Cover 4 Drop Audible to 7 man Blitz?

I guess I should probably try to figure this out myself but I was curious if someone on here has seen a lot of this.

Just played somebody in H2H and he was running this every play. The blitz got home so fast I had zero time to throw. When he called the audible it brought both SubLbs right up to the gaps between the DL and brought two guys up on the edge. He sent 7 and usered the SS. By far the fastest pressure I’ve had against me this year.

sounds like spinner blitz from dollar

WizDragonXbox said:

sounds like spinner blitz from dollar

Thanks Wiz, I will check that out. I wonder why he would audible every time from Cover 4 Drop.

SlowAndSteady said:

Thanks Wiz, I will check that out. I wonder why he would audible every time from Cover 4 Drop.

scare tactic?

Did they audible or just make coaching adjustments after calling cover 4 drop? I can't remember, but I believe if they audible it should show the play they audibled to unless you're playing in All Madden seasons and the plays aren't showed in general.

Were the non-blitzing players in man or zone? If they were in man, then I would agree with WDX that your opponent audibled to spinner. If they stayed in zone, then your opponent most likely blitzed all the LBs, blitzed both slot CBs, pressed, and then moved both slot CBs just outside the rush DEs.

mbacon14 said:

Did they audible or just make coaching adjustments after calling cover 4 drop? I can't remember, but I believe if they audible it should show the play they audibled to unless you're playing in All Madden seasons and the plays aren't showed in general.

Were the non-blitzing players in man or zone? If they were in man, then I would agree with WDX that your opponent audibled to spinner. If they stayed in zone, then your opponent most likely blitzed all the LBs, blitzed both slot CBs, pressed, and then moved both slot CBs just outside the rush DEs.

Hey thanks man, very helpful! The play art showed Cover 4 Drop every time so I guess you must be right that they didn’t audible? I didn’t realize that the SubLbs would get that close to the D-line from pressing the D and blitzing all LBs but the way they lined up after his adjustments put them just behind the 3 DL filling the gaps. It kinda looked like a staggered 5 man front with the SubLbs just barely behind and then he brought in the two Slot CB’s like you said.

Was it in Nickle Normal or Nickle 3-3 Cub?  One set up is you call any Nickle Normal play (so could be your cover 4) but then adible to 3-3 Cub so they have a faster personel at the blitzing spots.  That might be it.

On second thought it sounds like Quarter 1-3-7.  They have a cover 4 but there is also a nasty blitz in there "Under Smoke".  It is a pain because it covers your HB with a CPU controlled defender.  Try HB wheel to the strong side of your trips.  You can also motion snap with a WR behind your oline to pick up that blitz. Or if that is all they are going to call, run out of an Iform.

mubby33 said:

Was it in Nickle Normal or Nickle 3-3 Cub?  One set up is you call any Nickle Normal play (so could be your cover 4) but then adible to 3-3 Cub so they have a faster personel at the blitzing spots.  That might be it.

On second thought it sounds like Quarter 1-3-7.  They have a cover 4 but there is also a nasty blitz in there "Under Smoke".  It is a pain because it covers your HB with a CPU controlled defender.  Try HB wheel to the strong side of your trips.  You can also motion snap with a WR behind your oline to pick up that blitz. Or if that is all they are going to call, run out of an Iform.

I might have to check this out 👀

3-4 odd cov 4 drop show 2 contain has always been a turbo blitz if you base align, pinch the lbs and set your outside lbs and at least one mlb to blitz

rka7731 said:

I might have to check this out 👀

It is super nasty.  If you can mix it in versus guys spamming corners/flat combo or inside zone it is great.  However, there are only 3 down linemen so it is vulnerable versus the run in iform, strong or even big singback sets if you dont have some bigger ends.  Donald and Peppers are good to hold down the ends but you dont really want a fast olb in those spots because they get pushed around and then the LBs get hung up.  Its defineltlly in my defensive formation rotation but I like mixing it up every single play.  I have 15 plays in my favorites but this Quarters Cover 4 and Smoke are 2 of them.

mubby33 said:

Was it in Nickle Normal or Nickle 3-3 Cub?  One set up is you call any Nickle Normal play (so could be your cover 4) but then adible to 3-3 Cub so they have a faster personel at the blitzing spots.  That might be it.

On second thought it sounds like Quarter 1-3-7.  They have a cover 4 but there is also a nasty blitz in there "Under Smoke".  It is a pain because it covers your HB with a CPU controlled defender.  Try HB wheel to the strong side of your trips.  You can also motion snap with a WR behind your oline to pick up that blitz. Or if that is all they are going to call, run out of an Iform.

Thanks man! I don’t think it was Nickel based on the play art. I have used some of the Quarters formations before but it didn’t look like that to me. 

I’m going to try some stuff tonight or tomorrow morning and see if I can figure it out. I‘m thinking maybe he was using Cover 4 Drop out of Dime 2-3 Will because you can push one SubLB all the way to the line and I think maybe he was manually moving the other one up.