Has the league figured out the cover 2?

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I think that Cover 2 is still very effective against the West Coast guys. (Holmgren, Reid etc.) It was never that effective against Norv Turner and his ilk, especially when he had a tight end like Novachek. To the extent that teams are beating the cover 2 it is because they are discarding the finesse approach of Bill Walsh and embracing a.) a power running game and b) a vertical, timed passing game.

Having said that, I believe that Cover 2 is still the best way to defense a team like Dallas with it's two great WRs. Take away Owens and Glenn and hope you can stop the run with 7. Whitten and Barbour will make some plays but they will not crush you like their outside guys will.

Ditto Indianapolis.

Cover 2 would be worthless, IMO, against San Diego or Denver or New York. Each team would run for 250 yards.