Browns Film Breakdown Morning Newsletter: 11/6/2024
Let's explore the world of box coverage and the best ways to defend 3x1 formations.
Welcome back to the Browns Film Breakdown lab where today we focus on a key secondary check the defense failed to use correctly in one instance but nailed later in their Week 9 game. This is a check worth understanding when teams attack defenses with trips looks and why these specific looks can give the Browns some trouble. Before we get to that I hope today finds you well and I hope whatever direction things went last night you are as optimistic as the morning before. That’s all we can do — keep on keeping on. That’s what we’re asking the Browns to do as they trudge through 2-7 and we try to sort out what will matter the rest of the way.
I find the study of these intricate secondary checks to be fascinating. It feels like more of the knowledge has come out in recent years from Nick Saban playbooks, and the those similar to it, that has taught the general football public how the smartest minds are covering pass-heavy formations and what checks they can make to put themselves in the best position. That’s what we’re going to focus on today.
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Use your hand signals to pass on the coverage to your teammate and let’s lock down the details of box coverage.
As Jon and I did our defensive study of Week 9 last night, we came upon a two play pass sequence we wanted to cover where the Browns failed to stop a 3rd and medium due to their check against 3x1 (trips) and then we passed along some information on how the Browns could’ve better situated themselves to defend that 3rd and 21 touchdown. It’s a quick film segment loaded with information. And it lays the groundwork for later.
After those issues earlier in the game the Browns went to the Cover-4 box check later in the game and it worked well. Something they need to use more. Here’s how the scheme looks.
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