B.O.B Vs. Slide

In our offense, slide protection is dictated upon which direction the back blocks and the line then slides opposite. Ex. If back blocks to right then the line slides left. We normally have the back block to the right for simplicity's sake. This usually puts our LT on the DE which is a better matchup. If the Back is going to miss the block at least the QB should see it, assuming he is right handed. But we don't usually have to worry about it because the ball is gone quickly.

We are going to slide away from call side and have the back pick up the DE.

JC

Bill, thanks for pointing that out about formation dictates. I had just sent an email privately where we were talking about trips (3 x 1) and guess I had fixated on that. Thanks for having my back!

JC

PPS: What you see a LOT of is a "Nickel Blitz/Cover 0" look (4 guys to each side of the Center) with the F/S cheating down on ONE of our TE's (to cover him man). You MUST put the call to the side the F/S aligns - because the will bring FOUR from that side EVERYTIME. On the other side - they will only bring THREE, because someone has to cover the other TE.

The following is from our Coaches' Notebook: ("SLIDE PRO")

WHEN NO SAFETIES ARE DEEP ("COVER 0" BLITZ LOOK TO US) — MUST PUT PROTECTION CALL TO THE SIDE THE F/S ALIGNS ("RIP" = RT. & "LIZ" = LT.)! THIS IS PREDICATED UPON THE FACT THAT WHEN THE CENTER IS UNCOVERED HE BLOCKS TO THE SIDE OF THE CALL. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THE SIDE THAT THE DEFENSE CAN BRING 4 BLITZERS, AND WE WILL HAVE 4 MEN IN PROTECTION TO THAT SIDE. AWAY FROM THE CALL THE DEFENSE CAN ONLY BRING 3 BLITZERS.

so if the FS aligns to the offenses right, then the center must block to the right?

PPS: IN ABOVE POST - "CALL" = CALLSIDE OF PROTECTION, NOT ALLUDING TO THE PATTERN!

COACH JOE - IN "BOB" IF CENTER IS UNCOVERED HE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE CALL & RB BLOCKS TO CALL.

IN "SLIDE" IF CENTER IS UNCOVERED IT IS EXACTLY OPPOSITE. CENTER BLOCKS TO CALL (IN DIRECTION OF SLIDE) & BACK BLOCKS AWAY FROM DIRECTION OF CALL. CALL = "RIP" (RT) OR "LIZ" (LT) FOR LINE.

COACH JOE - NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR FIRST QUESTION. BOB = MAN PROTECTION, & SLIDE = ZONE PROTECTION. IN "SLIDE" - LINE BLOCKS ONE WAY & RB BLOCKS OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF THE SLIDE (EITHER FROM THE "BUBBLE", OR EMLOS - DEPENDING ON THE LOOK).

THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROTECTIONS. YOUR QUESTION SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE HAVE MIXED THE TWO.

IN "SLIDE" - QB DOESN'T NEED TO CHANGE DIRECTION EXCEPT IN A 2x2 SET (2 TE/2 WR SET - WHERE HE HAS A CHOICE). LOOK UP ON THIS PAGE TO MY POST AT 3:13 PM - IT EXPLAINS WHAT THE QB DOES ON SLIDE. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME HE KNOWS BY FORMATION WHERE TO CALL SLIDE (IN HUDDLE).

IN "BOB" HE CAN MAKE A CHANGE ("OPPOSITE" CALL AT LOS) ACCORDING TO THE SAFETIES. THIS (KNOWING WHERE THE SAFETIES ARE) ISN'T A FACTOR IN "SLIDE" - BUT THE FORMATION IS.

NOTE: IN A 3 WR SET - WE ALWAYS PUT THE CALL "BOB" AWAY FROM THE TE. IN A 3 WR SET WE ALWAYS CALL SLIDE TO THE TE.

THIS STUFF IS SO SIMPLE (ONCE YOU LEARN IT) THAT MY GRANDSON'S MIDDLE SACHOOL TEAM (GRADES 6 THRU 8) COULD EXECUTE IT!!!

Your slide is a full slide? You are not sliding from the 1st uncovered lineman to the side the back blocks?

COACH JOE - READ MY POST ABOVE FROM 9:52. "SLIDE" CAN BE GAME PLANNED TO BE SLIDE BACK FROM THE BUBBLE (WITH RB CHECKING BUBBLE), OR JUST FULL SLIDE (RB GETS EMLOS OPPOSITE SLIDE).

MORE OFTEN THAN NOT - WE JUST FULL SLIDE. THIS IS IT IS EASIER TO DO VS THE LOOKS WE SEE.