Schemes passing out of fashion?

Is the Cover 2 going away? It’s such a basic coverage, it never will completely.

But as Kiffin has said, “Cover 2 became a lot better when we had better players.” That’s true of any scheme, more so with the Cover/Tampa 2. When the Bucs were killing offenses with it, they had potential Hall of Famers in their front seven (tackle Warren Sapp(notes) and linebacker Derrick Brooks(notes))Indianapolis Coltsone of the worst run defenses of the modern era. That’s another problem with the Cover 2; run support from your safeties can be tough to find without breaking out of the box. Even the post-Dungy Colts are augmenting the front four by going with more blitz looks. whose talents were especially suited to these schemes. Many teams that played copycat without the same talent failed. Dungy’s 2006 team won the Super Bowl despite having