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| Lightning Fast Play Calls |
There is a difference between No Huddle "Check With Me" teams and No Huddle "Up Tempo" teams. If you are a check with me team then you may operate using a no huddle system of communication but your concern is getting the best play called vs. a certain defensive look. If you are an up tempo team then your concern is running plays as fast as possible and eliminating multiple calls and substitutions from the defense.
As an offense, staying on schedule with your down and distance goals is a huge concern. When you are calling plays in an up tempo fashion and not getting a great look at the defensive alignment, packaged plays with multiple options for the QB can help save your job. Now to say we have no idea what the defense is in would be a lie because we studied game film all week. Our film study will help us generate an idea of how the defense will handle certain formations and what their pressure tendencies are. It will also help us determine where they like to bring pressure from.
Guys like Chip Kelly and Rich Rodriguez are famous for their high octane spread up tempo offenses. What people do not realize is their pace of play involves a lot of QB options and choices depending on how the defense decides to defend them. You would be crazy to think they are just calling plays off the top of their heads and hoping they work. They are actually spending a ton of time with their QBS, helping them get the offense in good situations pre and post snap. Peyton Manning is the best QB at the line of scrimmage pre snap in my opinion. He almost always gets the offense in a good situation once he recognizes the defense. With up tempo teams the QBS job is getting the offense in a good situation post snap as well.
Packaged plays are a great way to get your offense in good situations and play off the reaction of certain defenders we label as conflicted. These plays can consist of 2 to 3 and sometimes 4 different options for the QB. It is not like you are creating new schemes or magical bullets, you are just combining your concepts that have already been installed to maximize your efficiency. Today we are going to take a look at some of these concepts.
The first one we will look at is a 3 Man Scat on one side with a slow screen on the opposite side. The 3 Man Scat is already part of our offense. By tagging it with a slow screen we can put ourselves in advantageous situations by reading a conflicted defenders reaction to put us in what we think is a great situation. This way we can call the concept as quickly as possible while still having the ability to react to different looks or reactions from the defense.
The second one we will look at is a quick game route on one side with a waggle concept on the other side. When calling quick game as an up tempo team there are times where you may get a coverage that takes away the route you called. Without having to worry about converting routes and getting the QB and WR on the same page, we can build a waggle concept on the back side to put us in a better situation.
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Remember this does not become the automatic way to score 50 points a game. It still comes down to blocking and tackling. You have to execute if you want to be effective. What we are trying to do is come up with answers as an up tempo offense to handle different schemes and reactions from the defense. Keep in mind in this style of play we often will not get a look at the defense before calling a play. Packaged plays help us try and avoid negative plays and get into good situations post snap since we are not doing it pre snap.
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