Power read may be a suitable name given the blocking scheme it utilizes. The evolution of coach taggarts smashmouth spread offense. While it is not exactly clear who invented or ran the play first, there is no question regarding the coaches or players who made it famous. If you are looking for a playbook, you have come to the wrong place. For the last five or six seasons, the socalled inverted veer also known. The popular read within this concept is the quarterback in the shot gun reading the backside defensive line of scrimmage perimeter threat, usually the defensive end, but sometimes an outside linebacker at the critical mesh point with the running back handoff to. Oregon stuns opponents with new inverted veer play. Receive a free copy of our spread offense playbook. Inverted veer im going to be a bit lazy and copy and paste a little. Explaining clemsons chad morris and the smashmouth spread.
Inverted veer gives a different look to the defense, but the blocking is the same for the offensive line. Inside the playbook inverted veer power read concept cover 1. The reason that the trap is so effective out of the mullenmeyer spread is because it give the same backfield action as the zone read. Not every coach gets to dedicate their lives to football for 10.
We want to be multiple yet simple on offense while playing extremely fast. Midway through the 2nd quarter, dennison sends out 11 personnel and motions the offense into a trips set with webb five yards deep. The inverted veer, as some call the power read forces the dline to play. What is the veer and shoot offense and what can we expect. Jun 10, 2014 an evaluation of his oldmadenew offense shows the answer. The veer and shoot produces a lot of yards during the game. Running veer option from the gun, with special blocking. The other common wrinkle is to borrow a page from traditional option football and the zone read and to change who the offense reads. Veer concepts playbook official site of the a11 offense. Block play side number of 0 bsg block play side number of 1 bst block play side number of 2. There wasnt another offense quite like it across college football and his disciples still have particular access to some of its secrets even as some of the tactics and style of it have proliferated across the country.
Confusion at the line of scrimmage will force offensive lineman to play timid and slow down the offense. The zone read out of the spread offense has been a staple in both college and high school football over the last decade. During a spring staff meeting the tcu offensive minds were talking about the inverted veer. Taking the inverted veer and pairing it with the counter play is a genius way to keep lbs occupied from pursuit. So today were going to get into a play that weve discussed a ton on this site.
For a time, people erroneously associated the pistol with option plays. While the buck sweep plays a major part in the auburn run game, the inverted veer. Falcon athletics 2012 falcon football offensive playbook 8th grade mears, peter 72012 summary of offensive formations, adjustments and plays. The fact that one variation of coach russells formation is identical with the runandshoot. Mastering the inverted veer corliss xs blog operation sports. Pistol, shotgun, option runs, and the inverted veer. The veer is an offense, a formation, and a play, or, actually, a couple of plays. Apr 18, 2017 the evolution of coach taggarts smashmouth spread offense.
Power read inverted veer resources coach and coordinator. For the offense, ideally both guards and the fullbackhback player can all execute all the blocks with a measure of competence or else the offense becomes much more predictable and manageable. For one, they effectively mix up zone blocking and man blocking schemes, especially power blocking as of lately. Jul 29, 2019 the brilesera bears were defined more by anything by art briles own, unique veer and shoot offense. Here is a diagram showing the basic set up for the inverted veer play. Three ways to unleash yales beast the beast formation yes, in all caps is the name that coach steve calande gave to the yale formation when he rediscovered it around the year 2000. Specifically, many teams that feature the inverted veerpower read like ohio state often have the backside guard block the defensive end while the quarterback actually reads the playside linebacker whether to hand off or pull. Click here for the entire inside the playbook series. Aug 24, 2018 the success and shortcomings of the veer and shoot. The key to success in the veer is for the offensive line to get off the ball fast and aggressive. The power spread offense old school power football with the new school spread beauty. So the inverted veer, the midline read and the like are all lumped into the zoneread category. Along with talking about the different looks auburn deployed to run the inverted veer, i will also look at some alterations and variations they use.
Like the other plays in this offense, malzahn disguises them well using formations and motions. Dec 23, 20 this list is even a little expansive because the inverted veer scheme and the off tackle gap schemes are essentially the same blocking techniques for the offensive line with some slight variations. Typically, a veer and shoot offense will average over 80 snaps and 500 yards a game, with the ncaa average of snaps per game being in the lower 70s. The concept called is an inverted veer power concept, or what some call a power read.
Mar 21, 2019 inverted veer with jet sweep pistol triple option football. Offensive break down a look at offenses of college football. Any time an offense can attack both planes of a defense it is going to stress the defenses core principles. Explaining clemsons chad morris and the smashmouth spread offense. Hole and back numbering holes backs 7 5 3 1 2 4 6 8 quarterback is always the 1 back in the i formation, the fullback is the 2 back and the tailback is the 3 back. With inverted veer the rb is the one threatening to edge the defense. An evaluation of his oldmadenew offense shows the answer. If your offense isnt producing, its not always your fault.
Three ways to unleash yales beast the beast formation yes. When the inverted veer is run with power blocking, everything stays the same, except that the playside defensive end is blocked with the read, as shown in the diagram below ht offensive breakdown blog. Very little information on the original yale formation and how it was used is available online. The evolution of the inverted veerpower read and of. Jul 04, 2011 new mexico state and louisiana tech video clips of the shotgun inverted veer scheme. One of the hottest plays that spread teams are currently running is the inverted veer, or power read. Cfb analyst murf baldwin breaks down a cool concept out of florida state universitys playbook under new head coach willie taggart. However, the big complaint with this offense is the tempo that goes along with it. Flag football plays football 101 tackle football football workouts football drills auburn football youth football football memes sport football while the buck sweep plays a major part in the auburn run game, the inverted veer and its off shoots are one of the key reasons for aubur. It has widespread use from college football down to youth football but is run very sparingly in the nfl.
