The Situation

It’s midway in the fourth quarter and the game is tied, 10-10. You’re on offense with a third down and three on your opponents’ thirteen yard line. You need three yards to continue the drive in the Red Zone and get a first and goal. If you don’t make the first down, you’ll have to try a field goal. Obviously, you’d like to score a touchdown and go up 7. Your offense has operated out of a spread formation for most of the game with one wide receiver on both sides of the ball. Against a 3-4 defense, what play do you call for this all-important first down? Doug Pettit, O-Line Coach, Lyman High School (FL). AFM subscriber since February 1996 Assuming that in my spread I’m also operating all night from the shotgun, I’d have a HOT call for the QB to the OL just for situations like this. This hot call means after getting the offense set, the QB comes from the gun and sprints up