The Spread Offense

1. The Spread Offense with: Mike Emendorfer Building a Passing System

2. Offensive Mechanics Multiple with Simplicity • Focus Only On The Words That Affect You • Learn To See The Big Picture

3. Huddle Procedure

4. Play Calls • Running Game - Words • Passing Game - Numbers

5. Running Game Basic Play Call Dive Right Tells us the running play we are running. Tells us the direction we are running the play to.

6. Passing Game Basic Play Call 962 The last number indicates what concept we are running in our routes. It also indicates where the strength is located (odd = left, even = right) The first number indicates the protection and the release of the running back. The second number indicates the formation and the series that we are running.

7. Passing Game Play Call With Motion and Tags Y MO 984 Boston Hot Motion is first in the play call. Tags or adjustments within the concept are directly after the play call. If we want to take the R-Back out of the protection and hot release him, that indication is last.

8. Cadence • On First Sound • Down • On One • “Down Blue – Blue, Set Go”  • On Two on Two • “Down Blue – Blue, Set Go, Go” • Hard Count • “Down Blue – Blue, Set Go Go, Go, Go” • On Repeat • “Down Blue – Blue, Set Go, Go, Set Go”

9. Terminology Personnel • Split Ends • Wings • X/Z • W/Y • R

10. Terminology Terms • Wide Side (Field)/Short Side (Boundary) • Front-side/Back-side • Split • Landmark • Trouble • Run/Quick Check

11. Terminology Terms • R.A.C. • A.M.F. • D.A. • Sight Adjust • 6 Second Rule • Q Receiver

12. Formations Doubles Trips Panther Hurricane Cluster Adjustments

13. Formations # # # # # # Middle Left Hash Right Hash Doubles 80’s

14. Formations # # # # Left Hash Right Hash Trips 60’s

15. Formations # # Right Hash Panther 90’s # # Left Hash

16. Formations # # Right Hash Hurricane 70’s # # Left Hash

17. Formations # # Right Hash Cluster 50’s # # Left Hash

18. Formation Adjustments 5-7 yards 5-7 yards Tight Squeeze Flop Flip

19. Formation Adjustments 1 by 1 Spread Ghost

20. Formation Adjustments Con Ace Pro

21. Formation Adjustments Bunch Double Bunch

22. Motions Why? • To disguise our intentions/delay defensive recognition • To gain a blocker at the point of attack • To create personnel advantages • To force the pass coverage to declare man or zone • To create coverage problems or checks • To force the coverage to bump, changing personnel and alignment • To help circumvent the jam

23. Motions Ram Lion

24. Motions Player Specific Out W Mo Z Out

25. Motions In Trace Z In Y Trace

26. Shifts Pre-Snap Movement • To disguise our intentions/delay defensive recognition • To create personnel advantages • To create coverage problems or checks • To force the coverage to bump, changing personnel and alignment

27. Shifts Y Stem W Stem

28. Protections • The first building block of our passing game is protection. Great protection is the most basic key to the success of our pass offense.

29. Protections • Our linemen must be know and be able to execute our schemes, but even more, they must maintain a fierce pride in protecting the passer that says, “Nobody touches the quarterback.”

30. Protections • Our back must understand his role within different protection schemes. He must get himself to the right places, and be physical enough to constantly handle linebackers and defensive ends.

31. Protections • Our receivers play a major role by identifying coverage and potential blitz situations, understanding when they must break off their route to sight adjustments (being the ‘Q’ receiver), and most importantly GET OPEN in the time required by each pass so that the linemen and back do not have to pass block for unnecessary periods of time.

32. Protections • Our quarterback is the center of it all, and he insures that we are a great protection team through the right recognition and communication. He must also get the ball of on the correct timing, and throw the ball away rather than taking foolish sacks.

33. Protection Concepts • 1- Slide Protection • Rip/Liz- Gap Protection • 9- Man Protection • Smoke- Semi Roll Protection

34. Protections 1- Slide Protection

35. Protections 1- Slide Protection

36. Protections Gap Protection Rip

37. Protections Gap Protection Liz

38. Protections 9- Man Protection

39. Protections 9- Man Protection

40. Protections Smoke Protection

41. Protections Smoke Protection

42. Passing Concepts • Simple • Constant through formations

43. Passing Concepts • 0 (East/West)- Mesh • 1-2- Vertical • 3-4- Smash • 5-6- Screen • 7-8- Flat/Curl

44. Passing Concepts 0 – Mesh • Attacks the underneath edge of coverage very rapidly, many times from a tightened environment • Creates multiple “rubs” by incorporating different crossing routes • Quick rhythm concept, whose primary purpose is to attack man-to-man defense by creating match-up problems and multiple rubs

45. Passing Concepts 980 West

46. Passing Concepts 1-2 - Vertical • Allows our offense to attack and stretch the defense toward the end zone • Designate our areas of attack as 18-22 yards down the field • Lower level control route

47. Passing Concepts 981

48. Passing Concepts 3-4 - Smash • One of the best ways we have of putting pressure on two deep coverage by creating situations where the cornerback cannot cover two people; he will see a six yard hitch in front of him and have a deeper-developing flag route behind him • Attacks down the field on the deep outside edge, or underneath as a ball-control pass

49. Passing Concepts 984

50. Passing Concepts 5-6 - Screen • Controls the blitz and pass rush by inviting the defense up-field and then allowing them to rush • Offensive line will block downfield as we throw underneath to our receivers or back