I was thinking today about our impressive runningback depth and it occured to me since that we have a few allpurpose backs coming off of redshirt years, as well as DHart coming in, that there was a formation we could run that would be unique to our program, as well as possibly being very effective. A curveball if you will, the idea being that you will not know when you will see it, but when you do, the only hope you have is that it hangs.
So for 2 to 4 plays per game, I would like you to consider this formation and offer how effective you think it would be.
anyway, on to the actual formation:
I got the idea from how we lined up Mark at WR a few times for screen plays. I began thinking of the mismatch between a corner and RB, so it got me to thinking about how we could really exploit that.
Well, heck, use the wildcat. Blake Sims is coming off a redshirt year and was recruited by many schools as a Dualthreat QB, so lets make him the wildcat QB. Now, the best way to defend the wildcat is by playing man and bringing a safety up to help defend. OK. Now, lets do something unique here. Here is an example of who you line up at WR: Trent Richardson/Eddie Lacy(since we dont use one and two guys together often), Corey Grant, Dee Hart, Jalston Fowler, and Marquis Maze. The idea here is this, most teams only implement one or two basic formations to defend a wild cat, and a guy like Blake Sims could easily read it.
This is mismatch heaven. You could easily do alot of things, all of which arent complicated . For example: Screen it to a RB. it then becomes backs blocking corners, an provides a gross mismatch in terms of power. Throwing a screen is not hard, less so a WR screen in my opinion. You also benefit from this mismatch on any outside run. What if they go base or bring a safety up? Heck, run one or two basic routes like a streak or a fade and beat them with speed. Of the list, Fowler is the slowest, the other four can run circles around linebackers though Some of them are known for having good hands, and would most likely be wideopen, making a throw and catch a matter of execution.
If All else fails, Sims can take it up the middle, he himself is listed as a RB, and he has wheels. In a situation where everything were to fail, there is likely nothing behind the line, a simple hole would be good for 10-20.
Just an idea i had given that not many peple can succesfullly run a formation like this. This would be something few teams can do, and unique to our program. It is also a method to get more of our Rb's, who might could play regularly for other teams, on the field at the same time.
EdIT: Oh yeah, and it would also take a little heat off our new QB.
So for 2 to 4 plays per game, I would like you to consider this formation and offer how effective you think it would be.
anyway, on to the actual formation:
I got the idea from how we lined up Mark at WR a few times for screen plays. I began thinking of the mismatch between a corner and RB, so it got me to thinking about how we could really exploit that.
Well, heck, use the wildcat. Blake Sims is coming off a redshirt year and was recruited by many schools as a Dualthreat QB, so lets make him the wildcat QB. Now, the best way to defend the wildcat is by playing man and bringing a safety up to help defend. OK. Now, lets do something unique here. Here is an example of who you line up at WR: Trent Richardson/Eddie Lacy(since we dont use one and two guys together often), Corey Grant, Dee Hart, Jalston Fowler, and Marquis Maze. The idea here is this, most teams only implement one or two basic formations to defend a wild cat, and a guy like Blake Sims could easily read it.
This is mismatch heaven. You could easily do alot of things, all of which arent complicated . For example: Screen it to a RB. it then becomes backs blocking corners, an provides a gross mismatch in terms of power. Throwing a screen is not hard, less so a WR screen in my opinion. You also benefit from this mismatch on any outside run. What if they go base or bring a safety up? Heck, run one or two basic routes like a streak or a fade and beat them with speed. Of the list, Fowler is the slowest, the other four can run circles around linebackers though Some of them are known for having good hands, and would most likely be wideopen, making a throw and catch a matter of execution.
If All else fails, Sims can take it up the middle, he himself is listed as a RB, and he has wheels. In a situation where everything were to fail, there is likely nothing behind the line, a simple hole would be good for 10-20.
Just an idea i had given that not many peple can succesfullly run a formation like this. This would be something few teams can do, and unique to our program. It is also a method to get more of our Rb's, who might could play regularly for other teams, on the field at the same time.
EdIT: Oh yeah, and it would also take a little heat off our new QB.
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