List/Grid Tag Archives: Spread-Option Offense
Spread-Option Basics, Pt. 7: How Defenses Fight Back
The easiest way to beat a spread-option teams is to out-talent them at every position across the board. Of course, that’s pretty hard to do if you’re not an LSU…
Spread-Option Basics, Pt. 6: Speed and Simplicity
“Fatigue makes cowards of us all.” Like most famous football quotes, this gem is attributed to Vince Lombardi, and like most things attributed to Lombardi, it’s got more than a…
Spread-Option Basics, Pt. 5: Going Deep
The vertical passing game has had many benefactors over the years. Thanks to the proliferation of Air Raid-inspired offenses in college, the concept of “four verticals”—simultaneously running four evenly-spaced receivers…
Spread-Option Basics, Pt. 4: The Screen Game
Nothing presses the edges of the defense like a screen pass to a wide receiver. Wide receiver screens run the gamut from simple to elaborate. On the simple end is…
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