Inside the Playbook: Ohio State's 2-Back Offense

ORIGINAL CORN N BREW PUBLISHED 07/25/14

Ohio had some of the best crime in the country in 2013. Part of the success came back from two sets, or rather, a gesture to the receiving slot - the role of Percy Harvin - behind his back. I think they lost the best RB in college football last year, but with the return of the dynamic Braxton Miller and all of their Harvinites, it's likely that the two defenders will play an even bigger role on offense this year. In this section, we will see why it is so difficult to defend this set of defenders both before and after the click.

Dilemma before filming
The base set of Buckeyes will have four vertical threats. Often there will be 11 employees with split ends, slot, H-back and RB. Sometimes Meyer gives more than just a real view of the TE, including sides and grooves, or shows a set of movement types.

Assigning 11 or 10 employees instead of 21 or 20 represents a completely different approach to protection. Let me explain.

Of the 11 workers, four vertical threats were involved in the attack, one of which kept the horizontal threat and potential weight on one side of the field.

Probably, in this situation, the protection will be forced to use a nickel screen. In addition, shelter defense can be used in 3 different ways, which is very dangerous with four peaks. The defense is then forced to interact and make changes to mitigate the potential risk associated with these four vertical threats. The Nick Saban Fight Zone is a product of the three-team Cleveland Browns' surface used by the Pittsburgh Steelers' four verticals. Mattison (while in Michigan) placed his Shelter 3 right on top of a flat back (usually a "Support" lever guard or LB "Buzz"). #2 and just read #3).

But now the slot is moving to the back row opposite QB. Your defense has made all the calls, settings and communications, and suddenly they present a completely different spectrum of threats, especially in a racing game.

Now your old gaming options and various racing situations come into play. Your cover 3 or cover 4 should now fit nicely into your new look. Maybe you change the lever to a ledge (e.g. install a 3rd cover with what I call a "5th cover", which can be a three-tier cover with a "foggy" CB lever; set a 4th cover in the middle of the cover 6- th quarter). So all the new reports and checks that you need to do quickly, and all the new threats that you need, appear immediately in a new form. But you want an employee who can embrace both and has the intelligence to quickly adapt to both.

double race
Now we will see how OSU launches several games that will be launched from the last two sets. We will briefly explain the theory behind each part and how they work together as a group, but to save this post a bit, we will keep it fairly brief.

offensive trend
Defense has a few small advantages over Buckeye doppelgangers. It is almost certain that the initial RB will go in between attacks or serve as an advantage. The motion receiver (H) is almost certainly threatening to leave. More often than not, the spins will move in the direction they crossed the QB as they move in the opposite direction of the original alignment.

Straight upside down
reading ability
Power Read , colloquially known as Inverted veer , is an ink overlay scheme that uses a Power O block in combination with a read. I have previously worked on reverse tactics and how they work, discussed and demonstrated them in detail elsewhere.

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QB Bash
This seems like a reverse tactic, and the main reason known as "reverse belief" is the preferred terminology. Again, H flows straight ahead of QB. However, instead of the Power Lock pattern, blocking the inside zone in the opposite direction of the H movement is used before the start of the game. Usually in the inside field, FB blocks the H-back chase, but in this case, read the blocks to read DE. RB will then avoid EMOL and attempt to block the gang's defenders in case of alienation.

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Boy Trey
Now let's go back to the man block template, but this time we'll run the counter trey type block template . This also works with a single H-back, the same works with a double back. In this case, the H-equivalent protective cover will be pulled and corroded from the rear side of the DE. In the meantime, the RB will go through the hole and block the pull of QB if he holds on to it. In this case, QB can still read in favor of DE's game and decides to give it away if it fails in favor of DE's game. It works like this: the initial QB pass (playback slide) is followed by an H move to get the exact Power Read view after the field.

Thus, the background can look the same in three different sets of games, and in all cases, RB threatens from side to side. Meanwhile, Power Read threatens from the inside and plays with QB, QB Bas threatens from the inside and behind (with a cut on the side or outside of the game) and Counter-Gray, who is a little more dangerous on the outside (cutting a step inside). ) for the back. With these three games, any horizontal field of the field is basically threatened by two players and a blocker from above (adding a bubble screen in the background, or adding a playset with blocks - as shown in the opposite picture - can actually stretch horizontally). region).

Reading Features
We can also use RB as FB and continue to threaten the scoreboard. However, this time OSU QB will read DE (or sometimes DT) while OL uses an outer zone blocking scheme. In addition, QB allows you to threaten the background of the game. Several defenders read and added the threats, which caused problems for the defense.

triple choice
But if you have a RB like Hyde, or any other RB on the Buckeye list, it would be pointless not to use it in a racing game as well. Also, the defense reacts to something else. Also, the defense works just like any other crowbar that tries to stop the standard "reading" game. In this case, OL will block the inner zone in the original H alignment. RB will play standard inner zone playback depending on the type of reading, and QB will read DE. If DE remains, QB is returned; If DE fails, QB remains. If QB defends, he looks at the defender outside of DE and reads it. If the defender plays QB, roll to H; if the defender continues to expand, QB holds and cuts the field.

Here's a clip from OSU using a separate pad design (again blocks H-backs all over the plane).

sailing route
Now the guards are back to stop the race. They threaten in both directions between opposites, they threaten in both directions. Even now, as a flood concept , the screen model offers easy QB reading as it threatens any defense because it loads one side of the field. Since it has three different levels on the sides and paths that threaten the middle of the field, it can pile up multi-meter large blocks and immediately threaten the end zone.

Conclusion
The two rear kits offer different racing games. I have already written about the use of multiple backs in running games, both standard and readable . It also threatens jet swash , which has its benefits. Adding an extra defender to the backline reduces the vertical threat and reduces some of the ability to split the field horizontally, but adding a wrinkle to the attack distribution also adds what should be a defensive factor when preparing your team. And OSU is making good use of this stronger roster, as are all other college football teams.