Zone Coverage Quotes

I can stretch the defense.

I was an offensive defenseman. I was up the ice as much as I was back.

Plays are designed to attack certain coverages and schemes.

I can be the only defensive midfielder and try and break up play. Or I can play a little more forward.

Typically, you'll see that zones work better in November than in February. As the season goes on, teams get better and better at attacking zones, and it becomes harder to become an effective zone defense as the season progresses. But early on, it can be can good at times.

You can't be wrong in the three-tech position. I like that. It allows a lot of freedom.

There are different types of cornerbacks: you've got your longer guys that will try to get physical with you and use their length, and you've got your quick guys that will try to use their quickness, and then you've got your 'tweener' guys that will try to use both.

I'm a free safety. The one responsibility I have is making the play, really. So I take those chances.

I don't love playing zone all the time, because it does have an effect on your offense.

A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline.

You have different schemes for different teams. Some teams blitz a lot, and some teams drop eight in coverage.

Linebacking is easy. Hike the ball, and I know where to go.

In the past, you would have been classed as a sweeper if you were put in the middle of a three-man defence.

If all you ever play with a cornerback in there is man to man, it is a disadvantage.

Tackling and playing well in space against any spread offense is very important.

I want to learn more about the game as a whole and about the finer points of technique across the line of scrimmage. I want to learn more about coverages and blitzes so I can kind of see the game before it happens.

When I'm lined up in the middle, it's a lot of freelancing and blitzing.

Central defence is my favourite position.

I think when I first came into the League, I was blowing the zone all the time, just kind of expecting pucks to get out. You learn very quickly that you can't be doing that.