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Gun Flex Y Off Wk

Playbook: Baltimore Ravens

Formation: Gun Flex Y Off Wk

Play: Y Lead Read Option

Setup: None required

Overview: Always hand the ball off to your running back. If the read defender crashes down, keep the run to the right. If he stands up, cut the run back to the left. This is an extremely effective run play that you can break for a big gain at any time.

Playbook: Baltimore Ravens

Formation: Gun Flex Y Off Wk

Play: PA Slide

Setup:

  1. Hot route the X/square receiver to a smoke screen
  2. Block your running back
  3. Put your tight end and B/circle receiver on any routes you want

Reads:

  1. Your first look is to the X/square receiver on the smoke screen. If he is open, throw it to him.
  2. If he is covered, wait for your Y/triangle receiver to get open

Overview: This play is extremely simple and has a very easy read. It will beat most coverages in the game.

Playbook: Baltimore Ravens

Formation: Gun Flex Y Off Wk

Play: Double Post

Setup:

  1. Put the B/circle receiver on a streak route
  2. Put the X/square receiver on a drag route
  3. Max protect
  4. Motion the Y/triangle receiver to the right

Reads:

  1. The main read on this play is the Y/triangle receiver against zone coverages
  2. If he is covered, look to the X/square receiver on the drag route

Overview: You won’t want to call this play more than once or twice a game but it is nice to mix in every now and then.

Playbook: Baltimore Ravens

Formation: Gun Flex Y Off Wk

Play: RPO Zone Peek

Setup: None required

Reads:

  1. Your only read on this play is the B/circle receiver on a quick pass against cover 2 defenses (lead pass outside)

Overview: This is an extremely situational play. You only want to call it if you are sure your opponent is going to be in some sort of cover 2.

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freddyjones
freddyjones
4 years ago

that run play is filth.

calhous123
calhous123
4 years ago

For the read option run play, you tell us to look for what the “read” defender is doing to decide whether to run left or right. I just want to make sure I understand from the video, which defender is the “read” defender we are to watch. Can you tell me please?

Sam C.