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The first play of the game was ( for the novice ) supposed to be a Cover 2. In a cover 2 the corner is supposed to bump the receiver and force him to the sideline, where the safety is playing that side of the field. The key is the bump. If the corner gets lazy or uses bad technique, and misses the bump, there are few safeties fast enough to get to the sideline. On that play the corner missed the bump and the safety took a horrible angle, so a play that should have been a 25 yard gain became a TD. If the safety doesn't pick up the deepest man in his half of the field, it's also 6. That's what happened to Sean Taylor against Dallas last year. Playing a two deep zone , or any zone takes discipline.