As we have explored and expanded our vision of running Two-Plays-in-One we had to find a way to take advantage of the backside ILB’s movement when our slot motioned past his original alignment.  To this point we basically had found a way to counter any defensive player’s adjustment to our motioning slot.  Now when the defense shows that they are going to slide this backside ILB toward the motion we attack back to the spot he vacated.

To quickly review, have built our offensive plays to give a method to attack the defense when they adjust to our slot motion without waiting for the next play.  The QB and the FB “read” the motion adjustment by the defense and either run the first part of the play (ex: sweep) if the defense does not make an immediate adjustment or run the second part of the play (ex: boot) if they do make an immediate adjustment.

We have previously developed a way to attack if the defense rotates their secondary (“Sweep/B” – sweep/boot), a way to attack them if the front side ILB slides out toward the motion (“Sweep/G” – sweep/gash) and run the speed option (“Sweep/Q”) if the backside OLB runs across the formation with the motioning slot.

We can also get 2 plays in one by calling the basic “Q” (speed option that can be run to either side depending upon defensive adjustment or lack of adjustment) or the “T” (toss to either side with the same read as the “Q” for the QB and the FB.  Your team may or may not want to use both the “Q” and the “T”, however. The limiting factor in your decision may be based on whether your QB can run the speed option well.

We have now figured a way to attack the backside ILB when he tries to cheat toward the motion side.  If he does cheat early we now have good blocking angles on him and his fellow backside teammates (DT and DE) to run the “Sweep/C”.

This play is read just like the other “Two-Plays-in-One” in that the QB and the FB (upright stance) look for the defender adjusting and attack where he isn’t.  If that backside ILB vacates we run the “C” and if he stays home we run the “Sweep” part of the play.

All of the front side offensive players are blocking for the Sweep (although we can run our Two-Plays-in-One off our power as well) while the backside players (OG, OT, SE) are blocking for the “C”. The center receives a signal from the QB to determine which play is going to be run.

We block the “C” by having the backside OG and OT handle the two down linemen on their side (turn out/seal down or a cross block) and have the FB lead the QB through the B gap.  The FB gets a good angle on the ILB that has moved with the motion.  The QB will take a couple of steps back like he is starting to move into his path to deliver the ball to the slot for the sweep and then comes back to follow the FB’s lead block.

If you have read my other Two-Plays-in-One thoughts you have seen that we will sacrifice whatever front side blocks that any backside players may have been able to make to be sure that we are capable of attacking the entire width of the field.  At least, we will be able to attack a particular defender if he does indeed try to adjust early to the motion of our slot player.

We also somewhat assume that most youth league (and high school?) teams will not have practiced multiple schemes to adjust to our slot motion.

Related Posts:

• Youth Football Plays – The Either Way Q Option
• More “2 Plays in 1″ – The “T” Toss
• FREE “Two Plays in One” Youth Football Playbook
• The “Opposite” Youth Football Playbook
• “Two Plays in One”- The Sweep / Bootleg Combo Play