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So with the new play action plays, I noticed that the defenses counter to not fall for play action is "pursuit".

So my question is: Why "Pursuit"?


In my initial thought about that, I was like ummm Ok? But why wouldn't it be "Coverage Tech" instead?

Isn't "Coverage Tech" the feature that helps the defender stay with the Receiver during a cut or fake move? A play action is in it's own part of a Pass play Fake movement.?.

And I would have thought coverage awareness would play the bigger part. Isnt awareness the skill used to determine the play and who is needed to cover? Wouldn't awareness be the biggest part of determining a fake?

For Line of Scrimmage players Pursuit makes a certain amount of sense, because it's about whether the pass rush switches to run defense.

For safeties I guess it still makes some sense, although I think in practice that means they hardly ever fall for it, while CBs almost always will.

From a game standpoint, maybe that's the way to go - make it slow down the rush and open up throws to the outside WRs.

Originally posted by JokersChaos
So with the new play action plays, I noticed that the defenses counter to not fall for play action is "pursuit".

So my question is: Why "Pursuit"?


In my initial thought about that, I was like ummm Ok? But why wouldn't it be "Coverage Tech" instead?

Isn't "Coverage Tech" the feature that helps the defender stay with the Receiver during a cut or fake move? A play action is in it's own part of a Pass play Fake movement.?.

Coverage tech is how the defender defends a pass in man coverage. Pursuit deals with playing the run. If anything, I would think awareness would be the skill used.

Originally posted by Jagat0r
And I would have thought coverage awareness would play the bigger part. Isnt awareness the skill used to determine the play and who is needed to cover? Wouldn't awareness be the biggest part of determining a fake?

Yes

Man and Zone awareness would have made more sense.

Pursuit makes some sense for DL/LBs, but awareness does seem like it should carry more weight for secondary players.

Originally posted by Node
Pursuit makes some sense for DL/LBs, but awareness does seem like it should carry more weight for secondary players.

Awareness still makes some sense for the DL/LBs who should have far less Awr than a Secondary Player, except in the case of the pure coverage LBs who due to their specialty shouldn't be biting as hard on play action fakes.

Originally posted by Jagat0r
Awareness still makes some sense for the DL/LBs who should have far less Awr than a Secondary Player, except in the case of the pure coverage LBs who due to their specialty shouldn't be biting as hard on play action fakes.

Yeah I agree, I do think it should be a combination of the two and weighed differently based on the position.