Steve,
Cover 0, 1 and 3. But mostly C 0 and C 1.
Well, our 353 is really just 53 personnel, essentially the same kids wed have used in the 46...because they are our best football players, defense is about putting the best atheltes you have on the field first and foremost...once the ball is snapped all heck breaks loose and you want your best 11 out there.
with cover three, you can and will blitz, fire zone stuff is simple and proven effective, that means playing 3 under and 3 deep and bringing five. Then when you want to bring your three stacked backers youll want to man up with simple rules.
I suggest this:
your corners have 1, your ends have 2 and your fs has 3. If you dont mind the 5-1 look then you can simply adjust it to a "SWAP" call meaning now the ends rush and the sam and will ajust taking #2. (youll essentially be in the same look we used in the 46 vs spread)
I think, with defensive end types in space, youre better off playing cover three, blitzing 2 and having holes knowing "yeah, there are holes, but youd better find them fast" while playing three sure tacklers back there to make plays if they do throw it soft underneath.
I spent two days reading on hueys and the whole "coverage vs stunting" thing is on everyones mind, theres no right or wrong, just what works and what doesnt. The fact remains, if you can get pressure and disrupt the passing game with fewer rushers, its better to do that, if you cant get pressure and yorue going to give up big plays, then youd better find a way to get pressure.
Im a "rush five" guy myself because I dont think I have ever had 3 or 4 guys that could really bother a qb regularly, but with 5, they arent going to block everyone consistently.
I was reading one guys comments about how nova won a national championship in cover 3 90% of the time, this is more or less what we are about now. This year I want to be about 15% man to man and you really just need some simple adjustments on how you want to cope with trips. For you, you can PULL the three backers to the trips side and have a 34 look, you can spin the secondary, you can play SOS or (spurs other side) as we call it....etc etc.
gimme a call if you want to talk about it.
