Two Plays in One - Shotgun Fly Sweep Fused with Perimeter Screens

As an offensive coordinator, I want to run the ball north/south but have difficulties against some of the great teams we play. Protecting our quarterback can be problematic and the defensive backs we face make man-to-man situations an arduous task. After listening to Mike Bellotti, formerly of Oregon, speak about attaching screens to their running game, we decided to fuse the bubble screen with our inside and outside zones. The zone-bubble became two plays in one because we did not have to audible to either play (both were working simultaneously). Our quarterback would peek pre-snap at the #2 defender to see if he had the easy bubble (See Diagram 1). If he didn’t, we already had our inside or outside zone called (See Diagram 2). The slot WR would take his steps, and if the ball was not thrown, he would move upfield and block #2. PHILOSOPHY CHANGE The idea of attaching the zone-bubble