How do coaches defend this is real life?

[hampshire2012]

Im sure we've all done it:

Slot receiver, matched up on an outside linebacker, runs a go.

LB plays press for about five yards, and then passes the receiver off as he settles into his hook (yellow) zone.

You then fire a bullet to the slot receiver, behind the LB, for a relatively easy completion.

My question is this: how do coaches defend this play in real life?

Admittedly I don't have an experts knowledge of strategy, but from what I know I can't fault the LB's technique.

[K0ZZ]

Shade a safety if they are in zone to keep an eye on the mismatch.

[Colt45]

If you did it over and over again they could do a few things:

1. Bring the safety up to meet the receiver as he passes the bump from the LB. This leaves you open to fly routes, though.

2. Peel a DE into pass coverage to play zone where you hook.

3. Most probable: stop playing bump and run and play tight defense on the WR.

[hampshire2012]

Quote: Originally Posted by chicagopax

Shade a safety if they are in zone to keep an eye on the mismatch.

Fair point, but I would still back myself to hit that pass 9 times out of 10 even with safety help. Basically I'm trying to understand why there seems to be so much more space in the game than in real football. Because to me it's not immediately obvious what the defence is doing wrong in the game.

[darbsau53]

LB in real life would carry that vert until he had an underneath threat in, NCAA the LB just carries it to an arbitrary point and then hands it off to the Safety. Problem is in the game the safety backpedals so when the LB only carries it to a certain point it creates a big gap in coverage. That being said it is not totally unrealistic, in real life If the LB is real flat footed and doesn't carry routes well this is just "pop pass" the Tim Tebow jump pass works on this concept, get the Lb to step up and hit that quick route behind him. In the game you can do it over and over but in real life that LB would adjust and carry the vert more.

[EZ Esquire]

You are not going to see too many LBs pressing a WR. It is a mismatch to begin with so the LB is not going to further the mismatch by pressing. Second, as was said above, he will not just let him go and cover an empty zone. And as was said above, in the game the FS/SS drop too far. They just keep dropping back forever and create big gaps.

[eyeamg0dly]

the coaches will see the the personnel change and counter with a nickle or dime package. you would rarely see this mismatch with a competent coach. now a common mismatch would be a running back on a linebacker or very athletic tight end on a linebacker.

[whitebrow24]

Quote: Originally Posted by hampshire2012

Im sure we've all done it: Slot receiver, matched up on an outside linebacker, runs a go. LB plays press for about five yards, and then passes the receiver off as he settles into his hook (yellow) zone. You then fire a bullet to the slot receiver, behind the LB, for a relatively easy completion. My question is this: how do coaches defend this play in real life? Admittedly I don't have an experts knowledge of strategy, but from what I know I can't fault the LB's technique.

They just rely on super LB to jump and knock it down EVERY DAMN TIME ITS THROWN!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO