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[QUOTE="Millhouse, post: 1384981, member: 78"]
from that link

And that's the most interesting thing about Four Verticals, and why it's not really the sandlot play it looks like: It's usually not about beating the defense over the top. It's about finding the open space in the coverage and hitting it quickly. If you try too hard to go over the top, you give the deep defenders time to adjust to the ball in the air, unless it's a[URL='http://cougarsportsweekly.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b842724ce1a8c5ea86de543d7&id=b36f6af715&e=da2196ed9f']complete blown coverage[/URL]. Instead, the ball is usually delivered about 10-15 yards downfield outside one of the hashes, over the top of the underneath defenders but beneath the deep defenders:

and

Notice here how the receiver breaks off the route to sit in the zone against this Cover 2:

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Depending on the MLBs leverage, the  can run a little hook, break outside, or continue a flare up the hash. And when he catches the ball, he will need only to beat a linebacker in space for another big gain, since all the DBs are now about 20 yards downfield:

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Still, with corners matched up on the outside one-on-one with no help, it leaves them exposed to back-shoulder fades or the receivers breaking off the route when the ball leaves the QB's hand

kentucky's OC played at Kentucky when bonner was the QB who had no arm.  he said four verticals was their most called play  [URL]http://cstv.collegesports.com/mt5.2/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=13&tag=Mumme&limit=20[/URL]
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