Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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We have become a pretty heavy man 2 man team, with LBs responsible for taking backs out. We read the guards and have been having teams boot one way (pulling the opposite guard), then release a back opposite the boot. It's a tough call for the LB. At times we have our FS account for this, but this week we play a team that uses 4 quicks regularly. They haven't shown this play, but they probably saw it be effective once on tape last week. Does anybody else run into this? I am thinking about staying a bear front most of the game so the LBs are over the tackles.
We play a lot of 2 man out of a 4-3, but have the SAM backer on the line over the TE, essentially making him a 5-2 End, and have him cover the TE, sometimes blitzing him.
How about trying this. Have the backside DE, on flow away, latch onto the back releasing to his side. He's probably not going to get to the QB anyway on a QB roll away, so have him cover the back and make the QB have an tough throw if he looks back.
Meanwhile, have the backside LB, upon waggle recognition, get onto the guards hip and rush the passer. He's closer to the QB, and if he's quick enough can get to the QB from behind.
The front side LB should be flowing on a roll and should be even with the front side back if he leaks out of the backfield.
Once you go to a bear front you've lost the 2 safety look and lose the flexibility of that structure.
When playing man, we use what is called a "spy" call. Our DE's take any running back that shows in the flats to their side. If it is an up-field pattern, we feel our LB's can get on them, but feel it is a long way to go with our LB's to the flats.
Was just wondering what your base is. If you send your DE to the flat to cover back out, don't you feel as though that hurts your pass rush a bit to much? If your opponent were to put their FB in motion to playside, align a WR on the LOS flexed, with a slot to his inside. Your CB is on #1, your SS is on #2, #3 is in motion with your DE on him. How would you cover a double option with your DE having vacated? Your SAM can't cover both the QB and the pitch man. See my point? Just was wondering what your thinking is on this.
JC
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
We run a 5-2/3-4 and play man free. The motion man would be picked up by the free safety because we would most likely try to hide the man coverage with cover 3 shell. We use the spy call, a post snap call, to counter teams that will swing a back out into the vacated flat if we have been playing a lot of cover 3 or run swing routes to make the match up difficult for our LB's if we have been playing a lot of man. We usually double the spy call with a blitz to make sure we get the pressure we need. In the scenario you mentioned, which would be a team motioning to trips, we would check out of the man coverage to a 1/4, 1/4, 1/2 or a combo coverage. If the team we are playing was a true option team and they were just doing what you mentioned to manipulate the defense into a favorable set for them, I promise I am not too stubborn with our scheme to let what you said happen.