The Ravens Read QB Counter game

 RAVENS QB COUNTER GAME

The Ravens do a great job in their run game. They have a tremendously gifted running qb who causes real issues for defenses.

The past few years they started running qb counter with a read variation.

The way the play is run,   Lamar can either give it to the running back/jet man  if the de stays home or pull it if the de takes the jet and folow the guard and tackle on the counter play. 

An added component in addition to the zone read and power game is the qb counter play, They have the jet/rb go one way on a outside zone path and have the guard and tackle pull the other way and Lamar reads the de. This play has been very deadly for them this year.

They love to run it out of 21 personnel and often split the 2nd rb out and bring him back in with jet motion. 

Lets look at the play and some examples.

#1

3rd and 2 vs the Giants.
The giants sit the defensive end so Lamar gives it to the jet man on lead sweep. They get an easy 7 yards on the play. They get a nice 8 yard gain and maybe a td if not for a shoestring tackle. 

   

 

On 1st and 10 in the red zone, the Ravens run it again for 17 yards. Lamar gets another give read and a great lead block from the rb. The giants are in a weird alignment with de in a 4i which makes this an easy give and they are outnumbered weak with only 3 players on the weak side. 

You can see the g/t counter element with the guard and tackle pulling. 

On 3rd and 4, the Ravens get a 5 man box. They run the ball due to it. They get a nice double team with a lead from the guard and tackle. A nice 8 yard gain. The de gives a keep read and Lamar runs it for 8 yards. 

Here is the film: 

Here they run it vs the Giants for 17 yards. Later for another 20. 3 for 45 yards.

On a 2nd and 10 they run it again and Lamar makes the read and keeps it for 20 yards.

Vs the Cowboys they used it in short yardage and killed the cowboys with it. This is a very hard play to defend.  Ran it 2 time for 56 yards. 

Here they run it vs the Browns and Lamar gets a keep read and takes off in the b gap.

Vs the Bengals

They have counter action one way and are reading the defensive end the other way on a read play. The counter action draws the play side Lb. Lamar reads the right defensive end who loses leverage so he gives the football.

Vs the Jaguars,
They ran the play 3 times vs the  Jaguars.

Here are videos of the 3 clips. Easy read for Lamar and positive yards on all 3 versions of it during the Jacksonville game. 

This is a very big part of the Ravens run game. they do a great job with it and it's a very integral part of their run game.