Friday, April 23, 2021

Crack Bounce - Tampa Bay 2021 Superbowl

A quick look at some of Tampa's run calls, cracking the alley and bouncing the ball out to the CB. 

Key Points

  • OL generally blocking head-up to inside gap
  • OL working to second level slowly, letting LB come to them. Think DUO. 
  • HB is getting downhill for the handoff and ~2 steps after handoff before bouncing outside.
    • Think DUO. LB in the hole - HB bounce. LB scrape - HB hit an inside gap. (this is not a hard rule for Tampa)



Working to Deep Safety

  • From a 4-3, 2-high look Tampa may have a WR slide motion towards the core and work inside towards the near safety.
  • The ball carrier drives downhill on snap, banging to the outside late.
  • OL are all zone-stepping to the field (away from the bounce), getting defense to flow with blocks.


Cracking Down Safety

  • Against a 4-4, 1-high look, Tampa brings WR in motion to the core again and has him work to get square on the down-safety, who is flowing with the rest of the defense towards the counter footwork. 
  • HB bounces outside hard and is put in a 1-on-1 in space with the CB who had bailed pre-snap on motion.


Inserting to Bring Safety Down

  • On motion CB sinks to defend pass while SS comes down to replace in run fit. This makes is much easier to for TB get a blocker on SS, while making it convenient to leave CB unblocked. 
  • The runner again departs downhill, bouncing to the outside quickly to exploit the mismatch on the perimeter vs a lone cornerback. 


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