If you are wondering what plays should you include in a spread offense, here’s my top 10 that I believe strongly in. I have broken them down into my top 5 run and my top 5 pass.
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I love the bubble play. Period. It’s simple and should be an option on every single one of your plays pre-snap. All you need is #’s advantage. 3 v 2 – yes, 2 v 1 – yes, 3 v 3 – no, 2 v 2, no. Against apex defenders (linebackers that split, if they cheat closer to the run it’s an automatic check. Receivers have to expect they are getting it every single time. Your very first play is to simply spread out the defense and make them cover you. It’s also your very first pre-snap RPO. If you can execute this, then you can run a spread offense.
The Bubble Screen will change your offense. The only way to stop it is to cover it or to cheat. Every team will now start to try to fly up when they see the bubble route action by Z.
So now you hit them with the Bubble Slant. The QB looks to hit F right after he clears behind the first outside linebacker.
The great thing is that this also works against any defensive front. So when you call it, you don’t have to worry what they line up in.
Especially against man coverage in the Red Zone it is money.
Now this is a play you will only call once in a game. That’s because it’s only got one chance to work.
Your timing is critical as well. And you can’t be predictable. I like to wait until we are having enough success with the bubble screen that corners and safeties are walking down and reacting forward when the wide receivers break down to stalk block them.
Now they will stutter the stalk block fake and the blow past the DB. Have eyes on theses safeties and corners to see when they are cheating to stop the bubble.
