Untitled - Fast and Furious Football

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bachide tackle a chance to get th€ lin€backcr
The pmblem is in running the basic veer oplion
to set up the counter option. The presence ofthe
strong safety on theline of scrimmage makes thc
basic option very di{ficult, as shown in Figure 6.
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The play that would get everyone blocked
would be an ot:racAle uith counter action. Flgure
5 shows the tailback and fullback starting to
one side, then curling back to the other side. The
idea is ihat the initial action of the play would
make it possible for ihe backside offensive lackle
ro block the backside lineba€ker.
TIGUBE 5
Conventional trop plays have the tmpper movingin
the dircction ofthe fake.Ifthe onside lin€backer
would take the fake of a trap option, th€
play could work. The problem is that the trap
option is not practical because ofthe presence of
the shong safety on the LOS. A backward trap
playis a possibility, however (see Figure 7).Inagine
the outside lineman on the split end side going
unblocked with a trap play away liom the fake
by the quarte$ack and tailback.
FIGUBE 7 Trap option varialion versus 46
This is an unconventional play, but it should
-nail" the defense. Getting enough count€r action
to give the backside tackle a "downhill" block on
r rn ba, k"idc linebacker i6 e\erJrhing in running
3gainst the Double Eagle.
ye,r. oprion coaches wouldsaythatthe counter
dile and counter option should work well. The
:dea is that the couter action should give the
It should be possible lor the backside tackle to
set the bachide linebacker who has two backs
faking in his direction. The problem, though. is
to get a viable option play to go wilh the fullback