Understanding the Basics of Cover 3 in Madden 

You can hurt yourself in the run game by dropping defensive ends now. Sometimes you’ll get “weak boxed” and get pancakes across the defense. Also the defensive ends don’t get to the flat area very quickly.

Btw weak boxing occurs when you rush two or less people/ pass commit basically makes your team play worse slower, worse tackling and worse block shedding on

I thought weak boxing happens when rushing 3 or less players?

It’s usually out of 3 down lineman sets. Basically you add another guy in coverage who is manned up on one of the slots. The rest of it is just a regular cover 3. It’s good for taking away certain vertical concepts that attack the seams.

Right on! I never knew in what defense situations to call that

I use the 4-6 defense and will use the dollar 3-2 cover 3 lock. I always wondered why the CB was manned up to a wr 😆

It also plays C3 match to one side of the field and C3 Sky to the other! With the manned up defender as well as someone mentioned