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I love McVay's offense. Not just because he is successful, but also because many of his concepts are based
out of the single wing offense ( Pop Warner's brilliant contribution to football).
There are a couple key elements from the single wing that McVay uses wonderfully.
1. The Mesh- The mesh is where at the beginning of the play there are 3 and sometimes 4 backs or receivers
meeting at the same time or in quick sequence creating ball fakes that threaten the defense in
3 or more different directions. Usually these threats will involve a sweep + inside run + counter + play action pass or QB
bootleg in opposite direction as sweep. If done correctly it can leave the defense in complete confusion.
McVay uses the jet motion, which I love. threatening the sweep with Woods or Kupp combined with trap , pass, counter threats
or whatever combo his badass offensive mind comes up with.
Another beautiful threat of the mesh is that you will have several plays that all look identical pre-snap. sound familiar ?
I coached the single wing for many years and on more than one occasion I would have refs come up to me
after the game and confess " coach, I had no idea where the ball was half of the time". ( Pop Warner was a genius)
2. The concept of- using a tight formation to create space
If you watched the game Sunday night, you heard the announcers speak on it.
It seems most everyone is in love with some sort of spread offense.looking to create space by spreading
the defense pre-snap with spread formations. But there are also advantages to the tight formations.
The tight formations create more space from side to side, making the flats much more difficult to cover.
We saw McVay tearing the Cowboys up, in the flats.
Another advantage is that it makes pick plays much easier to achieve.
The year Sean Peyton was suspended he helped coach his sons football team and had to face
a single wing team. Here is a quote from Sean after being routed in the championship.
“We spent all week, we talked to Bill Parcells and Jon Gruden and asked them how to defend the single wing,” said Payton. “You have no idea how much time we spent. You guys put 58 points on the board.”
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out of the single wing offense ( Pop Warner's brilliant contribution to football).
There are a couple key elements from the single wing that McVay uses wonderfully.
1. The Mesh- The mesh is where at the beginning of the play there are 3 and sometimes 4 backs or receivers
meeting at the same time or in quick sequence creating ball fakes that threaten the defense in
3 or more different directions. Usually these threats will involve a sweep + inside run + counter + play action pass or QB
bootleg in opposite direction as sweep. If done correctly it can leave the defense in complete confusion.
McVay uses the jet motion, which I love. threatening the sweep with Woods or Kupp combined with trap , pass, counter threats
or whatever combo his badass offensive mind comes up with.
Another beautiful threat of the mesh is that you will have several plays that all look identical pre-snap. sound familiar ?
I coached the single wing for many years and on more than one occasion I would have refs come up to me
after the game and confess " coach, I had no idea where the ball was half of the time". ( Pop Warner was a genius)
2. The concept of- using a tight formation to create space
If you watched the game Sunday night, you heard the announcers speak on it.
It seems most everyone is in love with some sort of spread offense.looking to create space by spreading
the defense pre-snap with spread formations. But there are also advantages to the tight formations.
The tight formations create more space from side to side, making the flats much more difficult to cover.
We saw McVay tearing the Cowboys up, in the flats.
Another advantage is that it makes pick plays much easier to achieve.
The year Sean Peyton was suspended he helped coach his sons football team and had to face
a single wing team. Here is a quote from Sean after being routed in the championship.
“We spent all week, we talked to Bill Parcells and Jon Gruden and asked them how to defend the single wing,” said Payton. “You have no idea how much time we spent. You guys put 58 points on the board.”
The Pop Warner Offense That Confounded Sean Payton, and What It Says About Offensive Innovation in the NFL
Much of the talk this offseason has been about stopping the read-option, but in Asshole Face’s year away from the NFL, he had trouble with a much different offensive attack: the single wing. D…
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