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.
Can anyone help and explain why you would do corners over vs. a TE-Twins set. I run the 44 and I was thinking of doing this, but I'm afraid that the strong side would be left vonurable to lead sweeps and speed option. Any help? HawkDC
We meet with the Purdue staff and spent alot of time talking about Cover 9 (what they call it). Most corner over teams do it from a 4-3 defense allowing their corners to play man and letting their two safeties sit and play cover 4 to aid in stoping the run. As a 4-4 team I have seen people do it but only when the backs are offset towards the twins, thus potentially reducing the likelyhood that they will go back towards the TE.
we go corners over every chance we get. our league is a match-up league and we want our cb's on their wr's at all times. on the twins side, we have our nickel as an extra player, who can either bump the wr or blitz off the edge, or hang and read. that is really a play making position for us. on the te side we "combo" the te with the f/s and the ss. we will cheat the f/s anywhere from the center, all the way to over the te, depending on where the ball is, backfield set and the ability of the f/s. if the te releases vertical, the f/s will pick him up. if the te releases outside, the ss will have him. both our safeties read through the te to the ball. if an rb releases outside, the ss will have him. when teams do run to the te, or ss forces the play, and the f/s is a quick-fill player, based on his read off the te. we do not get hurt by twins, and many teams don't run it as much b/c of the cb's matched on their wr's. we do this out of our 4-2 package and our weak eagle package. our guys like it and it has been extremely effective.
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In this cover 9, Are the corners playing straight man or are they in banjo? I assume that the saftey on the TE side is reading the TE and plays a robber technique, what about the saftey on the twins side? What are his pass responsibilities? Are the backers playing zone too or match?
In Cover 9, at least at Purdue, the interior nine are playing cover 4 rules. The safeties are reading a progression from the offensive line, the sam and will linebackers are playing flat like they would in cover 4. The idea being they will only play the flat if someone from the backfield or TE threaten the flat. The corners are going to make a man/ banjo decision based upon the split between the twins. If motion is run across the formation the corner will simply run across and we will play cover 4.