Passing Game Progressions

[lonewolf371]

Quote: Originally Posted by chris11sg

Also what's the best hot route to call when u see a blitz coming. Iv been successful with slants in yrs past but this yr seems like the DBs jam the hell outta my WRs and they can't get open.

You can also have your tight end run into the flat. A lot of times linebackers will blitz, you can hit the tight end, and sometimes your flanker will even throw a good block on his corner to get you the first down.

[ChicagoSparty]

This will probably echo what many others have said, but I do the following:

1 -- Pre-snap read. Look at CB and LB depth and safety position. Look at DE width.

2 -- Hot routes, including blocking assignments for backs and TEs. I end up going max protect quite a bit in blitz situations. Also, O-Line adjustments, particularly if it's a roll-out.

3 -- Snap read. Watch safeties initially, then pass rush. Deep route will either present itself or not, crossing routes will either be open or not, and I'll be able to see if my "hot" receiver (usually TE or RB) is going to be open. The read usually goes deep to short, and it all happens extremely quick.

[chris11sg]

Thanks for all the tips!!!! These are good for everyone to read not just me.

[stoncold32]

Safety first

[sccavs64]

Quote: Originally Posted by lonewolf371

You can also have your tight end run into the flat. A lot of times linebackers will blitz, you can hit the tight end, and sometimes your flanker will even throw a good block on his corner to get you the first down.

this is what i have the most success with. especially if you have a good TE who can break a tackle when he needs to.

[65South]

Quote: Originally Posted by chris11sg

Also what's the best hot route to call when u see a blitz coming. Iv been successful with slants in yrs past but this yr seems like the DBs jam the hell outta my WRs and they can't get open.

It's been mentioned a couple times, use that TE! If you think the LBs are coming hot route him to a streak and hit him as soon as he's in the open behind the blitzers. A TE drag is good in this situation and a curl would essentially work too. Only thing I don't like about a curl is that sometimes the AI doesn't turn your TE around fast enough and he won't make a play on the ball or it hits him in the back RBs to the flats are another good option.

[desperado221]

1. Identify coverage (learn to read Man, Cover 2, and Cover 3 from scrimage).

2. If Cover 2: 1-deep wr. 2-Back on a fly 3- TE on slant
If Man: 1-Deep slant 2-RB on slant
If Cover 3: 1- slot wr on post 2-RB/TE in flat

Presnap I also look for any tell tale blitz signs. If I know a certain player is blitzing, i hot route to where he is supposed to be.

[Starter]

As desperado have said,

Identify the coverage. Then attack the weakness of the coverage. The coverage will tell you where to throw the ball.(that’s a entirely new thread)

Most plays in NCAA 10 are designed to attack several coverage types. The classic curl flat combination is design to attack the weakness in cover 3. Go into practice mode and call a curl flat play for offense and a cover3 with matching personnel for defense. Run the play over and over and over until you can make that throw blind. Practice the timing, and memorize the way the cover 3 zone develops. One you master that play verse cover 3 move to another coverage and do the same. Then put the defense on random and run the play and test your coverage reading skills. The key is not to complete every pass but to learn to identify coverage.
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IMO, read coverage, not the receivers. You know what the receivers doing, you don’t know where is defense is doing. Read the defense, not the receivers.