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Zone coverage (also referred to as a zone defense) is a defensive scheme in gridiron football used to protect against the pass. Zone coverage schemes require the linebackers and defensive backs to work together to cover certain areas of the field, making it difficult for the opposing quarterback to complete passes.
Zone – certain players (usually defensive backs and linebackers, though occasionally linemen) are assigned an area on the field that they are to cover. Common types of coverage: Cover zero – strict man-to-man coverage with no help from safeties (usually a blitz play with at least five players crossing the line of scrimmage)
In both American and Canadian football, a safety (or safety touch) awards two points to the defending team if the offensive team is brought down in their end zone. In American football, the team giving up the safety must take a "free kick" from their own 20-yard line. In Canadian football, the team being awarded the two points has the option of ...
The name originates from an end zone dance started by Jamal Anderson that was adopted by all the players upon scoring. Dome Patrol: The linebacker corps, specifically Rickey Jackson, Vaughan Johnson, Sam Mills, and Pat Swilling, of the National Football League's New Orleans Saints during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The concept of zone blocking in both the run and pass game was created by Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz. [dubious – discuss] However, this blocking scheme came to prominence in the modern game when used by the Denver Broncos, under offensive line coach Alex Gibbs (formerly the offensive line coach for the Seattle Seahawks), and head coach Mike Shanahan.
If the return team downs the ball in the end zone, it goes to the 20-yard line. If a kicker booms one out of the back of the end zone on the fly, the return team gets the ball at the 30-yard line.
The Baltimore Ravens line up in the red zone against the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl XLVII. In gridiron football, the red zone is the area of the field between the 20-yard line and the goal line. Though some professional stadiums may have a decorative stripe indicating the 20-yard line (usually either team colors, or a red-white-blue ...
At the end of the fantasy football regular season (typically Week 13 of the NFL season) the teams with the best records face off in the playoffs (typically in Weeks 14-16).