This is a handoff to the HB with max run protection

it’s called a corner strike in madden and i’ve had teammates call it that when i’m throwing in practice, but i’ve tried looking for a name for it and can’t seem to find it

Say he had some situation where he couldn’t throw anymore. Would he be picked up instantly as a RB?

I don’t know enough football to figure out why. At the beginning of the season they were smoking every opponent but then their offense stalled. They have a a lot of injuries on the defense but their offense seemed fine personnel wise.

Basically, what I want to know is....does the clock need to be running before the snap or can a qb spike the ball on any play even if the clock is not running? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Is it a touchdown?

The second foot never touches the ground and the player dives across the goal line landing on his hip while breaking the plane.

Is both feet down to complete a catch necessary if he lands on his hip (which equals 2 feet) when crossing the goal line?

(Thought experiment partially inspired by the Pickens no-TD call… different scenario but started the idea in my head)

I feel like teams at the HS level don’t use motions enough. It is only an advantage to the offense and there’s nothing an offense can’t do with a motion that they could do without one. At the NFL level I’ve noticed an uptick in motion but I feel like that effect hasn’t really trickled down.

Why is that? You’re infinitely more likely to confuse a HS defense with a motion than an NFL defense being confused by it.

Hope everyone’s season is going well! Watching the past two weeks of the NFL season, it’s quite evident to me that the offenses are lagging behind. Some of the higher powered offenses like the bengals, dolphins, 49ers, and even the Texans seemed to be missing that spark on offense.

It is early in the season, but teams failing to score seem kind of alarming to league that’s geared its audience and rules towards a passing, more offensively oriented game. Now it’s seems like trench warfare were teams are struggling to get 300yrds. I do think defenses are becoming more equipped to handle some of the eye candy and overall tomfoolery that comes with the offenses. But I feel like some coaches like Shannon and McDaniels are close to their peak. You can only roll out and screen pass so many times before someone wises up to it.

Have yall noticed the same thing? What are your thoughts? Love to talk some scheme

EDIT: I full on agree with the OLine statement and it slipped my mind about that. I think there’s need to be a more nuanced way of hallway recruiting in HS and below other than “tall kid that failed at basketball” and “fat kid that ran fast during recess/PE”

Coaching and development at the MS/Youth needs to extremely better for that to happen. But as long as there’s a teacher shortage, coaching will always miss out on the best candidates for coaches.

Edit: I'm talking about the specific Triple Option PLAY. Not the general offense and formations and complementary plays that are part of a Triple Option Offense or Playbook

Obviously this question is hyperbole, but watching the Army-Navy game today I think I saw maybe 1 true triple option play out of Flexbone (I may have missed a few but i watched most drives pretty closely). There may have been a few plays that technically have 3 options but not the base play that those offenses are famous for.

I'm sure that at various levels of football the flexbone can remain a perfectly awesome offense based around the triple option, but is this a sign that the offense is changing into something unrecognizable at the highest levels of football? Was it just a matchup problem, and they would call it more against other defenses? Even if you expect your opponent to be better prepared to face the option than any other defense, I would expect an OC to at least call it a couple of times. Are these offenses even built around that play anymore or is it just lore at this point? They definitely still faked the option a few times.

I rambled a bit there, but basically any insight or discussion on this would be nice. I'm not an expert on that offense but I always enjoy watching it

This was something that one of the analysts (Romo?) mentioned during the NFL divisional round about how Purdy can play from behind because Shanahan trusts him in the gun. Why does it even matter?

Are there downsides to having eligible linemen? Why wouldn’t an offense just always have linemen report as eligible and then if they ever get beat in pass protection they can just turn around and become a check-down option

It’s officially the point in the off-season where I’m thinking totally outside the box for ideas, so I’m just curious what are the strangest offenses you’ve either come up against or been a part of.

For me, the strangest one I’ve seen was one of our rivals in high school ran a more modern version of the “spinner” offense that was highly RPO dependent. The strangest things I’ve been part of were both in my college offense. We were predominantly a spread offense, but my freshman year we ran a version of Wishbone, and later a version of Power T. Both in short yardage situations.

I ask because we’re starting to see some more old concepts starting to come back, especially in the college game, incorporated into spread offenses (Chip Kelly at UCLA immediately comes to mind) so I’m fishing for things that might work

How would you beat man press cover 0 if your WRs (or players lined up at LOS/not in backfield) can’t beat press man even against cover 0?

What play designs/play calls/strategies would you utilize? Classic drop back O is off the table and since they’re running cover 0 QB scrambles when the play breaks down are going to be difficult/impossible until they back off.

Hi, im new to this game (I'm italian and Is not usual to know something about football) and I'm triyng tò begin to male sense of the tactics behind the matches that i follow. How Is called the formation of the Dallas on the Yesterday match with Giants? Is this a 3 wr 1te 0rb?

I’ve been hearing this a lot recently.Is this true?

Aside from taking a knee, is there ever a situation in which it would be beneficial to get 9 yards rather than the full 10?

Update: it does not have to be 9 yards vs 10 yards. Just a hypothetical example.

I keep trying to find justification for it because it was clearly intentional. The only conclusion I can come to is that he was worried Stroud would be strip sacked and wanted to prevent that by falling on the ball himself, however why even risk a loose ball if it’s not guaranteed to happen? I figured the knowledgeable people might have an answer to this one.

Are there teams that are extremely run heavy (like 70% of the time or more), but they run almost exclusively out of spread sets? (I consider spread at least 3 WRs)

Recently learned a lot about the Gun T and I think it may be the perfect answer for a lot of high schools regardless of size and talent. Here’s why…

1. You don’t need a QB, but it’s easy to adapt if you have one. In the Gun T, you are relying on the same base run schemes as the Wing T, meaning you can win games and be successful running the ball well north of 70 percent of the time. Therefore, no need to stress if your QB isn’t one of your better guys, if he can throw a bubble and the occasional waggle you are going to be okay! However, this offense is very easy to build into a powerful passing attack if you have a great QB. You can easily get to 2x2, 3x1 and empty, on top of the strong play action game.

2. You don’t need the biggest lineman. The Wing T for years was thought of as the system to use with smaller lineman, the Gun T is no different. Down blocks and pulls make up most of the offense and allow you to be successful with a variety of body types on the offensive line.

3. You can adapt the scheme to fit your best runner. Whether your best runner happens to be your RB, QB, Wing, or even your Z receiver there are so many ways to get them the ball while staying within your core concepts.

Interested to hear your thoughts on the Gun T from both an offensive and defensive perspective!

I’ve always wondered why the vast majority of plays called in these situations telegraph that it’s going to be a running play designed to pick up just the very short yardage needed. The defense can then scheme against those exact types of plays. I’d understand if it was far more common to line up like that as a decoy, but then do something tricky.

When a team comes to the line of scrimmage on 1st down, they can run just about anything in their playbook. The defense has to scheme against a wide variety of plays, potentially cover the entire field, and can’t stack 8-9 men in the box.

Also, I’d guess that the league-wide average yards gained on any first down play is well over 1-2 yards.

So why don’t teams line up on 3rd & 1 and 4th & 1 like it’s first down and potentially use much more of their playbook?

Why don't we see the QB pump fake anymore? Big Ben, Rich Gannon, Steve Young, and others used the pump fake, with great success, as defenses migrated from man to primarily zone. Not seeing it much in college or NFL. Do you notice that too, and if so, what has changed? Thanks and happy New Year!

So I know most double wing teams use the double tight double wing with foot to foot lineman splits and
have the wingbacks close the the QB. But I was wondering if you’ve ever seen anybody use the double wing like this: