How Do You Defend A Football Pass To Wide Receivers?
During a football game, linebackers, safeties, and cornerbacks must all play a role in pass defense. Wide receivers are a team’s fastest and most talented pass catchers. Blowing a coverage can be a 7 point mistake. Here are some tips to defend a football pass to wide receivers. Know your responsibility. Each defensive set will have you assigned either zone coverage or man-to-man responsibility for a specific receiver. Play the receiver not the ball, if you’re in man-to-man coverage. As long as you’re with your receiver, you will be able to make a play. Focus on a receiver’s midsection. Regardless of head and shoulder fakes or deceptive footwork, the midsection is the last part of a receiver to move and the best indicator of a route’s final path. Forget the ball if you’re beaten on a route. First recover your proximity to the receiver. React when he reacts, trying to deflect the pass or strip it as a last resort. Play the ball and the quarterback if you’re in zone coverage. Your respons
