Best Cover 3 Beaters Madden 23 (2024)

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What works best against cover 3? ›

Beating the flat defender with the throw to either out route, or looking off the FS to find a seam void is a great option for the QB against cover 3.

Cover 3 defense often leaves openings in the seams between the deep defenders and underneath coverage. Offenses can exploit these vulnerabilities by utilizing seam routes and deep crossing patterns that attack the middle of the field.

Cover-3-Cloud: Two safeties and a cornerback assume the deep thirds. This is typically used to Cloud a dominant wide receiver. The cornerback with jam and sink at the line of scrimmage and is responsible for the receiver underneath, while the safety assumes the deep outside third (right side of the picture).

Cover 3 is a zone defense with corners and safeties protecting the deep thirds of the field. Each sideline is covered by the corners and the middle of the field by the safety. That leaves four defenders to cover the underneath zones.

The weak spots in cover 3 are the flats. Corners are bailing to the deep third traditionally which allows wide receivers to run a hitch, and out, or an arrow into the flat for positive yardage.

The slant and slant-arrow concept also work very well against cover 3 zone. Play-action passing plays, flood concepts, and the quick passing game are passing concepts that beat cover 3. These plays work against cover 2, cover 3, cover 4, and man coverage as well.

In general though, cover 3 offers a lot of protection against vertical routes especially routes that attack the deep middle of the field such as deep posts. Cornerbacks can drop back to defend against wideouts running vertical and neutralize a lot of the vertical threats if the defenders play it well.

Offenses can attack Cover 3 with short quick passes and by throwing the ball under the middle field safety. There is a big hole underneath the middle field safety that can be exploited. Vertical concepts that attack the seam between the safety and corner are good choices as well.

What is cover 3? Well the short answer is it's a three deep four under zone coverage. The two outside corners along with the single high safety protect the deep thirds of the field. The other safety along with the SAM backer are responsible for the curl flat areas.

There are a few ways to beat Cover 3 in Madden 23. First, you can hot route a TE or WR to run a drag behind the LOS. Make sure your other receiver runs deep enough to occupy the other defenders. You can send your RB on a swing route or put one of your WRs on a smoke screen.

What is a 4 3 cover 3 defense? ›

4-3 Defense Cover 3

Next is cover 3. The Strong safety starts as a 2 high player giving the appearance of cover 2, 4, or cover 2 man but falls to linebacker depth for coverage. The two corners and free safety create a 3 deep coverage. Linebackers play hook to curl.

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This means that there are three deep defenders, including a free safety in zone coverage in the deep middle, and two cornerbacks guarding three equally sized deep zone areas of the field to take away any vertical routes, break on any deep ball thrown in their direction, and eliminate the threat of any deep pass.

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