Quote:Can you guys break down the shallow cross plays? I'd like to see what our defense scheme was against those plays.

One reason the crossing route is so effective is that the outside corners are told to play "man" but when their receiver crosses the hash mark to the middle of the field they release him into the next "zone" where he should be picked up by a LB, safety or nickel back. 

 

Commonly, that receiver crosses the hash, no one picks him up because they are keyed on another potential threat and somebody like Posluszny realizes 2 seconds too late that he is stuck chasing down a 190 lb WR that runs a 4.4 forty. 

 

I'll make a gif.

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