Dart play vs 32 front

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Originally posted by: longtigercat
We had a line call on the playside. If the tackle didn't think he could get inside position on a 4 tech., the ps guard blocks out on the 4, the ps tackle steps flat inside (letting guard clear) and tracks thru the A gap topping the nose (helping if needed) to the backside backer. The pulling tackle was up through the B gap as usual to the playside backer.

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Originally posted by: longtigercat
Since the QB/RB is looking for the pulling tackle's hip to ride him into space, we don't worry about the line call up front.

The ps guard treats the kick-out on the defensive end like a trap - pull right, right shoulder (not with his steps - he's not taking trap steps, he's driving with his near foot flat down the LOS).

We treat it like the counter trey for the pulling tackle (there's no additional teaching/learning) so he turns up the first gap (open hole) in the LOS beyond the center. So if the ps tackle gets stoned at the LOS, the puller continues and may "log/lead" the next defender. The other rule the pulling tackle has is if he sees "color" behind the LOS when he pulls, he kicks it out. This accounts for any pressure the defense applies on the snap.

After writing it down it sounds like a lot for the puller, but it really isn't. We rep it out and make sure they see the scenarios in practice. We tell the pulling tackle to think of himself as the ballcarrier (they like that) and lead the play to space. Nine times out of ten, the puller is up through the hole though.

ps - we're looking at possibly changing the pulling tackles steps for this one - backside foot first behind the playside foot like Utah does - it's kinda like the first part of karioka steps. I didn't see their tackles do it, but their guards were on their crazy option - pretty interesting.

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