Andy in Sactown
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I was watching some of the highlight film on some of our 2012 and 2013 commitments tonight and while watching Davonte Neal's film I found myself watching the play at 3:50 over and over.
Disclaimer: I do not attempt to present myself as a football authority. Mine is a laymen's understanding of the game I wish to improve upon.
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That said, the play looks to be a 2WR 1TE 2RB (split-back) set, with the defense in a 4-3 alignment. The safeties are playing in close to defend the run and prior to the snap the MIKE shows blitz advancing to the line of scrimmage.
Upon snap the the flanker (strong-side) receiver runs a go-route, bringing BCD (boundary corner) with him up the right side of the field, the quarterback does a weak *** fake to the strong side back and then a legitimate fake/mesh with the weak side back, both of which are motioning to the strong side as the whole offensive line is blocking to the right, leaving the weak-side defensive end unblocked.
The second fake hand-off was enough to make the unblocked defensive end over commit and allow the quarterback to easily make the pass to Davonte who has cut to the inside in an almost short middle screen dump route. And this is the cool part: While the whole motion to the strong side is continued from the center to tight end and the backs on the strong side, the LT and LG utilize screen blocking, engaging the defensive linemen for a few seconds and then disengaging with the LT taking on the FCB (field corner) and the LG blocking the free safety in the kind of goodness you only find playing Power-O as Alabama online in NCAA 2012.
Sorry, for the long post, but with that said, I prose two questions. 1) Isn't this the type of explosive play-maker emphasized plays we could be going for in 2012 and presumably beyond with the type of athletes we have/are recruiting and the comments of the staff these last few months, and 2) Is this play in NCAA 2012 in any playbook? (I never use the split-back formation, although I do run Notre Dame's playbook most of the time; egg on my face if it's front and center!)
Cheers!
Andy in Sactown
Disclaimer: I do not attempt to present myself as a football authority. Mine is a laymen's understanding of the game I wish to improve upon.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZVSvnv0q4-o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
That said, the play looks to be a 2WR 1TE 2RB (split-back) set, with the defense in a 4-3 alignment. The safeties are playing in close to defend the run and prior to the snap the MIKE shows blitz advancing to the line of scrimmage.
Upon snap the the flanker (strong-side) receiver runs a go-route, bringing BCD (boundary corner) with him up the right side of the field, the quarterback does a weak *** fake to the strong side back and then a legitimate fake/mesh with the weak side back, both of which are motioning to the strong side as the whole offensive line is blocking to the right, leaving the weak-side defensive end unblocked.
The second fake hand-off was enough to make the unblocked defensive end over commit and allow the quarterback to easily make the pass to Davonte who has cut to the inside in an almost short middle screen dump route. And this is the cool part: While the whole motion to the strong side is continued from the center to tight end and the backs on the strong side, the LT and LG utilize screen blocking, engaging the defensive linemen for a few seconds and then disengaging with the LT taking on the FCB (field corner) and the LG blocking the free safety in the kind of goodness you only find playing Power-O as Alabama online in NCAA 2012.
Sorry, for the long post, but with that said, I prose two questions. 1) Isn't this the type of explosive play-maker emphasized plays we could be going for in 2012 and presumably beyond with the type of athletes we have/are recruiting and the comments of the staff these last few months, and 2) Is this play in NCAA 2012 in any playbook? (I never use the split-back formation, although I do run Notre Dame's playbook most of the time; egg on my face if it's front and center!)
Cheers!
Andy in Sactown
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