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Quarterback Lead Play out of the Double Tight Pistol Formation

The Quarterback Lead Play out of the Double Tight Pistol Formation is a great play that will allow you to utilize your athletic QB. You also gain an extra blocker because the QB is the ball carrier. This play utilizes double teams and a kick-out at the point of attack. The Double Tight Formation is great because it gives you numbers at the point of attack and it also makes the defense have to defend both sides of the formation.

Quarterback Lead Play out of the Double Tight Pistol Formation

Center: Block head up nose guard. If you are facing double A-gap defenders, the center must block backside A-gap defender.

Right Guard: Work onto the middle linebacker. If your center can’t handle the nose have your right guard double team him.

Right Tackle: Double team the defensive tackle with the TE.

Right TE: Double team the defensive tackle with the right tackle. If your RT can handle the defensive tackle then have your TE work onto a linebacker.

Left Guard: Step play-side, cutoff.

Left Tackle: Block defensive tackle.

Left TE: Step play-side, cutoff.

Fullback (FB): Lead block through the hole. Look to block the outside linebacker. This is pretty much an isolation block.

Halfback (HB): Fake like it is a sweep. This will influence the play-side defensive end to widen, which creates an easier kick-out block for the blocking back.

Blocking Back (BB): Kick-out defensive end. If the edge defender is a linebacker (in a 4-4) the BB must turn up and block the outside linebacker.

QB (1): Catch snap, cut inside of the BB kick-out, get behind fullback’s lead block.

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