Coach -Man coverage closes the RPO.Tight windows. No conflict defender. No easy read.The problem is the matchup. Most defenses can't play man every snap. They don't have the corners. They don't have the safety. They lose the one-on-one.So they live...
Coach -Most offenses that throw the ball at a high level don't win with a long list of protections. They win with two or three that their linemen know cold, with clear rules for the back, and with a quarterback who knows which one he gets when the p...
Coach -Fourth quarter. Semifinal of the 2024 Texas 6A playoffs.Vandergrift calls one pass concept. The receiver swaps inside on a tag, gets his hips open, and runs by the defender. Touchdown. They go on to win the state title.The concept is Deep Cho...
Coach -You ran mesh three times last week.The defense charted it. They watched the film. By the second quarter this Friday, they're going to drop the safety on the crossers and dare you to throw something else.Most coaches throw something else.Coach...
Coach -The RPO read is a math problem, and the offense wins the math when your conflict defender has to guess. You already know that. What most defenses never get cleanly explained is how to structure a two-high shell so that the guess disappears, t...
Coach -Every run game book you've ever read assumes the same thing: your guys up front win their fits. If they don't, the scheme breaks.Coach Luke Schleusner, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Idaho, built his run gam...
Coach -If you've stood on the sideline and watched your nickel get put in a bind on a slant for the third time in a quarter, you already know the trap. The structure looked fine on the board Thursday night. Box numbers. Leverage. Run fits. Then the...
Coach -Every coach talks about building a program. Very few have actually done it from the ground up — and the ones who have tend to say the same things in different words.Here are three principles, from three of the best to ever do it, that show wha...
Coach ,There’s an argument to be made for using an onside kick all of the time. Kevin Kelley made a living on it and it proved to be a huge factor in winning for the 9x state champion. Here are the statistics behind why he does it:However, today...
Coach -The fastest quarterback on your roster isn't the one with the best arm. He's the one who processes the least before the snap and still makes the right decision.That's what the Air Raid is built on. Not complex coverage reads. Not pattern-matc...