Option Football – Few Plays, Many Ways: The Passing Game (Part II)

by Paul Markowski
Assistant Coach, Army Sprint Football, and Shane Ziats, Assistant Coach, Mansfield University
American Football Monthly March 2014 Issue Online

Five different pass concepts – play-action, quick game, sprint out, drop back, and screens – can be run successfully out of the option.

As a committed triple option coach, I try to run the ball as much as possible. However, it is critical to have, at the very least, some basic passing concepts. This is because many defenses today will stuff the tackle box with up to ten defenders if they feel that the offense will not be able to muster an effective passing game.

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