Tagging the Air Raid Shallow Cross Concept

[@CoachMcKie]

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[@hziheiko]

Thank you coach! This could be my way out since I’m rebuilding our offense, while the offensive coordinator quit last season. And I’m in China where there are less than 2 K ppl playing this game, if that.

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[@robertmosher7418]

You can also run the drive out of trips in the same direction as your dig route and instead of your R running a vert route have him run a delay under. Progression would be 5-0 to drive, 5-1 to the dig, 5-2 to delay under. The L would be on an alert on 3-1. Coach would call it trips drive L go or L pivot and change your alert based on defense. Whatever your terminology would be

[@nickbryan664]

Coach McKie, good stuff as always... in that cover 3 scenario, you ever try tagging a comeback (instead of curl). Hard route to cover and the corner probably used to getting run off if you've been using GO. Food for thought... easy 1st down vs. cover 3, I think

[@CoachMcKie]

That's freaking fantastic coach.

[@robertmosher7418]

How does your F get across on a drive concept to the other side of the formation in a catch small small drop? We run a similar concept where we run it out of trips and have the F drive across the formation the why would be on the Dig route and your r or l would be on a delay under. the single receiver side into the boundary would run a call either go route or a called pivot route. That gives coach two vertical concept routes one which he can call as the alert based upon coverage. The drop goes 5 and 0 to drive, 5 and 1 to The Dig, 5 and 2 to the delay under. If he throws the alert into the boundary it is a quick 3-1 hitch and throw it up. I know that I coach to California and Division 1 so we see a lot of really fast defenses. But we don't really plan our drops on the defense we plan our drops timing of the offense. We're already starting at 4 and 1/2 yards deep. so Rhythm throws with your are faster short game are catch right left if he's a right-handed quarterback and catch left right if he's left-handed. So when we instruct the quarterbacks we emphasized catch small small that way they just know they're strong what is the one that they step with first so that they're pushing off after they plant. I can't see being able to read a drive or shallow cross coming all the way across the formation as the first in progression without built-in timing on a five-step drop. We have experimented trying to run that route concept first and progression on other drops and find that the quarterback is going to disregard that route because he's going to hitch to his second in progression because we don't want a QB buzzing in place waiting to see if the first route is going to be open. We want his eyes moving along with his resetting his profile using small hitches to the number two.

[@northerncambriacoltsfootba6739]

Shallow vs Mesh ? Just starting out this year with the Air Raid Offense and and after doing a lot of “homework” I feel that the shallow looks to be a better play than mesh; although most Air Raid coaches love the mesh; thoughts?

[@CoachMcKie]

Gun to my head...I'd go with Shallow Cross right now. UNLESS you are willing to stick with Mesh throughout the ENTIRE year.

[@MrRuben536]

Coach, who is the QB reading on shallow cross? Progression is shallow-Dig-swing, correct?

[@coachjefe6912]

Coach, Why not send both outside guys on skinny posts as a default?

[@CoachMcKie]

I’m always afraid they will run into each other.

[@billkowal4432]

Coach do you only run Shack with F?

[@CoachMcKie]

No. I run Y, L, and R Shack.

[@gypsycannon5842]

Coach mkie please help me out needing some air raid spread plays For our 8 on 8 team thank you really would love to get our offense moving so people are so scared thank you

[@CoachMcKie]

Hey coach, you cant go wrong with Mesh and a counter

[@gypsycannon5842]

Awesome thank you CoachBut wich man to I take out since we can only go 4 wide not 5? Thank you

[@CoachMcKie]

You can't go five wide?

[@gypsycannon5842]

No we are 8 on 8 team so we have 8 on 8 so 3 linemen and 4 wide or 3 wide with Rb

[@gypsycannon5842]

Coach McKie please let me know thank you

[@HoyaSquidBurger]

How do you protect? Do you still slide your line opposite first read and then have the back check frontside blitzes before releasing on shoot route?

[@CoachMcKie]

You got it coach. The inky thing is the back goes NOW. The QB is responsible for the hot