Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
New Grantland: The Cowboys’ Jason Witten: Master of the Option Route
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New Grantland: The Cowboys’ Jason Witten: Master of the Option Route
It’s now up over at Grantland: Despite its backyard beginnings, there are specific coaching points on an option route. The first thing Witten must do is identify the defender over him and attack that defender’s leverage on his release from the line, typically by running directly at him. By running right at that defender —…
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Beating the Blitz with the One-Back Offense (Bob Bratkowski)
The original one-back offense, the one that can trace its roots back to Jack Neumeier at Granada Hills high school and was popularized by Dennis Erickson, is both one of history’s best offenses and was a forerunner to today’s dynamic spread attacks. Bob Bratkowski, currently the offensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars, has been one…
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New Grantland Blog: Drawing Up the National Championship and A.J. McCarron’s Smash Concept
It’s up over at the Grantland blog: Many of those downfield completions came on the “smash” concept, which involves an inside receiver running a 10- to 12-yard corner route and an outside receiver simply stopping at five yards. It’s a high/low concept: One wide receiver is deep while another is underneath, so the quarterback can…
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Mike Leach is the new coach at Washington State: Rejoice and be glad
Raise your jolly rogers: Mike Leach is back. After two years of book-touring, suing ESPN, hosting talk-radio, and chillin’ in Key West, Leach is set to coach again in 2012, this time as head pirate in charge of the Washington State Cougars. History, connections, anecdote, and theories regarding the hire abound, but first thing first:…
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The original one-back spread offense
Before the Hal Mumme/Mike Leach Airraid or the Urban Meyer spread-to-run, there was the old, original “one-back” offense. The man who is considered the father of the one-back and did the most to popularize it is Dennis Erickson, who doesn’t even run it anymore at Arizona State, having given the reins of his offense over…