Tampa 2, Cover 2; What do the Bears do?   There's been other
blogs that looked at what the Bears do defensively, other
breakdowns done, but coming from a coaching/teaching
perspective, it's best to learn through repetition.  I may touch
on something that makes sense in a way that was misunderstood
before, or I may hit on something that was overlooked in past
posts.  So what exactly are the Bears trying to do on Defense? 
Find out after the Jump...  The Bears play their version of the
Cover 2 that Lovie Smith learned and help implement while
working along side Tony Dungy and Monte Kiffin in Tampa Bay (the
Tampa 2), and that Tony Dungy learned while playing in
Pittsburgh under Chuck Noll and Bud Carson.  At it's simplest
the Cover 2 means the 2 safeties play a deep zone, each taking
half the field, and what ever combination of  corners and
linebackers are on the field will play 5 underneath zones.  The
most important factor in playing any variation of the Cover 2
defense successfully is speed.  The Cover 2 look