2 Man Coverage Still Has A Place
2 man coverage is often times a forgotten coverage. Mostly because at the high school football level the quarterback is every bit as good of a runner as they are a passer. Consider youth football plays you need to defend and multiply that exponentially.
As we mention in this video, 2 man coverage is not a great coverage to play vs a mobile quarterback. You are fragile vs the quarterback run or scramble. All of your underneath defenders are locked up in man coverage. You have a chance of everyone having their back to the quarterback as he is running down the field.
There are times, however when we think this is one of the best pass defenses you can play. The rules are very simple and 2 man coverage can be played with any front. You may have a drop back quarterback or high school football offensive coordinator on your schedule who would rather throw three picks before he tucks the ball and runs. This is an option.
You Might Want To Play Straight Up Man Coverage At The Pop Warner Level
FirstDown PlayBook has also designed a youth football 2 man coverage that you may want to check out, depending on the age of your football players. Full disclosure, this 2 man does not cheat the run defense because, as I mentioned, we think you want to stop a Pop Warner quarterback from running first.
Coaches: Don’t Try To Do Too Much
This video will show you were you can find 2 man coverage in FirstDown PlayBook. This includes the Varsity version of it as well as the 2 deep youth football version. Take a look at today’s video as we take you through how we would play it.
