Great run and pass plays every offense should have vs Man coverage

 Run Game-

1 really like 3 plays vs man to man

1. Speed option

2. Pin and pull

3. Toss Toss/wide zone with  Crack blocking- you often get a 2 for 1 blocking on the perimeter  off toss crack type plays. Can also run pin and pull but you need something on the perimeter vs man concepts. 

4. jet sweep with zone slice the other way. Very effective vs teams that spin with motion and run man concepts without combo underneath coverage.

1. 3x1 speed option to the boundary

This is an important play to have vs teams that play man to man. You can either motion to it or line up 3x1. You often get only 3 run defenders to that side so it's an easy pitch read and effective play vs man to man. You can easily run off the cb with the WR.

Speed option to the boundary:

2. Pin and Pull

 11 personnel

They knew they were getting cover 1 so they run it to the boundary. They get nice 2 for 1 with the WR cracking on the LB. They also know Ohio State was trying to spill and sending the DE down hard. It allowed the guard to not even block him(read key) and get on the edge with the nice toss crack scheme.

3. Toss Play

12 personnel- TOSS PLAY

Play variation, they toss it and block pin and pull.

Motion man cracks on the de

On ball TE blocks and cracks 2nd level. 

LT and Center pull after TE seals the edge

The 2nd time they run it they do it out of 12 personnel with a flexed TE and off ball TE in twins. They get man coverage. Hard to crack replace when in man coverage. 

11 personnel.

Same play as earlier. This time with the H Back in motion. Nice design, different look, but pre snap motion tells the offense it's man coverage. They get a 2 for 1 on the Edge with the crack vs man coverage.

Here are 5 versions of how they attack the boundary with their pin and pull blocking scheme.

4. Jet sweep Slice
UCLA Offense:
Jet with wide zone off slice blocking to the opposite side.
Here you get jet motion followed by a slice blocking scheme. Very effective when going against a team that runs man coverage concepts with secondary spinning.

Here's 2 clips of the play. Jet/Slice Zone

Pass game

2. Using the RB out of the backfield off pick/rub routes. Great vs man to man sending the back to the opposite side of the formation. Tough to defend in traffic.

3rd and 3

The Packers do it vs the Patriots 2x2. They get the rub and easily completion vs the Patriots who are notorious for their man free concepts.

Nice design and rub with the 2 slants for the RB as the primary receiver.

Utah free releases the RB vs the double dog blitz. Again opposite side of the back.

The nice thing about the route design is their are probably peel rules in place for a de to pick up the back. But the back releases inside so no one peels and takes him and he 's wide open for a 5o yard gain. If the back swings on this the DE would see him and pick him up. 

motions back in backfield, LB comes back, easy pre snap man to man read for the qb.

Bring the double dog pressure. RB releases across the formation inside the DE.

QB avoids the pressure and hits it for a 52 yard gain.

 The QB avoids the pressure and their is no one on the back. 

Notre Dame vs Oklahoma  State

Oklahoma State is known for their cover 0 pressures. They bring 7 and someone messes up the responsibility on the RB. 

Notre Dame sneaks the back out opposite down the middle of the field and he's wide open.

It's a simple 4 vert concept which is good if Oklahoma State runs it's cover 2 or zone, or if man the back should be open. They hit the back.

Wisconsin Crack Screen

This crack screen is mostly run vs 3x1 with some type of man coverage on the backside. Excellent play to run vs those type of coverages. The WR will crack on the man covering the running back, and the tackle will block the CB. Easy play and design to run as it takes advantage of angles and leverage.

Wisconsin runs it for a nice 20 yard gain.

Here Maryland runs a crack screen swing route with the RB, easy play to run on those 3rd and 5 situations.

They go empty, get the presnap read and play they want and then run the swing route vs man free coverage. 

Stack Formations and Rub Routes

Maryland does a great job of using leverage from stack/condensded  formations vs man coverage.

Here you see a nice slant concept they ran 2x vs man in their Penn State matchup. They ran this play 2x for 102 yards. One was a 62 yard touchdown, the other was a 42 yard touchdown.

Example #1 

Example #2

UNC Rub Route 

UNC comes out and checks to the wheel route as Notre Dame gives them man free coverage. Easy presnap read as Notre Dame has #1 and 3 in a man alignment. 

