
46Defense103
5-2Defense41
Big NickelDefense252
DimeDefense15611
DollarDefense342
NickelDefense32024
PreventDefense51

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Plays (825)

Plays tagged Zone Coverage
PlayDiagramOpen
Cover 3 Buzz Mable3-3-5 › Over Flex
Cover 3 Match3-3-5 › Over Flex
Cover 3 Sky3-3-5 › Over Flex
Cover 4 Drop Field3-3-5 › Over Flex
Cover 4 Palms3-3-5 › Over Flex
Cover 4 Quarters3-3-5 › Over Flex
Cover 63-3-5 › Over Flex
Cover 6 Willie3-3-5 › Over Flex
Cover 93-3-5 › Over Flex
Hot Blitz 33-3-5 › Over Flex
Nickel Sim 33-3-5 › Over Flex
Over 3 Sting3-3-5 › Over Flex

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