Using a "Steal" or "Cross" tag in Skinny coverage.

Using an example from the Green Bay Packers we look at a way teams can run weak rotation Rip/Liz to Trips and cut the pesky Deep Cross by #3.

Rip/Liz is a popular “match” Cover 3 version that requires the two seam players to carry #2 vertically and out. The coverage was invented by Bill Belichick and Nick Saban back in the ‘90s as a way to combat the four verticals teams were running against their spot-drop Cover 3. Against a 2x2 formation, Rip/Liz is “easy.” The Safety away from the Nickel (…