Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
This manual provides you with the full offensive line, receiver, and quarterback mechanics for installing each offensive play presented. Coach Campbell has left no stone unturned for implementing today’s Pistol Offense into your program.
We are primarily a 4-4 team and I am planning on dropping my WOLB back to play the 2nd deep safety position in quarters. In my version of quarters, the CBs man up #1 to their side and the FS/WOLB will read #2. This would leave my WILB and SOLB to be the flat defenders and my SILB to be the hook/curl player.
Is it realistic for my WILB to get to the flat when aligned as a 30 technique against a pro twins set? This is my first year to really implement quarters. In the past we rolled to cover 2 to the twins from a cover 3 shell.
Also, when playing a wing-t team, how do the rest of you quarter coaches handle jet or rocket motion when the motion leads to a bunch or trips formation/alignment following the motion?
From this look you could be in man, 2, 4, pretty much anything but 3 (you could even do 3 by having a CB take the flat and the other that deep third). Also, your DBs, not your WOLB are likely going to be covering the WRs. Just my 2 cents.
Consider PLUSing your LBs. Move your SILB to head up over the center. WILB to over the Tackle or just outside him. He can now get to where he needs to be. You can also slide your SOLB tighter-- looks like a 43 but the only thing you changed was the two linebackers.
If you can "stop the run", the offense becomes predictable.
We are also an 8-man front, and this is what we do to twins with a solo TE to the backside.
You could bring the corner over and play the corners man; cover-2 read; or 1/4's zone (and give up the flat). To the solo TE side, you could keep the FS in the middle and let him and the OLB to the TE side combo the TE (TE vertical or inside, FS has him; TE outside, OLB has him). We don't bring the corners over; but we have used the things I described.
WHATEVER you do - work vs motion from Pro to Slot (AND vice-versa). A good team will do this to SEE your adjustments, then try to take advantage of it. THEY will move ONE MAN. YOUR adjustment must be simple, because if they can force you to move a "bunch of people" to adjust to the motion of ONE MAN - they've "GOT YOU BY THE BALLS"!!!!!!
THE FEWER PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO MOVE TO MAKE THIS AJUSTMENT, THE BETTER!
IN OUR 4-2-5, WE MOVE ONLY THE CORNER VS THE ABOVE. IF A TEAM GOES 'HEAVY' TO A 3X1 SET - WE MAY ADDITIONALLY SLIDE THE LBERS (ONLY) SLIGHTLY TO A 4-3 LOOK, BUT WE DO NOT ADJUST WITH OVER 1 MAN IN THE SECONDARY IF PLAYING: COVER 4 (QUARTERS), COVER 2 (2 DEEP MAN/5 UNDER ZONE), OR COVER 5 (2 DEEP ZONE/5 UNDER MAN). WE FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO BE SIMPLE, BUT TO KEEP THE ADJUSTMENTS FROM THOSE 3 COVERAGES ESSENTIALLY THE SAME FOR DISGUISE PURPOSES.
NOTE: We have the "adjustment" sheets in our defensive notebook drawn vs as many "eventualities" as we can, & it illustrates the above principles! If you need to see these - give me at "holler" at: billmountjoy@yahoo.com