[Michigan Joe]

The key is the cover corner with the arms forward figures (well forward of the base).

Thru experimentation I've found that instead of playing head on, by positioning the DB ("cover corner") to the inside or outside and angling them into the side of the reciever then the forward arms of the DB can engage the reciever figure's torso and this will turn the DB to run with the reciever. The key is for the cover corner's forward arms to be in front of the recievers torso at impact so that the recievers forward motion will push the DBs outreached arms and cause the DB to turn and follow the reciever. Lastly with this method if you attack the reciever from the left, then its good to have a cover corner who arcs to the right because he will follow the reciever better (and vice versa). Fast rookie bases work good with this method because they are more likely to follow the reciever than really strong bases that are less likely to be influenced by the impact with another base/figure. I actually implement a rule of no FOB impact on recievers when I play my kid to open up the passing game for him.

The downside is.....jamming up the outside runs. Also I notice that the best corner play for most rule sets seems to be to just smash the reciever at the line to completely change his path or in some cases to simply hold the reciever (which is why I like limitations on how wide the forward arms can be from each other to limit holding). However this technique can be a good preventative measure to giving up the big play by having fast corners running down the field with recievers.

Now if I could just get some strenght on my D-line...