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Hi, this is Sean Hobson for Expert Village. What we want to talk about right now is the
responsibilities of the corner backs, the safeties, the linebackers; everybody knowing
who they're covering on the field. There's one of two ways to do it. One is a man on
man style. We all ready talked about it earlier, if we have a corner back out here, and he's
lined up against this wide receiver, that's his man responsibility. We're going to tell
our safeties then, that the next man on the outside is going to be his responsibility
to match up man on man. And if there's a third guy on the outside, if they have a tight end,
a man in a slot and a guy on the outside, then it?s going to be the linebacker, the
outside linebacker?s responsibility to cover that guy. So they've got to know who they
are. On this side it?s the same thing. This guys going to be our third option, our strong
safety is going to be our second option and then our corner back is going to be matched
up one on, on that outside. He's got that farthest man responsibility. Now if you do
a zone type of defense, all you are going to do is, the linebackers know that they cover
this area, the middle linebacker covers the middle. The outside linebacker has his position.
The outside corner back has short. The strong safety has the deep part of this field; the
free safety has this deep part of the field. This linebacker on the outside and the corner
back then has the outside of the field. That's a good way to run a defense, so people know
exactly where they're supposed to be. And so they don't get beat man on man. But it?s
always good that they learn when they are young to match up man on man. It?s always
the best way to play it.