Hennigan says that era's emphasis on man-to-man coverage helped early AFL teams amass passing yardage. ❋ Unknown (2009)
He is a four-year starter and two-year captain with enough athletic ability and instinct to be trusted in man-to-man or zone schemes. ❋ Unknown (2009)
One thing is for sure: If man-to-man coverage sweeps the NFL, football will be a lot less mystifying to anyone who has ever played a game of touch football at the park. ❋ Reed Albergotti (2011)
After being a man-to-man defense under Mickey Andrews, this group will now employ a zone, and blitz from different schemes. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Revis's first interception, in the season opener against the Cowboys, came on a similar play—Ryan called it "Jet Mike Mix"—where the Jets' pre-snap alignment gave a man-to-man appearance, and the post-snap look is a zone scheme. ❋ Chris Herring (2011)
There's some evidence that playing schoolyard man-to-man may be the long-sought antidote to the pass-happy, spread-the- field offenses that have been causing massive scoring and yardage inflation in the NFL. ❋ Reed Albergotti (2011)
Half-baked apologies or invitations to hold "man-to-man" conversations are of little interest to CHIRLA. ❋ Jorge-Mario Cabrera (2011)
But the Steelers lined up in tight, man-to-man coverage with only four pass rushers. ❋ Reed Albergotti (2011)
Flacco noticed that his favorite target, receiver Anquan Boldin, was matched up man-to-man with Sherman. ❋ Reed Albergotti (2011)
But when the Pittsburgh Steelers lined up in man-to-man coverage against them two Sundays ago, the Patriots receivers barely got open, limiting quarterback Tom Brady to a measly 170 passing yards—a third of his total in the season's opening game. ❋ Reed Albergotti (2011)
A good chunk of the Jets 'defensive scheme hinges on having cornerbacks who can hold their own in man-to-man coverage, rather than rely on help from safeties. ❋ Scott Cacciola (2010)
"Revis is on him man-to-man with no help, so if you're Miami, you have to take your shots over there." ❋ Chris Herring (2011)
But after years of watching other teams throw every imaginable variation of defense at them, the Patriots' plucky receivers are proving vulnerable to the most familiar defensive scheme of all: Good-old-fashioned man-to-man coverage—the kind you'd see in your average schoolyard flag-football game. ❋ Reed Albergotti (2011)
The Chiefs effectively employed Stram's stack defense — the linebackers lined up (or stacked) directly behind the defensive linemen rather than in the gaps between them — and used a variety of man-to-man and zone defenses. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Moss's de facto replacement, Chad Ochocinco, has the talent to beat man-to-man coverage, but has, by many reports, struggled to grasp the Patriots' offense. ❋ Reed Albergotti (2011)
As the Patriots' man-to-man defense has given way to zones, they've been especially vulnerable underneath; 139 of the 190 passes they've allowed were thrown 10 yards or less and a full 38 gained more than 10 yards. ❋ Aditi Kinkhabwala (2011)
They intended to make the Macedonian king abandon his military advantage of a disciplined line of troops and fight them man-to-man amid the rocks and trees in true barbarian style. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)
But when the Patriots came to Pittsburgh, the Steelers' defense did something nobody expected from them: They lined up in man-to-man coverage that a high-school coach could have drawn up. ❋ Reed Albergotti (2011)
It also remains to be seen whether this man-to-man strategy will work against other offensive powers like the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints, teams that have better receivers and have the two highest-scoring offenses in the league. ❋ Reed Albergotti (2011)
This seems to enliven her husband, the man-to-man bodily contact something he can register, something familiar. ❋ Jamie Sughroue (2011)
