Comments on: Reverse quarterback pass from the wildcat

By: Ram

Ram — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:27:15 +0000

Minor editorial nit – I believe the second sentence of this article should read “Against the Panthers they resuscitated…” instead of “Against the Dolphins they resuscitated…”

I just found your site via your NYTimes “The Fifth Down” entry. I appreciate the smart football analysis. There is not enough of this type of topical writing being done. Keep it up, and thanks!

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:11:52 +0000

Thanks for the link on the TE corner. Personally, I’d roll away from the TE to force the defense to stretch horizontally as much as possible, but I can see how rolling toward the TE would make the pass easier.

By: Co-ach

Co-ach — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:46:00 +0000

You can see on the clip of the naked that the upback (we call him the fullback in our system) runs underneath the line. There could very easily be a shovel to him.

We have a play with an option pitch from the fly sweep. After the exchange the widest WR backpeddles and gets into pitch relation with the sweep. This is usually were most teams keep their QB. Defenses are so wreckless in getting to the the sweep that they ignore this option and has resulted in big plays for us.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:43:39 +0000

Co-ach has the video. There’s a lot of directions you can go off this. I’m waiting for an NFL team to work in the shovel or speed option off the Wildcat. Maybe jet sweep to the right, bring the slot receiver on the right (or line him up as an H-back) and bring him on a shovel the other way, and pull a guard. The QB/RB/Wildcat back fakes the jet then steps out like he’s bootlegging to the backside, and has the option of dropping off the shovel pass inside.

By: Co-ach

Co-ach — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:35:47 +0000

Sean,
The Dolphins have already ran a naked off of the jet/fly sweep. They ran the TE on corner and dragged the backside WR. TD vs NE

Here is a link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMUESkeBtk8&feature=channel_page

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:51:56 +0000

Sean,

I’ve seen the play you describe. I think it was Boise st. It was not out of the wildcat just a trick formation. They made the tight end “look” like the left tackle.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:25:27 +0000

To me, the obvious next wrinkle in the Wildcat is to take advantage of the pass-eligible status of the left tackle. The base Wildcat formation has a “twins over”look on top of the unbalanced line making the backside tackle technically the tight end on that side. I’d tell my defense to watch for a tight end checking into that position. I’d imagine they’d run something like the above motion – with everything going right – and then just flick it back to the left. It make make for an excellent goalline play out of the Wildcat.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:47:29 +0000

Tim,

Jet sweep, handoff to the motion man to the right. QB is lined up wide to the right and runs reverse behind the jet sweeper, who pitches it to him.

The WR who was in the slot just runs a post.

Vs the panthers the safety flew down when he saw jet sweep and the post was wide open behind him.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:58:31 +0000

Chris, I can’t watch videos at work. Help me procrastinate and also soothe my OCD by including a quick diagram if the only explanation of a play is in video form.