Don’t Dump The Dragon Concept Vs Cover 2
As most of us have put a wrap on this football season, we do what all good coaches do. We begin to plan for next football season. For many of us that includes studying the passing game. FirstDown PlayBook can be a powerful tool for coaches and players as they learn how to throw the ball effectively. Today we want to use this simple Dragon concept to show how. Specifically we look at how to read this play vs cover 2.
Instead of giving you the history and theory of this football play, we will simply give you the FirstDown PlayBook coaching points for this Dragon concept or 262 F & H Flat, as we call it. After looking at the coaching points, the video below gives you detailed instruction about why we like this play, regardless of the coverage played, and that means cover 2.
FORMATION: EMPTY (GUN)
PLAY: SLANT 262 F & H FLAT
DROP: 3 STEP TIMING
SUGGESTED READ: H TO X TO Y OR F TO Z TO Y
MOF CLOSED: THINK MATCHUPS AND AWAY FROM ROTATION.
MOF OPEN: THROW OPPOSITE OF THE MLB’S LEVERAGE.
262 F & H Flat Coaching Points (Dragon Concept)
X: SLANT ROUTE
-CHEAT SPLIT INSIDE BY 2 YARDS
-BEST RELEASE TO SELL THE VERTICAL ON FIRST THREE STEPS.
-GET THE DEFENDER TO BACK UP WITH YOUR VERTICAL THREAT.
-ON THE THIRD STEP PLANT AND DRIVE INSIDE ON THE SLANT ROUTE.
-COME UNDER ANY DEFENDER YOU SEE INSIDE.
-EXPECT A LOW BALL IF THE COVERAGE IS TIGHT.
H: FLAT ROUTE:
-BEST RELEASE TO THE FLAT IMMEDIATELY.
-AIMING POINT IS 1 YARD DEPTH AS YOU HIT THE SIDELINE.
-LOOK FOR THE BALL ON THE FIRST STEP TO THE FLAT.
-EXPECT THE BALL QUICKLY IF YOU OUT LEVERAGE THE DEFENSE.
Y: OTB (OVER THE BALL)
-BEST RELEASE TO GET OVER THE BALL AT 6 YARDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
-TURN AND GIVE YOUR NUMBERS TO THE QB.
-DO NOT MOVE INTO EITHER CURL THROWING LANE TO YOUR LEFT OR RIGHT.
-EXPECT A THROW ON THE SHOULDER AWAY FROM THE NEAREST DEFENDER
Z: SLANT ROUTE
-CHEAT SPLIT INSIDE BY 2 YARDS
-BEST RELEASE TO SELL THE VERTICAL ON FIRST THREE STEPS.
-GET THE DEFENDER TO BACK UP WITH YOUR VERTICAL THREAT.
-ON THE THIRD STEP PLANT AND DRIVE INSIDE ON THE SLANT ROUTE.
-COME UNDER ANY DEFENDER YOU SEE INSIDE.
-EXPECT A LOW BALL IF THE COVERAGE IS TIGHT.
F: FLAT ROUTE:
-BEST RELEASE TO THE FLAT IMMEDIATELY.
-AIMING POINT IS 1 YARD DEPTH AS YOU HIT THE SIDELINE.
-LOOK FOR THE BALL ON THE FIRST STEP TO THE FLAT.
-EXPECT THE BALL QUICKLY IF YOU OUT LEVERAGE THE DEFENSE.
