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TRIPS
What can go wrong
Getting outnumbered on the trips side, or the backside becoming a one-on-one alley for a boot or a backside run.
How we fix it
Bandit apexes halfway between #2 and the tackle so he can still fit run; the backside corner is the alley player, not a deep-only defender.
Coach detail＋
Front shift
Front stays base. The Bandit becomes the apex player over #2; an ILB widens to carry #3.
Coverage
Corner presses #1, the apex OLB takes #2, and an ILB drops into a shallow zone on #3 at roughly 5-7 yards. Free Safety shades the trips side.
Gap changes vs base
- •The ILB carrying #3 gives up his B-gap fit — the backside ILB becomes the primary inside run fitter.
- •Backside Will keeps pure contain with no help outside of him.