Football Glossary
The Smash Concept: A Complete Guide to a Universal Pass Play
Posted by Michael Campbell on
Whether you're watching a modern day spread offense, or a run heavy triple-option attack, almost every football team in the country carries the smash concept in their pass game. This concept is very teachable and applicable to all levels of football, because of this, you’ll find teams running the smash concept both at the youth levels of football, all the way up to NFL teams running it in basic and advanced formats on Sundays. Overview & Purpose of the Concept The smash concept incorporates the opportunity to create big plays down the football field, while also providing the quarterback options...
Shallow Cross Concept: Everything You Need to Know
Posted by Michael Campbell on
The core of the shallow cross concept is a basic route, and shallow drag route working from opposite directions of one another. And as any solid passing game concept does, it looks to put defenders in conflict, and possess answers against both man and zone coverage. Similar to the drive concept in nature, shallow cross looks to put LB level players in a bind, as they must decide whether to drop to cover the basic route, or play low honoring the drag route. Depending on how it is coached, it can offer both a simple triangle read for QBs, or...
The Y Cross Concept: The Guide to Attacking the Middle of the Field
Posted by Michael Campbell on
Y-Cross is a staple of the Air Raid offense, but is also prevalent in offenses all across football. This is a drop-back concept that can be run from a variety of formations, dressed up with play action, and executed against a wide spread of coverages. Y-Cross can be considered a weak-side flood concept, and one that offenses utilize to take deep shots paired with the ability to find intermediate completions. When you hear “Y-Cross”, you may automatically think of the TE as the tagged crossing route runner. However, offenses will also look to have their speedy slot receiver as the...