Xs & Os: Spacing

[@thecryingshame]

Spacing. The most appropriate concept to review at this time!🤣

[@TheQBSchool]

glad you got that one.

[@JeremyDeBose]

Nick Scott ba-zing.

[@FandangoHoward]

My favorite short passing concept in Madden! 😂 I've noticed that teams will often run 2 different concepts on the same play (dragon-spacing is one I see a lot). Maybe I missed it if you've done it already, but I think a video where you go over common combinations of concepts would be really cool.

[@FandangoHoward]

Well speaking of dragon-spacing, I gotta learn to watch the whole video before commenting hahaha

[@TheQBSchool]

We shall see

[@josephsebastian915]

Outstanding in the simplicity and teaching.

[@TheQBSchool]

Glad you think so!

[@Schoenburg96]

Hey JT, could you at some point do a video on/talk about pre-snap motion? I know it’s used to determine whether the defense is in man or zone, but are there other ways to use it or other nuances? How is motion used in run plays etc? Thanks love the channel

[@TheQBSchool]

Good idea.

[@ericsnyder5427]

Yea damn good idea. Like using motion to shift a receiver into an advantageous matchup?

[@joshwigen2510]

Thank you so much for these concept videos . I’m working on putting this concept in . I love the end variation with the double move shots as well as the tailback burst.

[@TheQBSchool]

Wonderful!

[@ericsnyder5427]

I dig the play you added at the end. I can definitely see those defenders squatting on those routes and being caught on those double moves. Especially like you stated in the red zone. Or better yet, after you have run spacing a few times to sucker them in. Cool concept. Thanks doc

[@TheQBSchool]

word

[@suyashbhagwat5615]

Love these videos, long may they continue.

[@TheQBSchool]

Thanks.

[@Tw33tMonsta14]

Could you do a video on how they tag formations to specify receiver splits, locations, and whose on or off the ball. I’ve always wondered how teams like the saints run so many formations with different splits and how they communicate that.

[@TheQBSchool]

Just different names. Like an expanded vocab or lexicon.

[@JColeOverEverything]

Saints use sandwich names. EX. JJ for Jimmie Johns, Subway etc. Sean Payton tweeted it about a month ago

[@jaredphillips2422]

Love these breakdowns. JT, could you please do a video on your favorite "choice" route plays, particularly for slot receivers?

[@jjen366]

talk about the, "zone/man under" defence, concept... man beater or zone beater or middle screen what offensive scheme is better???

[@phillipemery572]

:O Dude! I've been deep into Spacing lately. Awesome that you posted this!

[@TheQBSchool]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cyclopsboi]

It seems like many of the same play concepts appear in multiple teams play books. So what makes us call a coach/OC innovative? Is it just arriving at the same concepts from new looks, is it the sequencing of the plays, or is it when they call a certain play in down/distance/field position?

[@TheQBSchool]

It's all of the above I think. I think of it as a chef. Only so many ingredients, how can you make it your own with what you got?

[@zareh805]

It’s incredible how a QB can completely manipulate what a zone defense will look like post snap by simply turning is head towards a part of the field.

[@TheQBSchool]

Right? It's not that complicated.

[@PNW_STEFF]

Great video

[@joserodrigojimenez5027]

Hey JT; could you please make a similar video on the whole jet sweep concept? Tbh I haven't fully look into all your videos for it if you already did... the whole jet sweep playcall has been a strong theme the last couple of seasons on pretty much 70% of the NFL games and I might be bias to it since this was the very first play I run when I play college football in Mexico. Thanks for all the content you put on KZbin, by far the best I have come across in years looking for football debunking

[@TheQBSchool]

Good idea.

[@SScott53LHS]

JT, Great video love your channel. Idk if you will answer this could you go over basic RPOs and some of your favorite route combinations to use with them? Side question, what do you use to draw on your diagrams? Thanks keep it up!

[@TheQBSchool]

Coming soon.

