Receiver releases

As is usually the case, Bill is right on with his statement it all depends upon what route you are running. As I have posted many times here on the forum, the hardest thing you can teah a receiver is to get off the jam, in my opinion. That is why I am totally convinced and have been for many years, that a rolled up CB playing hard man under(bump & Run) is the best way to take a receiver out of action by not allowing him into his route unmolested(all that is necessary is that you destroy his timing and the QB is forced to check to another receiver). If the DB is inside, we are not going to get our receiver tied up with him in fashion if we can avoid doing so, our guy is simply going to check to a fade or some other outside release route that has been game planned for or is a sight adjustment on his part. The same if he is on the outside but rolled up hard. If he is setting off on the inside, we can still run a quick slant, etc. and the same goes for if he is setting off on the outside playing "loose man". The key to me has always been to have kids at the receiver slots who not only have the physical ability to compete with the DB, but who also have the football smarts to outwit him at times! Just my opinion, as always.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE