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The Situation

by: AFM Editorial Staff
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The Situation

You’re on offense and need to be successful with a two-point conversion. With the ball on the three for the extra point, you know you have to make this play work to force overtime, being down 21-19. Having a basic spread formation as an offense, how do you line up and what play do you call to
get the game into OT!

Your opponent is in a 4-4 defense. What do you call?

Michael Glaze,
Offensive Coordinator, Weatherford HS, (TX)
AFM subscriber since 2004

    Most defenses are going to try and send pressure when they are backed up to the goal line so I have always liked to run some speed option there or the fade route. I would have our offense line up in a Bunch Right formation.  I would call one of three plays: the speed option, fade route, or stealth. We will call the play according to the defensive alignment.

Speed Option: If the defense is shifted toward the bunch set and they are bringing pressure from the weak side I would signal in speed option away from the bunch set. We would then zone block to the left and pitch off of the edge defender.

Fade Route: We foot fire at the snap, take an outside release and ‘separate late’ from the defender.
Stealth: Our stealth play  is a natural pick play with a ‘hot receiver’; a quick flat route off a ‘rub’ and a corner route to the back pylon.


Judd Hulbert,
Head Coach, Grossmont
High School, LaMesa, (CA)
AFM subscriber since 2006

    With my team down 21-19 and knowing that we had to have a 2 point conversion in order to force overtime, I would line up in our ‘ace’ formation with two sideouts and slots two yards off the offensive tackles. Because the quarterback would need to know if they were in a man or zone pass defense, I would put the left slot in motion to the right across the formation. I'd have the QB call for the snap just as the motion back reached the other slot. I’d then half roll the QB to the right. If it was a man defense, I would push the motion back upfield to the right of the other slot and then have that slot drive off of the motion back out to the right, hopefully rubbing off the covering linebacker. I would then send the motion back out to the right corner of the end zone in case it was a zone defense because, at the same time, the wide out would be crossing to the inside and deep to the end line looking for a clear throwing lane from the QB. No matter whether it was a man or zone defense, one of the 3 receivers would have to be open.


Lew Johnston, Head Coach,
Western Branch High School,
Chesapeake, (VA)
AFM subscriber since 2005

    We’d ask for the ball on the left hash to get as much running room as possible.  We’d run QB counter trap to the wide side.

    We fake the FB belly AWAY from the play side to draw the LB to that side. It gives the Tackle a better angle to “pin” the LB.  The QB then runs downhill inside the kick out block of the back side Guard who has pulled. The play side Guard blocks “on” and the Center blocks “on” if there's a nose tackle or “away” if it's an even front.  The back side Tackle tries to get up and get on the back side LB.  The fake to the FB crossing the formation should get him stepping in the wrong direction long enough for the T to get a shot at him.  The Flexed End runs off the man on him and then “walls off” from the inside.  If he is not covered, he would crack back block on the 1st defender at the 2nd level.  The HB faking away blocks blitz coming off the flank and the FB faking blocks blitz from the back side.  The kick out block on the Defensive End by the pulling backside Guard springs the QB. The concept is that the defense is so anxious to make a play on the goal line that the fake of the mis-direction belly to the Fullback will get the defense to react quickly and we hit back away from the fake before they can re-direct.


Jason Wilson, Head Freshman Coach,
Birmingham Groves High School,
Beverly Hills, (MI)
AFM subscriber since 2002

    Place the ball on the left hash and come out in a 3x1 set with TE trips to the field. I put my best receiver alone left, and check to a quick route to him if the defense doesn’t place their best CB on him. We sprint out right with RB sealing the edge. Outside WR is running a hard slant at the Sam backer, then dragging late across the back of the end zone. Inside WR runs a hard out at the back pylon and the TE runs a quick out at the goal line to the near pylon. QB is reading the CB on the run. If he sticks hard with WR, then TE is in outside position on his man.


coming soon: The Situation: It’s fourth down for your opponent and you’re on defense. They’re on your 10-yard line and down by 7 with a minute to go. A field goal really doesn’t work for them, so they’re going for a touchdown. They come out in the shotgun with two receivers out on the left side of the ball. They have one receiver on the right side and the tailback is lined up to the right of the quarterback. You’ve been in a 3-3-5 defense all day. As the play develops you sense the screen pass to the tailback is coming. It does! How do you defend it? Send us a detailed account of how you would prevent a potential game- tying touchdown... deadline is November 30th!

    Send your responses and play diagrams ro AFM Managing Editor Rex Lardner at rlardner@lcclark.com.





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