[@maxheeke8611]

Interesting, I wonder if adding some sort of run fake adds anything? Maybe helps to stretch out the zones resulting in bigger windows? Or just dirties everything up. Easy to turn this type of play into an RPO, but does that add anything.... in short I don’t know would love to hear your thoughts

[@spiderwebb222]

I think putting in a run fake would potentially bring the linebackers underneath the hitches. Maybe you could do a kind of "deep spacing" RPO thing where the hitches are at 8-10 yards

[@maxheeke8611]

@@spiderwebb222 Thanks for the reply! To your point about linebackers coming underneath the routes, I have always encountered spacing routes ending up beyond linebacker depth. Therefore, a run fake might help to draw them up even further (especially if you are a run heavy team). the routes should end at about 6-7 yards and if the linebackers are any deeper than that I am going to run the ball not throw it.

[@PayDirt1330]

Can you resend the link to "Team Synced?" I am unable to access the site through the link.

[@TheQBSchool]

i don't know what that means

[@griffenharbolt5629]

If you're running spacing, would it still be effective against a Stack Front defense? I know the read for spacing changes against middle of the field closed Coverage, but my biggest worry is about the depth the linebackers are lined up. Any recommended solutions? Thanks for answering this question!

[@TheQBSchool]

Nope. LBs should drop right? pending a match type look.

[@Mr92094]

Hey JT how are position groups and formations tagged? Like what causes a WR to line up in the slot vs the outside for a formation? My Pats did this a lot where Edelman or Gronk could line up out wide or in the slot despite the formation being the same

[@TheQBSchool]

Just different formations.

[@markchristiansen4827]

What is the timing on your version (or the slugo version)? It feels like the double move takes long enough that the others end up sitting in one spot waiting for the QB to finish reading the first read and get to them. (I am assuming I am wrong on this but wanted to know why I was wrong)

[@TheQBSchool]

Perhaps a tick slower...you're right.They're still 2, 3, etc. progression doesn't change though.

[@joshallensarm]

Love it

[@gvaa1]

Thanks

[@Adrian-yn4qg]

It's a great play, but the protection. That might turn into just spacing, plus a bunch of well laid plans in a sack... with a baseball bat. Really though, that's a pretty slick play.

[@mjciavola]

I'm thinking that your designed play with the double moves is more of a long pass concept as opposed to the original quick pass concept that spacing is designed for. Maybe that's why it was hard to sell? Regardless, I'm sure that it would work!

[@TheQBSchool]

7on7 killer

[@collinrobb1030]

Where did you find out about that QB spacing special play?

[@TheQBSchool]

my mind

[@JohnnyMidey]

What website did you use to make the last play?

[@JColeOverEverything]

He's using Hudl it looks like. If you want something similar that's free try GoArmy Edge Football

[@zareh805]

Does the progression begin right at the snap or last step of drop back?

[@TheQBSchool]

Depends. Could even be presnap, too.

[@Johnysimus]

@@TheQBSchool Oh you can skip reads based on presnap?! How? When does it screw-up the timing and when does it not? Maybe a video in future about this? ;) Is that especially applicable to the QBS Special Spacing? The concept looks incredibly cool, I see why you like it, but it seems like all the double moves would take forever. "Timing" of routes is something that I am wondering about for some time now. It feels totally unreal that people are able to come up with a concept where everything happens in a rythm. How?! :D

[@billmccaffrey1977]

It's my understanding that Mr Tom Landry was the first guy to use computers to analyze player speeds with respect to the passing game and had players timed to the step rather than actual yards. Do you have insight to the method?

[@TheQBSchool]

Nope

[@jackrabbitmr]

💪🤠🏈

[@sm112103]

Never understood muddying up the look sending the 4th guy, prefer the slant/flat look.

[@TheQBSchool]

Same

[@thomasgarcia8118]

Do a Sam Darnold film breakdown. Dan Orlovski did a breakdown for spots all current QBs would be drafted at and said Darnold would be at 1. I would like to know if there is any truth to that statement

[@TheQBSchool]

Didn't see it. Maybe? Honestly, I like Tua better.

[@Eidenhoek]

ALSO WILL BE USED WITH HUSTLE CHAOS

[@TheQBSchool]

Please stop YELLING.

[@Eidenhoek]

@@TheQBSchool Not my fault it's how the play was called on the lower left D:

[@ricebowl3]

spacing how appropriate in the age of social distancing ..... hut,hut, hut, covid-19, covid-19

[@TheQBSchool]

Too soon.

[@johnellwoodtaylor4769]

The QB School Nothing is more classic than Rothlisberger, “dilly dilly “!

[@theFPbros123]

First

[@TheQBSchool]

Congrats