Matt Waldman's Rsp Cast

Matt Waldman’s RSP NFL Scouting Glossary illustrates how TCU quarterback Max Duggan of the 2023 NFL Draft class accounts for ancillary coverage to deliver an optimal target to his fellow draft classmate, wide receiver Quinton Johnston.  https://youtu.be/W2iWkYEK9Qs What Is Ancillary Coverage? There are probably multiple ways to describe this coverage among coaches. I call it ancillary coverage because it's a player or players who provide the necessary support to the primary coverage in the area of the target. I'll also use the term peripheral coverage because I'm noting a player not in the area of the target but close enough to become involved with defending it. Either way, ancillary coverage is a defender or defender not primarily responsible for the receiver's route: A defender in the adjacent zone to the target. Their location gives them an angle to work into to that targeted zone and attack the ball or the receiver. A defender with a man-to-man assignment against a receiver in the same zone as the t