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GTripp0012 · 11-15-2006, 10:32 AM

From a purely X's and O's standpoint...

Seeing as that a cover 2 requires that the safeties get deep, the two MOST effective ways to beat it are short passes and running the football. Throwing deep is a terrible method to beat the cover 2 since there are so many versions of it (soft or quarters, hard 2, bastardized 2 (usually a zone blitz)), espicially for a young QB playing against a D as good as Tampa's on the road, it can be really difficult for any QB to read the different varitions. In the hard two (what Dallas was playing a majority of the time two weeks ago), you can beat it down the middle, but in pretty much every other version of cover 2, the safeties will pinch, and force you to hit them in the 'hole' between the corners and safeties. It's a tough throw for anyone to make, and one that Campbell may or may not have the accuracy to throw.

This year, we've been throwing short to beat the 2, and we've been picking up first downs against it. Our drives seem to stall in enemy territory, keeping our PPG lower than it should be, and I have no idea why this happens. Luck maybe? Sh*tty playcalling? At this point, since CP is going on IR, and our QB is green as grass, it's moot point because I don't think we will be in opponents territory very often.

11-15-2006, 10:32 AM	#98
GTripp0012 Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Evanston, IL Age: 38 Posts: 15,994	Re: Does Campbell end the 'Cover 2' excuse? From a purely X's and O's standpoint... Seeing as that a cover 2 requires that the safeties get deep, the two MOST effective ways to beat it are short passes and running the football. Throwing deep is a terrible method to beat the cover 2 since there are so many versions of it (soft or quarters, hard 2, bastardized 2 (usually a zone blitz)), espicially for a young QB playing against a D as good as Tampa's on the road, it can be really difficult for any QB to read the different varitions. In the hard two (what Dallas was playing a majority of the time two weeks ago), you can beat it down the middle, but in pretty much every other version of cover 2, the safeties will pinch, and force you to hit them in the 'hole' between the corners and safeties. It's a tough throw for anyone to make, and one that Campbell may or may not have the accuracy to throw. This year, we've been throwing short to beat the 2, and we've been picking up first downs against it. Our drives seem to stall in enemy territory, keeping our PPG lower than it should be, and I have no idea why this happens. Luck maybe? Sh*tty playcalling? At this point, since CP is going on IR, and our QB is green as grass, it's moot point because I don't think we will be in opponents territory very often. __________________ according to a source with knowledge of the situation.