Football LNBS: Calling options / Adding reverse action downfield

Dante84 · 10:29 PM

Offense in the NFL is evolving rapidly, and outpacing Defense at a record pace.

Watching the close games the past few weeks, I’ve seen two “hook and lateral” plays, and it got me thinking:

If you can predict with a reasonable degree of certainty what the safety or corner will do in a particular coverage, you should be able to determine what they will do post-completion as they track towards the ballcarrier. At this point, you could anticipate - and plan for - where the next pocket of space will open up.

For so long it’s been a one hit approach: find the open man, and he runs in space until he scores, gets tackled, or goes out of bounds.

What if it was a combo approach? Find the open man, gain yards, and provide him with an option to lateral to a crossing receiver who should be able to get another chunk.

You see this with rugby runs all the time. Why not more often in football?

12-17-2018, 10:23 PM	Topic Starter
Dante84 Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: ATX & OPKS Casino cash: $-2038004 VARSITY	LNBS: Calling options / Adding reverse action downfield Offense in the NFL is evolving rapidly, and outpacing Defense at a record pace. Watching the close games the past few weeks, I’ve seen two “hook and lateral” plays, and it got me thinking: If you can predict with a reasonable degree of certainty what the safety or corner will do in a particular coverage, you should be able to determine what they will do post-completion as they track towards the ballcarrier. At this point, you could anticipate - and plan for - where the next pocket of space will open up. For so long it’s been a one hit approach: find the open man, and he runs in space until he scores, gets tackled, or goes out of bounds. What if it was a combo approach? Find the open man, gain yards, and provide him with an option to lateral to a crossing receiver who should be able to get another chunk. You see this with rugby runs all the time. Why not more often in football? Last edited by Dante84; 12-17-2018 at 10:29 PM..
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