Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
Adapting the Rocket Toss Sweep to Spread and Pro-style Offenses
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Adapting the Rocket Toss Sweep to Spread and Pro-style Offenses
The top four rushing teams in college football this past season — Navy, Air Force, Army, and Georgia Tech — each ran the flexbone offense or some variation of it. “Well,” you say, “those offenses run the ball a lot, so that inflates the yardage.” To a point, yes, but even if you simply look…
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Smart Links – Strategery Round-Up: two-tight ends, the 3-4 defense, rocket toss and “Iso” – 12/8/2011
Old school Green Bay Packers’ use of two-tight ends: – Two good links from Ron Jenkins: Base combination concepts for any passing offense The multiple West Coast passing offense – Wisdom from Woody Hayes: [W]hen I first starting coaching listening to Woody Hayes talk about designing an offense. He talked about you start with your…
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Combining quick passes and a shovel pass or shovel screen
I recently discussed the evolution in combined or “packaged” plays, which involve combining quick passes, run plays, and screens to best take advantage of what ever evolving defenses throw at offenses. Since describing the concept, I’ve seen an increasing number of NFL teams use it, including the Green Bay Packers and the New York Jets,…
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