Starting the thread here:

Washington runs a bracket coverage here. It's essentially a double team on two receivers. They bracket Metcalf out wide and Lockett in the slot.

Really good coverage but they can't contain Russ. Sweat is put in a lose-lose scenario
Really like this from Del Rio. Moreland follows the receiver in motion showing Russ they're playing man, instead, they drop into a cover 3 look and Moreland makes a great tackle.

Even if Moreland doesn't make the tackle Darby is there
Another example of them showing man and dropping into a zone.

Darby is telling Bostic to get wide to cover the RB, RB motions in, Bostic follows him. This shows Russ they're playing man. Instead, they drop back into cover 2 and Russ has nowhere to go with it
They go back to the bracket coverage again on Metcalf and Lockett.

This leaves Fuller one on one with Freddie Swain. Great throw by Russ, but even better coverage. Fuller uses the boundary perfectly to make this a near impossible catch
Sometimes football is a very simple numbers game. Washington is showing a double A-gap blitz with Bostic and Davis. Russ recognizes that and knows he has 3 receivers to his right only covered by two people. 3>2

He checks into a screen and Bostic has no chance
I don't know if more teams do this, but I love showing man when the offense motions and dropping into a zone.

Washington did it again with Bostic following Hyde and then dropping into cover 2. It allows them to keep everything in front of them and make the tackle on 3rd down.
Last play I have. Washington pulls out a cover 2-man look. This is the only time they did this all game and it worked to perfection until Russ escapes the pocket.

Bostic struggles with Hyde in the scramble drill and gets really lucky he drops it
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