This article from Chris Brown (Smart Football) really got me thinking. About my overall offensive philosophy. Especially when he talks about adding and removing gaps.
A 'gap' is the space between each linemen or player on the offense that the defense is responsible for.
Above is a freeze frame of the Stanford/Oregon game from this past Saturday. This shows Stanford lined up in one of their tight formations with an extra offensive linemen in the game. Stanford is lined up unbalanced to the left with an extra tackle next to the left tackle and also a massive tight end next to him. On the right side of the formation is just the right guard, right tackle, and Stanford's starting TE, Zach Ertz.
By alignment, Stanford would be crazy to not run the ball to their numbers, to the left side of the formation where they've placed an extra linemen and a tight end... right?
Wrong. One of the things that I like the most about the Stanford offense is that they aren't affraid to run weak, very weak. They run against tendencies and away from strength all the time. Which is what we'll see above as Stanford will run a traditional Power play to the right side of this formation. They will 'remove' the backside 'A' gap and they will insert the left guard into the right side of the offensive line creating an extra gap to defend.
Above the Power play begins to develop. As you can see gaps have already changed. The left tackle does a very good job of quickly closing the large gap created by the left guard pulling to the right.
More later...
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