attacking cover 1

We had a lot of success this past season with the following out of 2 x 2:

Mirrored on both sides:

#1 - short "route d' jour" --> could be tunnel screen look, 5 yd square in, 3 step hitch

#2 - fade route from inside --> use the extra room wide to run away from the inside defender

QB - Read FS, or look him off to one side, throwing back to best matchup.

* The #1s should be great actors, running a good enough route to keep their defenders up. I guess, technically, that this is a smash concept. We just had a lot of success with it against press, because it can be thrown quicker than a corner route. Also, we put a fast receiver in the slot on the same side as our "#1" receiver (most well-known). When the star receiver ran short route, the CB jumped it, and the fast slot ran by the LB. The single safety was helpless because of the extra space the slot used to beat the OLB.

Don't get me wrong, it didn't always work, but our guys got pretty confident in running it.