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

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

Huddle Procedure

Play Calls Running Game - Words Passing Game - Numbers

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.

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.

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.

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”

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

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

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

Formations Doubles Trips Panther Hurricane Cluster Adjustments

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

Formations Trips 60’s Left Hash # Right Hash #

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

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

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

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

Formation Adjustments 1 by 1 Spread Ghost

Formation Adjustments Ace Con Pro

Formation Adjustments Bunch Double Bunch

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

Motions Ram Lion

Motions Player Specific W Mo Out Z Out

Motions In Z In Trace Y Trace

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

Shifts Y Stem W Stem

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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

Protections 1- Slide Protection

Protections 1- Slide Protection

Protections Gap Protection Rip

Protections Gap Protection Liz

Protections 9- Man Protection

Protections 9- Man Protection

Protections Smoke Protection

Protections Smoke Protection

Passing Concepts Simple Constant through formations

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

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

Passing Concepts 980 West

Passing Concepts 1-2 - Vertical Allows our offense to attack and stretch the defense toward the end zone Designate our areas of attack as 18-22 yards down the field Lower level control route

Passing Concepts 981

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

Passing Concepts 984

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

Passing Concepts 85

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

Passing Concepts 988