Stretching the Field With Your Tight End

by Phil Ratliff
Tight Ends Coach, Marshall University
American Football Monthly October 2008 Issue Online

Coaching tight ends at Marshall University has the best of both worlds. Our head coach Mark Snyder believes strongly in the use of the TE, while our offensive staff uses various schemes to implement them into the offense. Like most teams, we use a traditional TE with size to block defensive ends and also use their ability to be a part of the short passing game. In 2006, we found a hybrid TE to stretch the field and attack the defense with our vertical passing game. That year our TE’s combin...Login to Read More

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