Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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Is this the same play with a different name? We are having trouble getting this play to time up. My questions are how deep does the WR catch the ball? Where does he catch the ball usually?( a couple of yards inside of where he lined up or will he come all the way down to where the end was?) Does the QB just catch and throw it from the gun or does he roll away a couple of steps to bait the DL? Last of all what do you do with your tackle? Do you use him to kick out or does he stay on his man and try to open a lane?
we call it rocket screen and we have the wr come down parallel to the l.o.s and catch the ball just about where the tackle is. we have the qb dropback and invite the rush.
no we have a screen also were the qb just catches and throws we call that wr quick screen. it works well vs all soft man or zone coverages. if tyou have a great blocker at wr you can run it vs man but vs man we like to throw the fake off the quick screen. gets the defense everytime.
as far as ot we have him pass set vs the quick screen but in rocket screen we pass set then release straight up the field. this is the same for all offensive lineman vs rocket screen. we want the rocket screen to look like a kickoff return.
we want the quick screen to be a toss sweep for us.
Thanks airman! What is your QB's footwork in the rocket? Do you like the rocket and quick screen better to the field or boundry? Does your wide reciever bananna ending up downhill on the rocket or does he come flat? Any problem with the DE sitting there waiting for his head? In the past we have had the tackle kick out the 1st man outside, guard has 2nd man off the ball and center 3rd. If it is a two reciever side then the slot kicks out and everyone changes up one number. Do you think that is too confusing? Is it easier for them to just climb up on the LBer's? Is the end left unblocked?
first off we are in the shot gun and the qb does his normal dropback pass looking down field as not to give away the screen. we like to run it to a twins set to the boudry inorder to give the max amout of field. the wr take a step back and run parrallel to the l.o.s.
as for the de waiting he is usually gone because rocket screen looks like a dropback pass for us. everything is the same in a dropback pass except the line pauses for 1 to 2 seconds then lets their defenders go inorder to get down field.
the quick screen in my opinion can be run to the wide side better then the boundry side. everything happens so quick. for the quick screen to be successful certain conditions need to be met. it is not good vs a tight man coverage generally unless you have worked really hard on your wr blocking.
to me the minute you release the tackle outside it tells the defense screen screen screen only because what other plays do you have the tackle release outside? non to my knowledge.
on the quick screen we do send the tackle and center out to block the screen. we feel we can do this as the ball is thrown very quickly. some times we have better results with the qb being undercenter in the quick game. not sure why maybe it is the angle of the throw.
You have to find the right type of player to run the Jailbreak screen - one who has a feel for making things happen in traffic. We've found that this is sometimes not your "stud" receiver, and often times we'll put him on the opposite side. Find someone who is patient, shifty, and fearless in a crowd. Also, putting your "stud" on the other side, draws away defenders and makes the screen more dangerous.
Airman, I like your analogy of the Jailbreak looking like a kickoff return.
We had our OT take a quick peek at the man on the slot receiver. If he thought man coverage we would have him release down the line and pick him off after the DE cleared. Got some good earhole shots.
We run the Jailbreak Screen by having our outside receiver take one step up, back and then in. Our QB is in the shotgun and flashes the ball to the crossing back and then gets rid of it. The sooner the better. We tell our receiver to work down the L.O.S. and get the ball. We don't run our screen like a tunnel. We actually try and turn it back outside where there is less pressure and more blocking. We run this route out of a single, double or trips looks. We run the route on both sides and pull both tackles. The tackles rules are simple: if there is one reciever outside, then block #1, if two block #2 and three, block #3. The inside receiver blocks#1 and if in trips the second receiver blocks #2. We don't get DE's in our face because we get rid of the ball. Hopes this helps....it seems to work for us.