1. Building a Passing System
The Spread Offense
with:
Mike Emendorfer
Building a Passing System

2. Multiple with Simplicity
Offensive Mechanics
Multiple with Simplicity
Focus Only On The Words That Affect You
Learn To See The Big Picture

3. Huddle Procedure

4. Play Calls
Running Game - Words
Passing Game - Numbers

5. Running Game Basic Play Call Tells us the running play we are running.
Basic Play Call
Dive Right
Tells us the running play we are running.
Tells us the direction we are running the play to.

6. 962 Passing Game Basic Play Call
The last number indicates what concept we are running in our routes. It also indicates where the strength is located (odd = left, even = right)
The first number indicates the protection and the release of the running back.
The second number indicates the formation and the series that we are running.

7. Play Call With Motion and Tags
Passing Game
Play Call With Motion and Tags
Y MO 984 Boston Hot
Motion is first in the play call.
Tags or adjustments within the concept are directly after the play call.
If we want to take the R-Back out of the protection and hot release him, that indication is last.

8. Cadence On First Sound On One On Two on Two Hard Count On Repeat Down
“Down Blue – Blue, Set Go” 
On Two on Two
“Down Blue – Blue, Set Go, Go”
Hard Count
“Down Blue – Blue, Set Go Go, Go, Go”
On Repeat
“Down Blue – Blue, Set Go, Go, Set Go”

9. Terminology
Personnel
Split Ends
Wings
X/Z
W/Y R

10. Terminology Terms Wide Side (Field)/Short Side (Boundary)
Front-side/Back-side
Split
Landmark
Trouble
Run/Quick Check

11. Terminology Terms R.A.C. A.M.F. D.A. Sight Adjust 6 Second Rule
Q Receiver

12. Formations
Doubles
Trips
Panther
Hurricane
Cluster
Adjustments

13. Formations
Doubles
80’s
Right Hash #
Middle #
Left Hash #

14. Formations
Trips
60’s
Left Hash #
Right Hash #

15. Formations
Panther
90’s
Right Hash # # #
Left Hash

16. Formations
Hurricane
70’s
Right Hash # # #
Left Hash

17. Formations
Cluster
50’s
Right Hash # # #
Left Hash

18. Formation Adjustments
5-7 yards
5-7 yards
Tight
Squeeze
Flop
Flip

19. Formation Adjustments
1 by 1
Spread
Ghost

20. Formation Adjustments
Ace
Con
Pro

21. Formation Adjustments
Bunch
Double Bunch

22. Motions Why? To disguise our intentions/delay defensive recognition
To gain a blocker at the point of attack
To create personnel advantages
To force the pass coverage to declare man or zone
To create coverage problems or checks
To force the coverage to bump, changing personnel and alignment
To help circumvent the jam

23. Motions
Ram
Lion

24. Motions
Player Specific
W Mo
Out
Z Out

25. Motions In
Z In
Trace
Y Trace

26. Shifts Pre-Snap Movement
To disguise our intentions/delay defensive recognition
To create personnel advantages
To create coverage problems or checks
To force the coverage to bump, changing personnel and alignment

27. Shifts
Y Stem
W Stem

28. Protections
The first building block of our passing game is protection. Great protection is the most basic key to the success of our pass offense.

29. Protections
Our linemen must be know and be able to execute our schemes, but even more, they must maintain a fierce pride in protecting the passer that says, “Nobody touches the quarterback.”

30. Protections
Our back must understand his role within different protection schemes. He must get himself to the right places, and be physical enough to constantly handle linebackers and defensive ends.

31. Protections
Our receivers play a major role by identifying coverage and potential blitz situations, understanding when they must break off their route to sight adjustments (being the ‘Q’ receiver), and most importantly GET OPEN in the time required by each pass so that the linemen and back do not have to pass block for unnecessary periods of time.

32. Protections
Our quarterback is the center of it all, and he insures that we are a great protection team through the right recognition and communication. He must also get the ball of on the correct timing, and throw the ball away rather than taking foolish sacks.

33. Protection Concepts 1- Slide Protection Rip/Liz- Gap Protection
9- Man Protection
Smoke- Semi Roll Protection

34. Protections
1- Slide Protection

35. Protections
1- Slide Protection

36. Protections
Gap Protection
Rip

37. Protections
Gap Protection
Liz

38. Protections
9- Man Protection

39. Protections
9- Man Protection

40. Protections
Smoke Protection

41. Protections
Smoke Protection

42. Passing Concepts
Simple
Constant through formations

43. Passing Concepts 0 (East/West)- Mesh 1-2- Vertical 3-4- Smash
5-6- Screen
7-8- Flat/Curl

44. Passing Concepts 0 – Mesh
Attacks the underneath edge of coverage very rapidly, many times from a tightened environment
Creates multiple “rubs” by incorporating different crossing routes
Quick rhythm concept, whose primary purpose is to attack man-to-man defense by creating match-up problems and multiple rubs

45. Passing Concepts
980 West

46. Passing Concepts 1-2 - Vertical
Allows our offense to attack and stretch the defense toward the end zone
Designate our areas of attack as yards down the field
Lower level control route

47. Passing Concepts
981

48. Passing Concepts 3-4 - Smash
One of the best ways we have of putting pressure on two deep coverage by creating situations where the cornerback cannot cover two people; he will see a six yard hitch in front of him and have a deeper-developing flag route behind him
Attacks down the field on the deep outside edge, or underneath as a ball-control pass

49. Passing Concepts
984

50. Passing Concepts 5-6 - Screen
Controls the blitz and pass rush by inviting the defense up-field and then allowing them to rush
Offensive line will block downfield as we throw underneath to our receivers or back

51. Passing Concepts 85

52. Passing Concepts 7-8 – Flat/Curl
Used to stretch the defense horizontally
Stretches a flat defender to the sideline and replace him with a receiver behind him
Creates a triangle of receivers for the QB to read
Attacks an area 12 yards down the field on the hashes and the area 5 yards deep on the numbers

53. Passing Concepts
988