UNC runs a wheel route by #3 with a pick from #1 and #2. Nice design by Luongo.

These are just some of the man concepts you should incorporate into your offense.

Packers mesh concepts and man beaters on offense

 The Packers have one of the most potent offenses in the league and arguably the best wr in Devonte Adams. But, they also don't throw the ball vertically too much. Against the Panthers they threw one pass more than 10 yards down field. ONE and its below which means this. They will run a ton of man beaters that are short routes and mesh shallow concepts to beat you.

The Packers can beat you in many ways:

1. They can beat you running the ball

2. They can beat you with wide zone boot and play action

3. The Packers have a very good rpo game

4. The Packers can beat you by going empty and taking advantage of matchups with Adams and Lazaar in the slot.

5. The Packers can beat you in the drop back passing game which they do well and protect the passer.

6. They will take advantage of matchups with Adams And Lazar inside or put Adams against your worst cb if you don't travel.

Here he beats Ramsay 1x1 on 2nd and 14 and gets 12 for a manageable first down. The Rams are in combo. Man on Adams, cover 2 with everyone else. 

On Defense:

1. You need to play a handful of  man and use your 2 deep safeties aggressively in the pass game when you play them.  Drive 1 of them down vs condensed sets .

When Adams is to the single side, double him. with one safety and use the other to disrupt the mesh routes. Drive the safety to the 3x1 side to play the mesh or this will happen.  22 yard gains. It seems simple.

You can also do it vs 2x2. but here they dont do it and its a big gain of 22 yards.

Example 1 of a packer man beater, mesh concept.

Example 2, They run mesh and the Panthers drive  the safety down! You can do this vs 2x2 or 3x1 when Adams is to the single side. Need to help with him at all times. They drive the safety to the mesh 3x1 side down and double Adams, causing the incompletion.

Here the Panthers do it again and get the sack. Disrupt the mesh routes vs condensed formations. Safety coming down really disrupts Rodgers and they get the SACK!

2. When Adams is in 3x1 and in the trips, you must cover off, play 4x3 or give the impression he is covered or you will get those easy catch and runs (see rpo below)  Slant the other way with the dline so things spill out 

Adams is one of the best wr and great at getting separation vs man coverage. Here as you can see he does a great job getting separation early in the route which makes it difficult for teams to play him in man. It also amazes me that teams don't double him more and take him out of the game.

Green Bay vs Panthers.

Adams uses his hands to get seperation early in the route as the Panthers go man free. 

Wide open at the top of the route with no safety help. Easy 20 yard gain

Leverage rpo's

The other thing that is built into the system is the rpo options any time they get 3 over 2, or at times 3 over 3 with leverage. You have to paint a cloudy picture at times or Rodgers will take easy throws. Vs the panthers he gets 3 wr over 2 and he throws it out to Adams with 2 blockers for an easy 14 yard gain. If he doesn't like the numbers on the perimeter the Packers will often have run built in.

They will take this any time you give it to them which they do here vs the Panthers. 

Example #2 , they come out in 12 personnel and hae an rpo with a wr screen. 

MORE Green Bay Packers Mesh Concepts

This video shows how the Packers used bunch formation and simple shifts to dictate coverage and run mesh concepts vs Lions man free defense. They also take advantage of matchups as the Lions really couldn't handle Aaron Jones Athleticism. The clips show how nfl teams take advantage of matchups.

clip 1- align tight end out as #1 strong safety is on him, clear indication they are in man free. Then they motion and shift and run the play they want vs man free coverage. clip 2-Lions are in bear front, packers motion rb jones into the slot. Lions are forced to walk out the mlb. easy read on the mesh as it is a major match up with lions mlb against Jones. The packers know this is a mismatch and easy read for Rodgers vs man free. clip 3-same play as clip 1. Rodgers recognizes man free by alignment and checks to the mesh concept. Very difficult for defenders to get thru all the traffic with man free with no underneath help.

These 3 examples are great play design by the packers.

The packers also use the running back to create mismatches vs man.

In the next video you see how they use Aaron Jones against the Lions by essentially running 3 screens for him with the 1,2, and 3 wr. This is a great play design vs man free coverage and getting one of your best athletes the ball

Here are just some of the concepts you will see from the Packers. They are a great offense and very difficult to defend.