Updated Jul 19, 20262 min readcover-2tampa-2seamsflat-defenderpost-routes
How to identify it
Two high safeties.
Outside corners ~5 yards off the ball (deeper than press cover 2 man, shallower than cover 4's 8 yards) and squatting — they sink to the flats at the snap.
In Tampa 2 a linebacker carries the deep middle at the snap; watch the Mike bail post-snap.