![]() Naturally they also began faking the jet sweep and handing the zone play to the fullback, looking very much like the zone plays you see in almost every run play in the NFL today. The lateral movement of the offensive line and cut blocks on the backside would be the basis of the modern widezone. They started running jet sweep and zone blocking with the offensive line. In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s Tubby Raymond and his staff began doing something that would eventually dominate NFL offenses. But how about the NFL? Lately we have been seeing some buck sweep and even bellyG in the NFL, but the Wing-T’s impact started much earlier. I used Auburn as an example of how the offense has been incorporated into the spread. Since it’s the development the Wing-T has permeated every level of football. The misdirection comes into play because the QB has his back turned to the defense after the snap and a fake is carried out for each plays companion play, further placing the defensive into conflicts of assignments. ![]() Once you identify that the secondary has begun playing run aggressively you can then go for a play action shot for the end zone. This is due to the extra run gaps they are responsible for filling. Both of these plays place the secondary in conflict as well. ![]() When he starts to squeeze, so he can make a play on the bellyG you go back to buck sweep. If the defender on the edge is playing to stop the buck sweep, then by nature he is leaving himself open for the bellyG. The example we will use is buck sweep and bellyG. You do this with play series and “companion” plays. Play calling in the Wing-T is all about creating conflicts. This makes it possible for small, undersized, out muscled linemen to still be successful. It is all quick pin blocking to allow the ball carrier to quickly get to the crease. Meaning they will come down on an angle on the first man inside of him to the nose of the adjacent blocker, if there is nobody there or the man disappears he will climb to next level. Typically on the front side the blockers will “gap” block. Probably the greatest advantage of the Wing-T is the use of angles for the offensive linemen to complete blocking assignments. Auburn and Clemson are the obvious examples here. The versatility of the Wing-T is on display today as several major Division One football programs have incorporated the Wing-T into the spread offense. The numbers advantage also extends into the back field as it can be a true 4 back offense, allowing the skill players to share the load. Coupled with unbalanced you can place a lot of stresses on the defense. This forces the defense to incorporate the secondary into the run fits, opening up deadly play action passing opportunities. The wings are on the line of scrimmage creating extra run gaps for the defense to account for. ![]() The numbers advantage of the Wing-T is very apparent on the edge. At that point the offense was over 30 years old, now in 2017 it is still prevalent everywhere you look from peewees to pros. My father was a head football coach since before I was born, early mornings for me consisted of buck sweeps, bellyG’s and down options. My personal exposure to the Wing-T came as early as I can remember. More than just a style of play, it is a systematic method of attacking a defense, allowing smaller less athletic players to be successful using angles and numbers on the edge. In the Early 1950s Tubby and his staff developed the offense that would eventually permeate every single offense in the country in some form or another if not directly copied. This website is managed on a digital platform of the National Football League.There is probably no other coach in history that has had as much of an impact on this game than Tubby Raymond.
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