3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

[Collegefbfan]

Just curious. So, around 3rd and 8 or more or whatever. What are your top two passing plays? Your go to deals to get that first down? Do you have one that beats man and one that beats zone?

[jsr862]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

Corner strike out any formation. Both outside guys do a corner route always 1 open. Or Pistol wing over roll out. I forgot the actual name. Outside WR does a curl and the inside WR does a over the top to the sideline. Read the outside corner if he covers his man the inside over out is always open, if not hit the curl. The defense sometimes doesn't even cover the inside WR in this formation audible to a all streaks and easy 10 years easily.

[tessl]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

Play action power O from various formations with the tight end as the primary receiver. The key is to recruit a fast tight end and run the play to the wide side of the field so he catches the ball in bounds.

[Collegefbfan]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

THe thing about play action is my QB always gets sacked. He gets the ball, fakes handoff, and then bam, he's on his backside. Need more time.

[xToXiCxSAVAGEx]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

Y shallow cross from the split offset formation is nice. Other formations have the same concept but use a tight end and the route is deeper in other formations.

Y corner (I believe) where the two receiver side has a corner over a stick and the three receiver side has a post, corner, and stick route.

Slot seam sometimes.

Deep attack (streak/out on one side and post/streak on the other) are a few I use.

Also trail shake from trey offset is feast of famine.

[whughes]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

I have success with the levels play out of trips. I usually hot route the back side receiver to either a slant or a curl. If it’s zone read the linebacker and either hit the short in route or the one behind him, if its man the back side receiver on the slant or curl is usually open

[beast10]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

Corner strike out any formation. Both outside guys do a corner route always 1 open. Or Pistol wing over roll out. I forgot the actual name. Outside WR does a curl and the inside WR does a over the top to the sideline. Read the outside corner if he covers his man the inside over out is always open, if not hit the curl. The defense sometimes doesn't even cover the inside WR in this formation audible to a all streaks and easy 10 years easily.

corner strike is definitely the play lol— works like 95% of the time. i credit a lot of my earlier dynasty wins to that play alone

that said, it was too OP so i probably haven’t actually ran it in over 20 seasons. that & four verts

i always go with the ask coach plays though , so usually the top options are FL Dig, curls , i like the deep attack as well. the other corner routes work pretty good too


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[sherrane]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

Just curious. So, around 3rd and 8 or more or whatever. What are your top two passing plays? Your go to deals to get that first down? Do you have one that beats man and one that beats zone?

A good play is Y-Trips HB Wk formation, Curls play. Shotgun formation with the HB and SE to the left of the QB and a TE and 2 WRs to the right. The two outside receivers run 10-yard hitch patterns while the WR in the slot runs a post. The TE and RB go to the flat on their respective side of the formation. If man, the hitch is nearly always open provided you throw the ball on time and a fast slot WR may beat the nickle CB. If Cover 2 zone, the post-hitch action is similar to a smash concept in that the CB defending the strong side will likely get drawn up by the TE to the flat while the safety will likely take the post. If the S plays the hitch on the right and the weak safety covers the post (unlikely), the SE is likely open on the hitch. If all three are covered, you dump the ball to the TE or HB and possibly gain enough yardage where you can consider going on 4th or improve field position for the kick.


Another is Normal Y-Flex formation, HB Flare play. Another shotgun formation with 11 personnel. The TE and HB are on the right side of the QB with the TE in the slot. 2 WRs left and a WR right. The left outside receiver runs a GO, the WR in the slot runs a 5 -- 7 yard out, the TE runs a slant while the right outside WR runs a hitch. The TE is usually open on this play over the middle because both safeties are concerned with the outside WRs.



I don't recall the name of the formation or play off the top of my head, but there is another good Shotgun with 11 personnel play for zone coverage (or man with a good receiving / balanced TE). The TE lines up next to the RT with a flanker to his right. The TB is to the left of the QB with two WRs on the left of the formation. This play is a simple concept where you are almost always throwing to the right side (which is why I don't remember what the SE is doing). The TE and slot WR on the left run angle routes while the FL on the right runs a DIG. If the MLB follows the TE, the DIG is always open against zone. If the MLB doesn't follow the TE, the TE is open. The slot WR's angle route takes the weakside safety out of the play.

[RoyMela]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

Formation: Split Pro
Play: Texas
Put RB on wheel -route, then motion him to weak side slot receiver position. Must be done in this order, otherwise wheel-route is no longer an option.


If CPU plays zone coverage, WR has a fade and he clears the area and safety follows him deep. CB takes away the flat. Roll with QB to RB's side, wait until CB leaves RB on wheel route and commits to QB run, then pass to wide open RB. If they play man, FB usually is wide open in the middle after his post-route.

[kbeier29]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

my go to play is a split shotgun formation with HB1 going in motion and then hb2 running screen. I believe it is called "cross screen" works every time

[SilverBullet19]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

Personally I don't have one "go to," and I try to avoid them if I do (limit myself when it comes to money plays).

3rd and 8 though, I generally try to spread the field. I like the plays with outside routes clearing (jet route) and inside guys running outs. Typically a TE or running back over the middle, so I have some options.

For 8-12, I'm running something with deep curls/comebacks, and trying to get right to the sticks.

More than 12, I will run a deeper pass or screen, and hope for the best.

[xToXiCxSAVAGEx]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

Oh, there’s a play called mesh post in one of the shotgun bunch formations where the back goes in motion all the way out and then runs a go route. The other two receivers run crossers and one of the bunch receivers runs a post. They also have a corner variation where that receiver runs a corner instead.

There are a few formations where the RB motions out wide and runs a go or a corner. They can be killer shot plays

[wreckem27]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

Shallow cross in one of the 4WR or 3WR 1TE SG sets that has a mills concept on the outside.

[osubucki6]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

I try my best to avoid "money plays" in NCAA, although there is a time and place I feel its okay to use them. Basically, if you need them though, here they are:
-any play with a single WR on one side. Put the single WR on a smart routed out route, first down, out of bounds. Every single time.
-Five wide four verts, put slot WR on two WR side on slant route. Read MLB. This is especially deadly against user players. If they commit to the vertical (A usually) throw the slant and vice versa.
-Five wide WR In. Throw the drag and then once the DE drops to cover it, hit the Dig route. Not always great for big yardage but consistently works and can be used throughout the game.
-Five wide Middle Slant. Out route, slant route, curl route, drag route. Easy money.
-Five wide Shallow cross, put outside WR on trips side on curl. If the curl is open throw it, otherwise hit whatever drag is more open.
-Texas. That angled go route is probably my favorite route in the game. In addition to that it has the best check down in the game on the angle route. Split Twins is probably my favorite formation for it because it also has a C route with it.
-PA WR In with the drag hot routed to a streak. Roll out to QB's throwing side with slide protection that way, hit deep post. Basically if you need a big play, this will get it if you get time. It's basically what I've replaced Hail Mary with.
-PA Power O out of a two back set. Corner route is always open. Not really something to run on third and long though unless you're in chew clock mode, or just playing an online opponent.
I'm sure I have more, I just can't think of anything right now.

[Mozatta]

Re: 3rd and 8 or more. Your Clutch Pass Play?

5 WR Bunch Corners
5 WR Bunch Shallow Cross
5 WR Trio Shallow Cross