Nittany Nation is back with another one of our new weekly pieces as each week will go over some of the top schemes that Penn State Football's opponents might be running on a weekly basis.
This week Nittany Nation Film Analyst Anthony Siciliano breaks down a couple of different schemes that the Maryland offense has ran in their most recent game.
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Doubles Tight Set Passing Play (11 personnel)
THE SKINNY: In the 2nd quarter Maryland's offense comes out in a 11 personnel grouping (1 running back, 1 tight end, and 3 wide receivers) versus Indiana’s 4-2-5 defense (4 defensive lineman, 2 linebackers, and 5 defensive backs) with a cover 2 look in the secondary and the middle of field open. Maryland has a doubles tight set to the field and to the boundary there is a Y (tight end) lined up on the line of scrimmage along with a single receiver. From the boundary, the single receiver runs a post corner route, the Y stays in to help in pass protection. From the field the slot receiver from the doubles tight set, jet motions from right to left and runs a swing route as the check down. The inside receiver runs an over route from right to left in which he is building up to the field. The Maryland quarterback fakes the jet sweep to the slot receiver and finds a one-on-one matchup with his single receiver running the post corner route. Indiana rolled down to Cover 3 with the middle of the field close and the strong safety coming down to cover the jet motion. The jet motion and play action fake from the quarterback created the necessary space for the single receiver to win the one-on-one matchup. The inside receiver running the over route kept the safety honest since he was running his route within his vision, although he has help over the top.
Trips Set Passing Play (11 personnel)
THE SKINNY: Maryland’s offense comes out in a 11 personnel grouping (1 running back, 1 tight end, and 3 wide receivers) versus Indiana’s 4-2-5 defense (4 defensive lineman, 2 linebackers, and 5 defensive backs) with a cover 2 look in the secondary and the middle of field open. Maryland has a trips left set to the field and the Y (tight end) lined up on the line of scrimmage to the boundary. This is a 3 by 1 set, and from the trips set the outside receiver runs a post route, the slot receiver runs a pick route, and the inside receiver runs a wheel route. The Y from the boundary side of the field runs a dig route. The slot receiver does a great job with the pick route in creating the separation for the inside receiver to run his wheel route. The quarterback from Maryland found the slot receiver who ran the wheel route immediately to connect on a big 3rd down. This was a good passing concept that Maryland used to find a weakness within the Indiana defense.
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