Inside the Playbook: Michigan's Use of Multiple FBs and Additional Gaps

I have already talked about space discipline , I focused on part of the article on how to drag and drop LOs into the FB mix. These things are hard to defend because they have to adapt quickly to ever-changing responsibilities. Drag OL adds spaces to the attack point, և FB can be placed anywhere along the LOS to add spaces; The protection must be adjusted after pressing these new vulnerabilities. Jim Harbo likes to use it to his advantage. Adding loopholes to the game plan makes the defense think, hesitate, and when they do, their strength-based attack can start closing yards. Also, as more and more teams focus on building attacking space (although this is starting to revert to denser people structures / gap planes as everything in football is cyclical) , the defenders are not so happy. For reliable performance (as Spielman has repeatedly said over the past few weeks).

The downside is that it provides protective "switches", especially for LBs who often learn to read from OG to FB. Usually OL pull takes you to play, և often FB takes you to play. attack, you don't want to risk pulling OL, what can you do? The answer is more twists. let's look

FB Main Blocks
Michigan will use their FB slot with a few standard horses. from the previous article

Enter FB:
Using FB as an attack will miss one of the scrolling game's vertical threats. To compensate, you can multiply your miles. From LOS, FB can be included in the game to add gaps along the LOS.

The power unit in the cast is added open from the outside next to the game. Usually a block is a percussion block; և it opens the space inside this percussion block; But sometimes the unit leans inwards, և RB can jump. The essence is the same, next to the game է it is inserted from the outside.

The ball is out of play. This usually forces the LB to steal to protect gaps. Of course, before the draw, they do not know where the place will be included.

In the case of a split area, a tear is added to the part with the tape. In this case, it will be difficult to collapse the back of the defense in the game, fill other internal gaps, as well as open the way for Belarus.

So you actually have two instances where FB defends in play, one when he leaves play և he can be placed anywhere along the LOS (obviously he can drive the block to the weak side of the circle). . This all leads to Michigan's main game.

on the power
Games like Power O (or F/H counterattack ) turn the gap into an attack point և insert an extra lock next to the game. Basically the game side adds up these two periods after pressing C և D :. The defense must of course be able to explain themselves after the shot.

These are two new gaps in the point of attack that give the ball player a very good option when he gets there.

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But removing OG is kind of a defense cue. How to reconcile the Split Zone և Iso threat, mainly using Power O? Shoot bullets.

power cord
Power Lead is the same as Power O, except instead of firing OG, you replace the pull unit with something that actually pulls FB. This “attractive Facebook” is a “bullet blocker”. Does that make sense? Ehh, let's just say I've seen better.

Note that the gap settings are exactly the same. In the game, the first FB has an effect lock, and the second goes through the C space. We are now watching it live.

Same game, different keys.

Traps և kicks

Of course, some of Harbo's favorite things are traps and hits . Again, basically the same thing, but one trap blocks DL with OL, the other with FB, և both add an extra gap, this time to the old B gap. (Note below: purple legend indicates that the space disappears because the eyebrow protrudes, leaving only one space in this area)

From the video (note that the FB input itself is where the OG push is coming from, so the B gap is preserved)

և in one fell swoop

Look at the match, FB (here, H-back) sets as a barrier trap, pushes back DT (while OG keeps typical block space).

bullet trap և punch
But what if we still want to isolate LB by blocking lead? No problem. You can always set traps, hit, always have bullet blocks. The only difference is which is the DT blocking trap.

Watch the Wham Balls video.

Traps և Strikes with external influence
Oh, but you don't take hitting people, it'll be so easy. Sometimes you might even want to influence the defense by involving line workers and intending to run with them. The "effect" here is that the defense interacts with the shooting blocker, effectively taking them out of play.

Here is the T ice cream.

Here is the standard lever trap, the defense must respond to the first T, which comes out often.

And, of course, you can do the same with a precursor.

Rear Impact Strike:
But since Power O is the main game, it's often the reverse game (remove the OG, then close the DT on the firing OG). Pull OG, watch the defense try to get to the offensive spot first, so the offensive spot is exactly where it was just released.

և video:

Jim Light

Ah, shit, affect everything

Let's get crazy, hit the t-balls, hit the trap, hit the game.

Sometimes you overestimate yourself a little, but in any case, it's a fairly normal guy who blocked the impact with a key block (TE tries to enter through the hole).

Leading force O.

But why stop by adding breaks to the point of attack? Why not two FB և microphones? Yes, the power of lead O.

While Harba will hold him (note Belarus's little countermeasure, which is done simply to give blockers time to cross), ISU holds him against Baylor.

No, it's not just a war, it just shows the strength of such a concept.

double

Michigan will close the person/gap through LOS և run dual iso:FB will separate the two ILBs. The bottom line here is that the FB must react faster than the ILB և meet them at level 2, firmly և responsibly, before the defense can respond և. It's a challenge for LB, especially if it's a sudden change from every other game I've played.

Conclusion :

The expansion of the sphere is wonderful և has advantages. Additionally, using the linear TE և H side section of the back. Everyone forces the defense to defend on both sides և vertically. But only on FB you can have different games running. FB can be placed anywhere in LOS, and using both allows you to check OL or not check OL and still use your entire game. It's a ride I've enjoyed since a long time, I like to use FB և H-Back with this egg because ultimately it makes the defense think. And when the defense thinks, և the attack hits his head, the game continues, և nothing can stop him.