FAVORITE 4-5 RECEIVER SPREAD PATTERNS?

Coach,

I don't have a favorite yet, but I have been working on installing some of the basics with my Freshman QB. In a 7 - 7 game on Tuesday we faced a team that tried to play our set with a Cover 2 defense. We ran a Smash concept, with the inside receiver running a 7 yard spot route to freeze the LB's. The QB recognized the defense jumping the underneath route and threw a beautiful pass to the WR running the corner route. The QB is young and is having problems recognizing coverages quickly, but I am going to "baptize" him under fire this summer. We have a veteran QB that will take the majority of the reps, but I thought this to be the best time to get the younger guy prepped for duty. Do you have any tips for helping QBs recognize coverage?

Coach Mitch

YO MITCH,

Did you get to read the section on reading defenses yet? I think it will answer most of your questions.
Let me hear from you if you have time.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

Hey Mitch,

Glad to hear your report. Once they figure out they are not going to get creamed by blitzes and can run out of trouble, they will begin to realize the beauty of the attack. Just take it one day at a time.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

Here in the UK we see a lot of man (generally because we have maybe 8-10 practices to get complete rookies ready for the 1st college game) so Im a big fan of slant out (and switch when they start to hit down on this), hitches, verts, chair.

When we do go up against a team that runs a lot of zone - smash vs 2 a lot of curl/out (choice) vs cov 3

Im also a big fan of the drive concept

In the whole offense we only run 8 passes, 2 screens and 5 runs.