Here’s how Will Muschamp will handle trips formations.
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In this detailed football coaching video, hosts Pack and Ian Boyd break down how to defend the commonly seen trips formation in modern football offenses, focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of specific Quarters coverage variants called Stubby and Seahawk. The discussion begins by emphasizing the importance of using a 3×1 coverage to avoid forcing linebackers into difficult one-on-one coverage matchups against top receivers, a scenario demonstrated by a notable college football championship example involving linebacker Tuff Borland and Heisman winner DeVonta Smith. The video then explains the Stubby coverage, highlighting its rules, key responsibilities of defensive players, and how it effectively counters common offensive concepts such as Bear (a smash concept) and Flood (a zone-stretching concept). However, Stubby has vulnerabilities against certain route combinations—specifically China/Smash and Mills concepts—due to leverage issues and mismatches in coverage responsibilities.
To address Stubby’s weaknesses, the hosts introduce Seahawk, a sister coverage that adjusts the defensive responsibilities, particularly by giving the “money” linebacker vertical coverage duties that help neutralize deep routes and posts that Stubby struggles with. Seahawk allows the strong safety to play deeper and more flexibly, providing double coverage on threatening routes and eliminating the mismatches Stubby encounters. The video concludes with a strategic overview emphasizing that no coverage is perfect; defenses must have multiple coverage calls to counter diverse offensive schemes effectively.
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