MMBS: Offensive play call terminology

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

If the lineman know the back, and know the hole is flowing to, unless there are additional calls on for a defense change, they'll know who to block. Center and Guard will know their primary responsibilities depending on the defense setup, and they'll know if they should both take the DT of have individual task.

I'm sure it's much more complicated at the college and pro level because of the movement, but it was pretty cut and dried for us.

So a guard would just have to memorize when to pull, for example, on a play by play basis?

[cyborgtable]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

So a guard would just have to memorize when to pull, for example, on a play by play basis?

I believe that is often what the center does, looks over the line and determines the best way to block the play. We ran a play with 3 separate ways to block, it was a simple fullback dive but the me and the guard next to me would have to call out the way we were going to block

[Easy 6]

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[BlackHelicopters]

Originally Posted by scott free

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Which one of those is the interception indicator?

[mcaj22]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

So a guard would just have to memorize when to pull, for example, on a play by play basis?

it's the center.

and its based off identifying the Mike backer.

or in lower levels of football identifying who the nose guard lines up over.

if you watched the Chiefs vs Broncos game 9 times out of 10 Peyton Manning would call out Derrick Johnson as the mike back and audible based off that, and then the rest of the line knew what to do.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by mcaj22

it's the center.

and its based off identifying the Mike backer.

or in lower levels of football identifying who the nose guard lines up over.

if you watched the Chiefs vs Broncos game 9 times out of 10 Peyton Manning would call out Derrick Johnson as the mike back and audible based off that, and then the rest of the line knew what to do.

This might explain why my HS line coach favored a "smarter" guy at center versus someone who was actually physically talented enough to play the position.

[mcaj22]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

This might explain why my HS line coach favored a "smarter" guy at center versus someone who was actually physically talented enough to play the position.

most of the teams i played on in 6th, 7th and 8th grade always had an undersized center who looked more like a TE or FB or even a waterboy but was kind of smart, and they compensated that by putting two guys at guard who could also pass as tackles lol.

but in younger levels the defenses are more vanilla, they arent 34 or even 43. its that 5-2, 6-2 stuff because not many teams know how to pass. So its essentially identifying that extra DT/noseguard and where he lines up (directly over the center, between the center-LG or between the center-RG, that tells the interior lineman who their block responsibilities are.)

that is pretty generic and standard stuff for young kids which is why you see plays like Johnny Bravo 32 dive. Because all the blockers need to know is some bozo is coming through the 2 hole and you idiots need to figure how who to block/help/chip based on how the defense lines up around the 2 hole.


but at the same time as someone who was a skill player (WR) said he knew what the numbers meant for route combinations, as a lineman myself, I never had a clue what those were because they werent my responsibility. So it goes both ways when you play some ball in high school.

[Iowanian]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

So a guard would just have to memorize when to pull, for example, on a play by play basis?

That is how it worked for us.

If Left guard heard a power trap to the right side, he would know to pull right and he was to clear that gap, with primary responsibility assumed to be to take the 2nd level guy, usually a LB out. Usual blocking schemes for us were based on if the DT and DE were lined up heads up on someone, or in your gap. We just studied the plays, learned your responsibilities and then we had some very simple calls to deal with adjustments.

It was pretty simple, line up and run the called play stuff.


I should clarify that I'm not an expert, wasn't a great football player....Just what I remember.