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PulpExposure wrote:

GSPODS wrote:The only point of the picture was to illustrate to another member that the WCO uses more than two receivers, even if the other two receivers are the tight end and the running back, as in your Brent Jones / Roger Craig example.

Doesn't every offense, even Gibbs' max protect offense, almost always use more than 2 receivers?

Although when we went insane max protect, I recall seeing Moss and ey running around in triple coverage, which was comical.

Is that a trick question?
Seriously, no, every formation does not use more than two receivers.
Even formations with more than two receivers often use the extra receivers as blockers by design. In that case, only the two outside receivers are actually running receiving routes.

A good WCO should always use more than two receivers because the advantage of the WCO is not knowing who to cover. If there are only two receivers the defense knows who to cover. At least this is my take on the idea behind the WCO from having watched every version of it since Don "Air" Coryell.