Good stuff. I notice you don't have anything showing vs a 6 man front. I watched a 6-2 defense simply kill this type of formation at the 10 year old level by bringing 6 every play and no free release for the on the line WR's. QB was scrambling to just get the ball off with a free defender coming untouched. As the kids get older they can cover more more ground on the snap and the defenders get wider and have to respect better accuracy from QB's. How would you adjust to a 6 man front using this offense and them knowing you can olny throw short "hot" routes before the QB gets sacked? Thanks.
Mathematically…a 60 front means cover 0. A 60 front means you are outnumbered at the first level. Therefore the 2-second rule is now in full force and being proven.
The issue with the 60 front is that its balanced an you are not. We practice the heck out of this but never not once have seen it on the field so this is all theory.
If facing the 60 front where the DE’s are skinny we will run QB draws ( Colorado).
If facing a 60 front where the DE’s are wide we will throw to the matchups as long as these matchups are quick routes. We never use hot routes per say. That is all built in because a 9 route can just as easily be the hot route over a 2 route, for example.
In practice we will line up DE’s and not block them to prove to the QB that the 2 second rule will be his friend and protect him. You can align a wide DE….snap the football and release before the DE is on the QB. You can align a skinny DE…snap the football and the QB is at the LOS before the DE is on the QB. Plus in this scenario the DE does not have a free shot because he must go around the OT’s and OG’s blocking the DT’s and DG’s. Same holds true for the wide DE. He does not have a clean path to the QB due to the design of the blocking.
For any Colorado call the QB has free reign most times if he is going right or left. Sometimes I will yell out COLORADO LEFT…telling the QB to run left. But that is when we are playing a 50 front for example and the MLB seems to like to blitz from our RIGHT.
So at the end of the day….quality snap….set and throw with the arm going forward in two seconds. No reading….no squeezing….no laces if necessary. You really don’t need em with these composite balls IF the QB is trained not to count on them.
This also means all receivers need to give the QB quick targets. Head around immediately. If not the QB must go ahead and bean him in the back of the head to get his attention. This is also why you do not see any type of stop routes except the Bench Route. Everything ties together and keeps the QB upright.
