Panther passing offense will include several types of passes. Having several forms of passing in our scheme gives us a variety of offensive weapons and enhances our ability to handle each contingency condition and situation as it occurs. We will be unpredictable and force the defense to cover each eligible receiver.

Our passing attack will consist of four different types of passes.

Three-Step Drop (3 Series)- This type of pass is designed to be the ball control portion of the passing game. A three-drop is the most appropriate play to use for “taking what the defense gives you.”The three most basic plays that use the three-step drop combination are the quick out, slant  and Hitch.

Five-Step Drop (5 Series)- This type of pass play forms the basis of our timing pattern package. Designed to be thrown before the defense has time to respond, the five-step drop pass can be throw utilizing three different footwork techniques: quick five-step drop, the big five-step drop, or the five-step drop with a hitch step.

Movement Passes (8 Series)- Roll outs, sprint outs, and boot-legs designed to use the threat of the quarterback running the ball to allow him to get outside the “perimeter” of the defense. There are two ways for the quarterback to break contain and get outside defense: using a play action fake or simply moving the pocket. Also to give the receiver time to maneuver before the ball is thrown. This technique gives maximum separation between the receiver and defenders, whether running a vertical route or one that crosses the field. Two other advantages are the ability to incorporate layered routes into plays and letting the receiver run “double-move” Routes.

Play Action Pass- “This type of pass is designed specifically to develop and take advantage of a defensive conflict. A fundamentally sound play that strives to contradict the basic principles of a defense, the play-pass gets the defensive team to commit to a ‘fake’ run and then throwing a pass behind the defenders off the fake.” (Quote from Bill Walsh) The play action pass is particularly effective against defensive teams that are very active against the run. This type of pass exploits the intensity and aggressiveness of a defense. We will run our play action pass off of our most successful running plays. There are several key elements to a successful play action pass play, in addition to being able to run the ball successfully.

As you can see below we have 10 basic running plays which we can run from any of our 3-5 PASS / RUN and TEMOP RUN FORMATIONS. The heart of this running game and philosophy is based on what I call the “Power T”. Which consists of are 5 Linemen Quarterback and Backs. Our system does not use holes or a number system; we use specific linemen based on the play call to establish a point attack, attacking a weak spot in the defense. We call this man the “@ MAN” the man the ball carrier runs at and cut off of. By using this system we will can focus, at our O-Line station, on drills and repetition on specific blocking techniques based on our G.O.T. Blocking Rules and rely on the @ MAN to use whatever technique he needs to defeat any defensive front and best of all nothing ever changes for the O-Line. At the same time the QB and Backfield Stations will work on timing, reads and footwork needed to execute each play, the Receivers at their stations will work Stalk blocking for the run or runoff patterns to setup the pass. Also as you can see the Power T is shown in the Steeler Formation, so it is also important that the QBs, backfield and Receivers work on the formation changes and alignments and play execution for all given formations.

As you watch the following basic running plays you will see that everything is broken down in motion showings for specific blocks and movement of all key players in order for that specific play to work.

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(Steeler Formation Shown)

As shown our basic 3 Step and 5 Step passing game uses the same patterns allowing for more repetition daily done in the position stations after working thru the regular EDDs; Alignments and Assignments (Rout Running and Formation Adjustments) at the X-Y-Z Station; 3 Step Pass Blocking and 5 Step Pass Blocking at the O-Line Station; Alignments and Assignments (Rout Running, Pass Protection and Formation Adjustments) at the FB/HB Station; 3 Step Pass Footwork, 5 Step Pass Footwork and Ball Control at the QB Station.

This will allow the Offensive Coordinator to brings his groups together station by station, on his passing day or segment of practice, the chance to work on the timing with the QB, O-Line, X-Y-Z and FB/HB as he builds up to the full offense. Now as we get to our Offense–Defense  11 on 11 day or 7 on 7 segment of practice, the Coordinators and/or Head Coach is working on fine-tuning the timing, coverage recognition and QB Hot Reads against our defense, as scout team or running our base defense. As you can see everything always point back to what we are doing or not doing in our stations, our Station Coaches will make the biggest impact on what we do on game day.

As you watch the following basic passing plays you will see that everything is broken down in motion showings for specific blocks and patterns of all key players in order for that specific play to work. Also remember that it key that your group is drilling and understand their adjusting from all formations (steeler formation shown).