Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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I have thought about this idea, but I am curious if anybody else has run it or what you guys might think about it.
Let's say you have trips formation in a 3 x 1 look. Normally running speed option to the single receiver side, the P/S T would leave the E.M.L.O.S. and get the LB and the wr would stalk the corner. Sometimes the tackle has trouble getting to that scraping LB.
Here's the variation I am curious about. Could you have the WR crack on the LB and have the P/S T release flat like on a screen and kick out the CB? I kind of think it might time up pretty nice with a kick out block by the tackle. This would ensure that the P/S LB gets blocked who is usually the problem.
Has anybody done this, seen this, or what do you think about it?
We run speed option to punish teams when they squeeze the tackle on his inside release to the PSLB (on veer). As the DE (in an even front team) gets closer and closer to head up on the PST, we will cut him with the tackle, crack on the inside LB just as you described and then option the next defender. Running this from trips-open means you will end up pitching off of of the Corner. This is really good against teams that like to man up on that backside receiver. You might get two blocks with one if that corner has man...he has to go with him...otherwise if he comes up to run support, he gives up his deep third responsibilities.
This is part of our philosophy. We want to give that DE as many looks as possible and never let him feel comfortable...whatever he does will be wrong. Sometimes he's our dive read (not blocked), sometimes he's the pitch key (not blocked), sometimes we turn him out (midline), sometimes we hook him (quick toss), sometimes we cut him (speed option).
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if you had an invert to the single receiver side, how would you account for the inside linebacker?
I guess you could try and reach him with the guard, but this is where I have had trouble in the past at trying to pick this guy up even with the tackle, much less the guard.
would you try and check the play or blocking assignments, or would you just roll with it?
The easy answer would be to simply check the play to the trips side. Your inside receiver would crack on the first LB inside and the 2 outside receivers would stalk. It may end up being a QB keeper with everyone getting blocked and the FS becomes the force defender. Another way would be to run doubles. Now you can crack the inside LB to both sides, stalk block the corner with your WR, and pitch off of the invert. You can accomplish the same thing from trips with motion, but you will give them a motion tendancy.
My more thorough response would be this: If you have a trips open formation, I expect the defense to put 3 perimeter defenders out with the free safety either in the middle or cheated to the 3 receiver side. With the corner covering the backside receiver, the defense can only put 6 in the box. If they want an invert on the weakside, they have to play with five in the box, against which our first choice would be to run inside. The only way the defense can play with an invert and put six in the box is to not cover one of the trips receivers. Sometimes defenses try to cheat and put only two defenders out and cheat the free safety over to the trips side. If they do, we will run bubble screens or sprint out and flood the trips side until they remover an interior defender with our third receiver. When given the choice between taking a box defender out or playing without a free safety in the middle of the field, most coaches will bump a LB out.
I guess what I'm saying is this. If the defense is going to strengthen their weakside perimeter defense, it is going to be at the expense of some other part of their defense. Find out where and take advantage of it.
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