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.

Jim Knowles Ohio State New Defense-part 2 3rd down package

 Jim knowles defense was top 5 in the country in 2021 in numerous offensive categories One of the areas they excelled in was 3rd down defense.  He brings some mug looks, 3-2 fronts and sprinkle in some 3 safety looks as part of the package.

Oklahoma State was  #2 behind Houston at 28% efficiency and had an excellent 3rd down package. They caused confusion with their pre snap looks and disguises and rotated into different coverages from their 2 deep shell.

One  of the aspects you will see from Knowles is some mug pressures. He loves to walk LB's  up into the gaps and show pressure. You will see him bring man pressures and then drop and play 8. He definitely keeps offenses on their toes with the different ways he can get into coverage from different looks. It can cause some confusion in protection as well as coverage and make life difficult for young qb.

presnap cover look cover 0

post snap cover 2 hole (2 with a 3 read concept on #3 in trips)

That was a disguise but the next time they show pressure and bring it.

next possession

3rd and 8

presnap cover 0

postsnap mug double a and bring 2 ILB and the safety. They play cover 0.

 Boise sees the pressure and throws quick for a 6 yard gain, not enough for a 1st down.

3rd and 5 vs West Virginia

presnap-cover 0

post snap cover 3 or 2 hole depending on how you look at it. Depth of the OLB makes it look like 3 but cb playing outside leverage so I call it 2 hole.  Either way have a middle of field defender to take away the dig/in breaking routes.

see the 3 safeties get deep 1/3  and 2 OLB bail to the curl. 

mesh is covered by the CB up top. Sit route is open late but pressure disrupts it. 

Vs Texas Tech

3rd and 5

presnap cover 0 mug pressure look

post snap cover 0 but only blitz 4. The LB have zone underneath help as DB forcing everything to the inside.  Most college teams will play with a free safety with this kind of look but Knowles is aggressive and plays it with zero middle of the field safety help.

3rd and 8  vs Texas Tech 

Later in the game, they show the same look and bring 7. Texas Tech only has 6 blockers and tries to throw the fade to #1 to the boundary. The pressure forces a quick throw and incompletion.

He will also work out of his dime 3-2 package which he ran vs. Texas Tech.

They went 3-2 with some man concepts on a few occasions. They only rushed 3 and played man with a spy on the QB.  The coverage was man free from a 2 high shell with a middle of the field defender. The safety drops to the middle hook area and the other safety plays deep 1/3. 

3rd and 9

Knowles goes man free hole with a 3 man rush and spy on the qb. Nice design. QB tries to take off but no place to go as the LB is waiting for him. 

Here are 2 clips of the coverage discussed above.

Here's an amoeba look with only 1 def lineman with his hand in the ground. The look causes confusion and they bring the safety from depth. The confusion messes up the TCU protection allowing the FS to come clean. 

3rd and 10 (man free coverage)

 

These are just a few of the concepts Coach Knowles will bring to the Ohio State defense this year.