Defensive Right Linebacker—He should play a little looser, but still cover his spot about 12-14 yards deep.
Defensive Right Halfback—He should line up slightly wider, about one and one-half yards outside of the flank man. He will still cover his regular one-third deep zone.
Defensive Safety—He should line up in a position where he will be in the middle of the eligible receivers. He will face out, and he will cover the deep middle one-third of the field.
Defensive Left Halfback—His alignment does not change and he has the same deep one-third area.
Defensive Left Linebacker—His alignment does not change and he has the same short one-quarter area, which is about 12-14 yards deep.
Defensive Left End—His alignment and assignment does not change. He will have the same width and depth, and cover the short one-quarter area.
Pass Defense Versus Action Pass With Broken Backfield
[Figure 58] illustrates our pass coverage of an action pass (to our left) from a broken backfield. The defensive players’ duties and responsibilities are as follows:
