Cover 3 Sky
Safety down · force player
Cover 3 where the strong safety rotates down to play the curl/flat as the force defender, while both corners and the free safety take the deep thirds.
When it applies
When you expect run — the rotated safety is an extra body in the box who still has a zone.
+ Strengths+1 run defender without tipping blitz; corners stay in comfortable deep thirds.
− Trade-offsThe flat is only as good as the safety's drop — good play-action holds him and opens the curl.
Filed under: Coverage shells