Packaging Plays in the Spread
What we consider packaging
• Run + Screen together (Bubble / Fast Screen).
• Gameplanning a Run & Play-Action to give us
answers.
• Quick Game on One Side and Double Move on
the other.
• Gameplanning a Run & a Secondary Run to
give us answers.
• Gameplanning a Formation to give us
answers.
Run with a Screen
• Great way to control inverts and extra players
in the box.
• WR must understand 4 yard rule.
• WR’s must get hooked up on the perimeter.
• QB must make good decisions.
– If in doubt, hand it off.
Run with a Screen - Bubble
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Bubble can be frontside or backside.
Turn off when possible.
4 Yard Rule.
Protect the Screen.
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Run with a Screen - Look
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Look can be frontside or backside.
Turn off when possible.
4 Yard Rule.
Protect the Screen.
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Run with a Screen – RB Bubble
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Fast Motion.
QB must make Quick Decision.
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Run with a Run
• By Gameplan we will package two base runs
together and call vs. the front that we like
each against.
• How? Freeze and Check with me.
• From time to time we will also package a
secondary run to take advantage of a defense
overloading a formation to stop a base run.
Run with a Run
• Down and Around and Power
– 7 Tech. We want to run outside. (4 Man Front)
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Run with a Run
• Down and Around and Power
– 9 Tech. We want to run inside. (4 Man Front)
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Run with a Run
• Down and Around and Power
– 6 Tech. We want to run by Gameplan. (4 Man
Front)
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Run with a Secondary Run
• Down and Around and QB Keeper
– We can block the BSLB
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Run with a Secondary Run
• Down and Around and QB Keeper
– We can’t block the BSLB
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Run with a Play Action
• Must be able to package Play-Action concepts
to Protect your top run plays.
Run with a Play-Action
• Down and Around and PA Crack-Post
– We can block the Playside Safety
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Run with a Play-Action
• Having trouble blocking inverts.
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Quick Game with a Double Move
• We double call everything in our quick passing
game.
• We can call two quick game concepts or we
can call a quick game concept on one side and
a double move on the other.
• QB always has a side to work.
Fade Hitch
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Everything
All Zone
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Spacing Slant
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NO COVER 3
ZONE COVERAGE
Slant Bubble Slant
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MAN COVERAGES
ALL LOOKS
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Hitch and Hitch & Go
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Formation Package
• In the off season always try to work through
available answers per formation.
– Example take one formation and start game
planning a defense.
– Try to come up with answers to the common
adjustments a team will make.
– Will attempt to do this for all base formations.
Game Planning
• Weekends are spent watching Formations Cutups and filling out formations workbook.
• Use it all week and keep for offseason.
• Jot down all ideas.
• Great learning tool in off-season.