Looking for some passing game concept help...

[Crashonbuck]

We are a hybrid team. Uc/gun about 1 to 3 ratio. Mainly a belly, bellysweep, rocket team. We have developed a pretty solid run game philosophy. Our pass game however seems to be....well everywhere. Lol. We currently try the following pass plays with very limited success. .

Keep pass off belly. Flood concept

Waggle off belly

Then 1 step 

Fade

3 step

Smash, snag concepts

Rollout 

Curl and Comeback

Very little to go with rocket..

Our qb struggled but we should be better there next year. 

We also dabble in 4 verts and spacing. 

Any help is appreciated. 

 

[CoachDerz]

Well if you're running a lot of belly I'd probably want to keep everything as similar as possible. I'm a firm believer that if Belly is your play then Belly Option/Down Option should be in the playbook. It's an easy add, you pitch off #2. Great play to run vs. defenses using overhang defenders. With Belly Sweep you'll have two perimeter rush plays BUT this will also help to set up the Keep Pass you're already running because it's the QB attacking the flank.

Another version of the Keep Pass we ran was the ISO-pass, QB is looking to attack the flank with the onside slot/wing starting to insert like Belly but pulls up and defends the edge, giving the QB a second blocker on the edge (alongside the pulling onside guard) as he attacks the flank. The routes were a curl by #1, the rocket/belly motion man ran a bubble, and the TE on the backside ran a cross. But really the QB's legs were of more use here than the crosser because he has 2 lead blockers.  It's basically Belly Keep Pass with emphasis on the KEEP.

I also liked running drop back play-action passes off the Belly, the QB half-ass rides that fullback, keeps his eyes downfield and sets up behind the onside guard. We came up with a few different route combos and formations for it, the FB also has the ability to stay in for max protection. 

Last thing off the top of my head for Belly-action types of passes is a screen to the FB. The QB half-ass rides the FB, drops back, keeps dropping back, eyes downfield, pump, and comeback to the FB. The FB will run his belly tracks, pull up as he approaches the line, then works outside the tackle box before turning over his outside shoulder to the QB over a ghost-9 TE.  We blocked the perimeter with crack-arc because we have the onside slot/wing there, and if we have him arc it gives the illusion that the QB is throwing to him in the flat more believable. Like all screens, it can be an expensive concept to teach to your O-Line.

[CoachSpencer82]

We put in the shallow cross this year, gun and under center, was pretty good to us and was our only true drop back.  Progression was shallow, dig, arrow, soph qb didn't want to take the arrow as often as he should have, but when he did it was usually a good gain.  You could run it as PAP off of your rocket toss with post, dig, shallow, and have your motion kid out in the flat opposite of the shallow, leave your FB in for a six man protection.  We ran it like this off of jet motion. 

[Crashonbuck]

I like the shallow cross and like it even more of belly action. We are like everybody else very limited on time to practice passing to be real good at it. Question. Did you tag the shallow cross. For example j cross or a cross. Or did you have a specific routes pre determined. 

[CoachSpencer82]

Yes we tagged it, this year it was either Z or Y shallow, that's our strong side wing and tight end.

[Crashonbuck]

Thx coach. Like it.