I'm going to post 12 individual videos that Vol8188 wanted to specifically comment on.
Here goes.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uib282YlJ6g[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X0cCeVU8I8[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPQagvqgQpQ[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1ymCUe5OkY[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPQagvqgQpQ[/youtube]
The first thing I like here is the formation. We've set the RB and TE to the same side of the field. This widens the defensive end because of the 3 man surface on the offensive line (a 3 man surface means you a guard, tackle, and tight end to one side or two tackles and a guard). By widening the DE you prevent Worley from having the keep. Who would you rather have with the ball, Worley or Lane and Hurd? Later in the game the DE doesn't widen with our TE so we block down on him and Worley keeps.
The next thing to point out isn't so good. On inside zone an Olineman tries to stay relatively square. You should never get turned around like he does. He's also following a player backside. The defensive lineman slants away from the play and he tries to run with him for no apparent reason. He should have stepped play side, stayed square, and when no defensive lineman showed, climbed up to the lb (the guy who made the play). If he had done this, we would have had a huge play because their defensive tackle slanted across crowders face and there was noone in the Weakside a to b gaps (except the lb Gilliam didn't get).
Robertson makes more of a rookie mistake. You teach zone lineman to come off the ball harder than they've ever came off the ball when they are on a double team. This is because if the lineman tries to slant inside on you, you have help. Here he didn't have help so he should have been more under control. You also normally teach that guard to take his left arm and punch the guy in the stomach if he tries to come inside.
Just to add to this. I noticed the 2 receivers opposite Pearson were running hitch routes (spacing concept) and that appeared to be another option on the play. Worley never threw that, but we could see it in the future.Another wrinkle I liked tonight was running the speed out with Pearson on our inside zone. I saw us do this on back to back plays, and each time Worley threw a great ball to Pearson for about 5 yards.
This is also why a lot of you guys kept asking "why aren't we running the ball more?". We were calling run plays, but the defensive alignment left our slots uncovered for easy catches that we couldn't pass up.
On this play Worley is reading the OLB (B) who is aligned halfway between Pearson and the offensive tackle. We are blocking the DE because he's playing so heavy inside (in B gap). Worley sees the OLB come inside for the zone play, and throws two great passes in a row with this unblocked LB in his face.
One of my favorite wrinkles tonight was the jet sweep read. We brought Pearson in motion from the slot and blocked it like you would outside zone. Except we blocked the backside DE and left the Will linebacker. Worley read him. When a LB sees jet motion, they naturally want to run with it and we took advantage of that. The LB goes flying over the top to Pearson and Worley keeps the ball for about 7 yards and a first down.
Here's another interesting play I noticed (first picture). This is a packaged play with 4 options for Worley. We're lined up in a formation with the back, a tight end, and two receivers all to the field and a single receiver on the opposite side. The offensive line is blocking inside zone weak.
The middle linebacker is the key read. If he comes down to stop the run then Worley can throw the ball down the seam to the TE on a pop pass. If he drops to cover the TE then Worley can handoff on the inside zone because the LB wont be in position to make a play. If the nickel back starts creeping inside we also have the slot receiver on a bubble screen as an option. Lastly, If the cornerback on the single receiver side is playing way off then Worley could've thrown the hitch route.
The first time we ran this play (second picture), the middle linebacker comes down to stop the run but in doing so he leaves Wolf wide open. Worley makes the right read and throws the pop pass. The safety comes down to cover Wolf, but he gets there too early and we draw a pass interference flag.
Here's another interesting play I noticed (first picture). This is a packaged play with 4 options for Worley. We're lined up in a formation with the back, a tight end, and two receivers all to the field and a single receiver on the opposite side. The offensive line is blocking inside zone weak.
The middle linebacker is the key read. If he comes down to stop the run then Worley can throw the ball down the seam to the TE on a pop pass. If he drops to cover the TE then Worley can handoff on the inside zone because the LB wont be in position to make a play. If the nickel back starts creeping inside we also have the slot receiver on a bubble screen as an option. Lastly, If the cornerback on the single receiver side is playing way off then Worley could've thrown the hitch route.
The first time we ran this play (second picture), the middle linebacker comes down to stop the run but in doing so he leaves Wolf wide open. Worley makes the right read and throws the pop pass. The safety comes down to cover Wolf, but he gets there too early and we draw a pass interference flag.
We did a great job with formation tonight. Most coaches (although not all) would call this formation king stack. King means the H-back (Wolf) is on the same side as the twins, stack tells the RB (Hurd) to align behind the H-back.
This set was our formation for our first TD. If you count, we have 4 of our 5 skill plays on one side of the football. This gives us a big advantage in the running game to that side of the field. So we brought Pig in motion and ran jet sweep to that side of the football, with both the H-back and RB leading the way.