All different types of Pass Pro??

"CUP" = form of pass pro first used by the great Paul Brown (in Cleveland). My HS coached played for Paul Brown, so we used it.

O-Line ZONE protected in a "cup" like configuration. Looked SOMETHING like this:

-------C
-----G--G
---T-------T

Wasn't QUITE this pronounced, but the Guards set slightly deeper than the Center, & the Tackles set slightly deeper than the Guards.

There are MANY more protections than you mentioned (each called by many VARIOUS names). Check out some of the NFL playbooks going around.

WE FORM A MOVING CUP BY PULLING BOTH GUARDS AND SLIDING TO THE TE SIDE. OUR CONFIGURATION IS NOT AS PRONOUNCED AS BILL'S IS, BUT HE SAID HIS WAS A LITTLE EXAGERATED IN THE DIAGRAM AND KNOWING BILL IS A DROP BACK GUY, HE IS GOING TO HAVE A STATIOINARY CUP PROTECTION TO PROTECT HIS QB. OUT OF OUR ONE BACK SET, I HAVE A HYBRID WHERE WE PULL BOTH THE GUARDS AND THE ONE BACK BECOMES THE "POINT OF THE CUP" ( IN ABOVE DIAGRAM HE WOULD SPRINT TO OUTSIDE OF CALL SIDE T, THEN CHECK RELEASES INTO THE PATTERN.

Coach Easton

Hey Coach,

In response to your question: No they do not, hardley ever. If we run up against an extra tough guy who can really bring it, then we do out of necessity. My thinking is that we are going to be throwing on the run and we are going to be moving away from any type of inside stunts, thus the MOVING CUP for QB protection.

Coach Easton

Cup protection pushes a rush defender from an inside out position to create the cup and the drop of the QB sets the outside rush angle for the end defender, this is where he steps up into the pocket (cup). CoaCH caMPBELL