Football Play Library

Base run: line steps playside, back reads the first down lineman and cuts off it.

Teaches: One run every team can install on day one.

Crossing shallow routes with a corner over the top and a check-down back.

Teaches: A concept that beats man and zone with the same read.

Fake the zone run, quarterback boots opposite with a three-level flood.

Teaches: Using the run game to move linebackers before you throw.

Four receivers stretch the field with the back checking and releasing.

Teaches: Attacking a two-high safety look down the seams.

Down blocks playside, backside guard pulls and kicks out the edge.

Teaches: Getting a lead blocker to the hole at the point of attack.

Sell the drop-back, let the rush come and dump it to the back with three linemen out front.

Teaches: Turning heavy pressure into easy yards.

Full-speed motion, quick handoff to the edge with the tackle pulling to lead.

Teaches: Attacking the perimeter before the defence can widen.

Hitch underneath and a corner route over the top — a high-low on the flat defender.

Teaches: Reading one defender instead of the whole coverage.

Two-man red zone concept: outside fade with an inside slant behind it.

Teaches: Scoring from the two-yard line against press coverage.

Inside zone action with a bubble screen attached — read the overhang defender.

Teaches: Letting one defender be wrong on every snap.

Two deep safeties, five under; corners jam and sink to the flat.

Teaches: Splitting the field in half and keeping everything in front.

Three deep, four under with the strong safety rolling down to the flat.

Teaches: Getting an extra run defender without losing the deep third.

Man across the board with a free safety in the middle and a spy on the quarterback.

Teaches: Winning your matchup while the safety cleans up behind you.

Five-man pressure from the edge with three under and three deep behind it.

Teaches: Pressuring without leaving anybody uncovered.

Every front defender owns a gap; linebackers scrape over the top of the double team.

Teaches: Nobody chases the ball — everybody fills a gap.

Four deep defenders reading the number-two receiver, safeties free to rob or fit the run.

Teaches: Reading the release instead of guessing the route.

Heavy front, press man outside and two safeties on the back pylons.

Teaches: Winning the two-yard line with leverage and pad level.

Field corner blitzes off the edge while the safety rotates over the top of his receiver.

Teaches: Disguising pressure until the last second.

Rush lanes stay disciplined, one lineman peels and linebackers run to the flat.

Teaches: Recognising and killing a screen before it starts.

Prevent look: three deep, four under, everybody tackles in bounds.

Teaches: Trading yards for clock at the end of a half.