

The four closest lineman, the left tackle, left guard, center and right guard should all slide/zone block to that side. In the picture above, you can see the Will backer circled in green. Simply put, the four offensive lineman on the Will's (weak-side linebacker) side will slide/zone block to that side. In an ideal situation, 2 Jet protection allows the offense to block four to the Will. It's a six man protection scheme that can be used from multiple formations. The '2 Jet' (or 3 Jet) protection is the most common protection scheme in the west coast offense. Here's what it looks like from this formation. This is represented in the first picture as the initial part of the Z receivers route. This is a simple call that tells the flanker (F) to motion inside closer to the tight end before the ball is snapped. In this case, the motion 'F Short' is called. The tight end lines up on the right side of the line, making that the strong side.Īfter the formation, you call any motions involved in the play. In the Brown formation, the fullback lines up directly behind the quarterback, while the running back is off-set to the right of the fullback.

Here's a quick look at the Brown Right formation. The extra blocker (the tight end) is on the right side, making that the strong side. Once the personnel group is on the field, you have to line them up in a formation. The Base/Regular group contains two backs (a fullback and running back), two wide receivers (the 'X' and 'Z' receivers) and one tight end. This particular play happens to be run from the 'Base' or 'Regular' grouping, which is the personnel group that is most commonly used by a west coast offense.

Before every play, the offensive coordinator will choose a personnel grouping and substitute certain players on the field for different groupings. Looks like just your average play on Madden, right? Not quite.
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So lets have a simple first look at the full play, it's called "Brown Right F Short 2 Jet Flanker Drive".
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So here is my best attempt to break it down for the those of us out there who don't understand football terminology (I am by no means an expert on the subject, so if you see a mistake feel free to point it out). A lot of us saw that video and fell in love with Griffin, but didn't fully understand the play in question. I'm going to start with the same play Steve Mariucci broke down with Robert Griffin III at the combine. This is a new post idea I had where I thought I'd try to break down some west coast offense plays or concepts.
