Coverages

Man coverage

Each defender is responsible for a specific receiver wherever he goes.

In man coverage each defender travels with an assigned receiver. It frees extra defenders to rush or spy, and it is the cleanest way to take away a single dangerous target.

The weakness is separation: once a receiver wins, there is often nobody behind him.

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Man coverage

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