re: Mett and reading defenses...many of you have mentioned that he has

with regards to the passing game the qb gets his initial indicator by safety alignment. is it 2 high, 1 high, or no high? by "high" typically what is meant is deeper than 10 yards. if 2 high, you are looking at cover 2, 4, palms, or 2 man. Of the 2 zone varieties you might see squat 2, tampa 2, or 2 sink. Expect 4 man pressure.

If 1 high, coverages are typically limited to cover 3 and man free. 4 or 5 man pressures are expected.

If no high it is most likely cover 0 (straight man - no safety help) expect a 6 man pressure.

These rules only apply if the defense aligns this way pre-snap and are considered easy. The difficulty arises in that most defenses show a 2 high look and then roll either just before the snap or post snap. So they may show cover 4 and right after the snap roll a safety over the top to a deep third and bring a cobra stunt (corner blitz). the result is what is called a "fire zone" = 5 man pressure with 3 deep and 3 underneath. typically a fire zone brings pressure from the boundary (short side) to mitigate their only being 3 underneath defenders. there are all sorts of games played from a 2 high look that make it so difficult on a qb. the safety can roll to flats to replace a blitzing olb, roll to the hook-curl zone to replace a mike, or roll over the top to replace a corner on a cobra call. mix all these in with cover 2, palms, and screaming safeties down at the last minute to play straight man and bring a 6 man pressure and what you've got is a real shite storm. Miles' plan has always been to run effectively enough to force one high and take advantage of the easy reads that 1 high affords

I haven't even gone in to determining what kind of pressure might be coming. you can be picking your teeth up if they bring 4 from a side and you don't see it so you only have 3 in protection. remember when Tebow got knocked out vs. kentucky? totally his fault - 3 man pressure showing to a 2 protection side. should have check protections or unloaded it in a hurry. You miss one, you get teed off on.

Run checks are relatively easy. what front are you seeing? If they get a certain look they may run inside zone. vs. another they may want to run power O or stretch. All of those bubbles people were bitching about were run calls with a bubble to account for an apexed (splitting the difference between slot and tackle) outside linebacker.

hope this helps