1. Trenton Football
Cover 4

2. Why cover 4? It gets 9 men in the box against the run game
It handles play action pass with four deep defenders
It takes care of 4 vertical routes
Cover 4 is very adjustable against a wide variety of offenses
It can be taught in a relatively short period of time
It is easily disguised and gives QB’s a false pre-snap read

3. Cover 4 Alignments

4. Cover 4 vs Pro Set C F/S S/S C M B W T S E N 8 yds deep 8 yds deep
F/S and S/S read #2
S/S C C M B
7 yds
7 yds W
Force/Flat player T S E N TE
Corners play 7 yards deep with inside leverage reading #2 receiver.

5. Pass Reads Sky call needs to be made by corners and safeties
Tight displacement..inside release by #2= man coverage for Safety and corner
Tight displacement..outside release by #2 =match up zone
Corners on #1 and Safeties on #2 unless they cross sidewalks
Lock call is made safety is route goes past 10 yards

6. Cover 4 vs Pro Set Outside Run Strong Side Run Fits S/S C F/S C M B W
Cut back player W E N T S
Outside Run

7. Cover 4 vs Pro Set Inside Run Strong Side Run Fits S/S C F/S C M B W E
Cut back player W E N T S
Inside Run

8. Cover 4 vs Pro Set Outside Run Weak Side Run Fits S/S C F/S C M B W E
Vice Rule W E N T S
Outside Run

9. Cover 4 vs Twins F/S S/S C M B C W T S E N Match up zone
Combo coverage M B C W T S E N TE
S/S reads Tackle for run/pass key

10. Cover 4 Bounce vs Trips F/S S/S C C B M W S T N E
Bounce call to corner
S/S C C B M
MAN W S T N E TE
S/S lands on #2
F/S lands on #3

11. Cover 4 vs Trips
S/S C
SOLO Call C
F/S B M
MAN W S T N E TE

12. Cover 4 Bounce Exchange vs Trips
S/S
F/S C C B M
MAN W S T N E TE
On High Hat…End will drop to weak
Flat.

13. Cover 4 vs ACE F/S S/S C C M B W E N T S Safeties read end man on LOSTE

14. Cover 4 vs WHAM
S/S
F/S M B
Combo coverage C W C E N T S TE

15. Cover 4 vs Spread
S/S
F/S C C B M W N E S T TE

16. Cover 4 vs Singles
S/S
F/S C C M B W E N T S TE

17. Quarters and Halves

18. Cover 5 Press vs Pro Set C F/S S/S C M B W T S E N
We can play Cover 5 Press or Squat
S/S
¼’s side C M B
½’s side W C T S
Force/Flat player E N TE

19. Cover 5 Press vs ACE S/S F/S C M B W C E N T S Stem ½’s side ¼’s side

20. Cover 5 Squat vs Singles S/S F/S C M B C W E N T S ¼’s side ½’s sideTE

21. HOT Coverage

22. Cover 4 Hot vs Pro Set S/S C C F/S M B W T S E N ¼’s side HOT Call
Force/Flat player E N TE
HOT Coverage puts the F/S and corner
in man coverage. F/S can cheat in the
box to help with run support. We can
place the F/S anywhere we want.

23. Cover 4 Hot vs ACE S/S C C F/S M B W E N T S ¼’s side HOT CALL TE
Mike has to echo HOT call.
He has #3

24. Cover 4 READ IT

25. Cover 4 Read it Rules Corners and Safeties still read #2
Secondary need to stem their alignments
Will LB becomes a seam player
If the corners flat is threatened then he will jump the route
Read It coverage can turn into cover 2 or cover 4 based upon the #2 receiver

26. Cover 4 Read It vs ACE
Stem
S/S
F/S C C M B W E N T S TE

27. Cover 4 Read It vs Singles
F/S C C M B W
Seam player E N T S TE
Will becomes a seam player and makes a
Seam call.
Corners will play at their normal depth at 7yds outside leverage.
if a route enters the flat, corners will jump it and safety will play
over the top

28. Cover 4 Read It vs Pro Set F/S C S/S C M B W E N T S
Will becomes a seam player

29. Aaron Segedi Trenton High School cell: 734-552-4654
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