As i became more familiar with it, the veer became one of our bread and butter plays. Insiders guide to the zoneread play bleacher report. The evolution of the inverted veerpower read and of alabama. Heres great insight into the inverted veer dash read play. The option offense may be the most popular type of offense. The oregon ducks playbook by chip kelly figures to give the california golden bears defense a lot of trouble saturday night. Im going to use gus malzahns 2010 offensive coordinating season to show how powerful the inverted veer can be, and a few cuts from baylors use of it.
The idea of the invereted veer is so put the 5 tech in conflict. Whether a yale formation offense chooses one of the above three running schemes, or something else entirely, the formation also offers plenty of options for dropback passing. There is also not a team in the nfl that uses the read option as their main running play. Clemson fans have seen this one before, and this video we clipped out a couple years ago of this play will probably get your blood boiling. Inverted veer works with a power o blocking scheme.
Not every coach gets to dedicate their lives to football for 1012 hours. Lengyel believed that the veer option offense would be a better offense than the power i offense he had used at the college of wooster. Spread teams from around the country have spent time developing and implementing two of the most successful plays in the history of football. John madden football offensive playbook page 17 american football. Sep, 2016 has discovered a new play at oregon, the inverted veer, that has its origins at auburn, where the read occurs on the playside of the defense. A look at 49ers inverted veer scheme national football post. We previously discussed some of the philosophical ideas behind the inverted wishbone formation keep in. Brandon and adam were both gas on the tcu staff with fuente, brandon on defense and adam on offense. Unlike a basic qb power, where the rb blocks out on the defensive end and a guard pulls for the ilb, the power read plays on the flow read of the ilb. A system designed to spread the field and run or pass based upon your personnel. This was gus malzahns preferred way to run the scheme last year, and it makes sense. For us, the gap read veer blocking principles and the naming of our friends simplified our blocking schemes. We previously discussed some of the philosophical ideas behind the inverted wishbone formation keep in mind that the core advantages gained.
Malzahn is an expert in taking these base schemes and adding window dressing to disguise the simplicity and make the offense appear more multiple. This is similar to the inverted veer, and is a large reason. This list is even a little expansive because the inverted veer scheme and the off tackle gap schemes are essentially the same blocking techniques for the offensive line with some slight variations. The origins of this offense come from the split back misdirection offense that we ran while i was a player under coaching great, dale mueller at highlands high school. Jul 11, 2011 the inverted wishbone, also commonly referred to as the diamond formation is a hybrid three back plus qb set that derives its name and many base concepts from the wishbone offense. In this post we take a look at how michigan still utilizes a power blocking scheme within their spread offense. Above is the classic inverted veer or, as some have come to call it, the power read. I had a qb who was a good fit for the veer and we were able to get some big plays for our offense. When you analyze the bills offense, it isnt difficult to see that they have struggled.
The veer offense was adopted by jack lengyel, the new head coach of the marshall university thundering herd prior to the start of the 1971 season after the 1970 team was killed in a plane crash. Some of the plays that complement the inside veer and make up the total veer attack are. Jul 25, 2014 in this post, we take a look at ohio states twoback offense, and how it threatens defenses in multiple ways. May 23, 2017 home split back veer option paul mcabee pdf. We look at oregons running plays inside zone, outside zone, veer. It can be run from any formation and in any offensive scheme. Power is a type of mangap blocking scheme, while o indicates the pulling of the backside guard. The pso pistol spread option is not just a football offense, it is a philosophy. Taggart still ran the inverted veer in his new spread offense but only occasionally. He first introduced his splitback veer offense in 1964 in a game against penn state.
From 201120 it was the michigan offense s best play even if borges might have run it incorrectly. Briless experience with yeomans veer has helped baylors run game. Veer plays in particular are much more effectively run out of the shotgun, rather than the pistol. While most spread offense coaches are content to run basic zone plays, briles and his staff mix in a variety of schemes. These should all be accounted for when you are trying to run an inverted veer offense or simply the inverted veer. However, the read option inverted veer are traditionally run out of the shotgun. Com pistol power offense pro 2 zone right hand off on 3 player assignment pst block play side number of 2 psg block play side number of 1 c declare the mike as 1 st defender head up to play side presnap. Jul 10, 20 one of the hottest plays that spread teams are currently running is the inverted veer, or power read.
Specifically, many teams that feature the inverted veerpower read like ohio state often have the backside. This variety is typically called powerread or inverted veer and it seemed to originate with. Click here for my previous video breakdown of the inverted veer scheme. Osus inverted veer package ohio state does some interesting things within their offense that make it difficult for defenses to key them correctly. It is a series offense, in which a defense stacked to stop one particular play can find itself vulnerable to another play that starts out looking exactly the same as the first. Even though none of the receivers are split from the formation. The spread option runandshoot offense introduction many coaches are interested in adopting the spread option attack first popularized by coach erskine erk russell at georgia southern university. Since 2012 its also been the staple play of ohio states offense. The inverted veer meanwhile, takes the fullback and erases him. Inside the playbook inverted veer power read concept. New mexico state and louisiana tech video clips of the shotgun inverted veer scheme. Ohio state runs a scrape exchange play side to defend the inverted veer read. I began running the veer later in my coaching career.
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