option on me book

Jake Brown


There are many pro's when thinking about whether or not you as a coach or coordinator should have the QB call a play at the line of scrimmage. It allows you as an offense to be in the nest possible situation versus the defense. It also makes it difficult on the defense in the form of adjusting. There is not really a way to take away each offensive play. You are putting the defense in a real bind. The best part of the option is the ability of the offensive line to not block at least one defender. In running plays that are called at the LOS the offense is the one forcing the defense to adjust, it normally happens inversely. Some of the cons come in the form of trusting your QB. You have to an athlete that is number one capable of running an option, then secondly making the proper decisions of when to give, keep, or pitch. You are now putting even more responsibility on the QB, he has to pick the proper play based on the defense shown. This may be putting too much pressure on the QB if he is not ready for it. You also need to spend more time preparing for each scenario and each play multiple times in practice. The three option choices are inside veer, midline, and load.