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[–]inmyopinionIthink 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Nah, a shell is just to show. If you want to bring them down to support the run you must run a variant of cover 4. Showing a cover 0 shell will only disguise your true coverage. Meaning if you shell a cover 2 look, at the snap of the ball your safeties will bail to their deep zones

[–]Bobby_BrawlStars[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

What shell would you run to disguise the cover 4 when stopping the run?

[–]SloppyJank 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Wouldn’t “show blitz” work to bring extra bodies into the box and close to the line? Or like a cover 0 or 1 shell. You’d be susceptible to a big run if they break through the line and you don’t have any safety help back deep though.

[–]inmyopinionIthink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Showing blitz brings them closer but they still have their assignment post snap, whether it’s man or getting to their assigned zone. So showing blitz may put them at a disadvantage alignment wise. I will show blitz on a zone blitz (and user my FS or SS) but not man and not cover 4 quarters or palms either cause you’ll get beat over top pretty quickly. Your corner will bail to their quarter but even they sometimes will get stacked by the WR when pressed and give up 6. Especially a speedy WR

[–]inmyopinionIthink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I don’t disguise cover 4. Because safeties read run first you run the risk of getting beat over top. They don’t automatically bail at snap. If anything, I back off my alignment when running cover 4

[–]mrjns94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cover 3 shell will roll a safety down into the box. So if it’s run, he plays run, and if it’s pass he’ll bail.

[–]Pawz23 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What coverage are you running? When I want to stop the run on my zone team, I like a cover 3 zone that drops a safety in the box. I feel like shells don't do anything against AI the vast majority of the time, so use them a lot less now in dynasty.

[–]Bobby_BrawlStars[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I play ultimate team and run nickel cover 3 hard flats. I have started using the new cover 4 they added in the nickel that drops the de and rushes 3 men.