DC - Clarifaction of the Buck Sweep

Clark:
I don't see much discussiopn here about a very simple series of the wing-t - the crossblock series -. You may title it something else. But, the TE is to the R and the SE to the L. The HB is set to the SE side (weakside) and the FB is directly behind QB. The wing back is 1 X 1 off the TE.

On the QB's signal, the wing back begins 3 step motion toward the weakside. This motion takes the wing at an angle that would bring him to a spot as the HB if he were aligned on the strongside. The ball is snapped (usually) when the wing gets to that HB alignment.

The play is a weakside lead play (isolation) with the HB lead blocking the LB and the FB hitting weakside B gap. The play name (crossblock) came from the OG and OT usual job of OT blocking down and OG kicking out - as against a base 50 defense, for example.

The beauty of the series is the option possibility of a ride to the FB and a pitch/keep read off the DE. That threat alone causes the DE to widen and the entire weakside to lossen up.

Once they see the wing begin his motion they automatically think outside.

Additional plays to this series include the HB counter, where the wing and the FB do the same, but the HB takes a slight counter step toward the fake, they comes behid the FB and goes to the near foot of the center. The blocking is trap - just like the FB trap on the buck sweep series.

Then there is the counter bootleg pass off the same action.

This is a nice little series of plays that uses motion to keep the defense off balance.

Of course, the same 3 step motion by the wing can be used to run the buck sweep series to the SE rather than the TE. The sweep portion woul dhave the wing carrying and the HB blocking .