With the clip paused at the seven-second mark, what you'll see is Purdue's offensive line forming a brick wall in front of the ball carrier. Only now the screen is perfectly set up for Purdue to charge for a major gain down the field. The quarterback then throws the football to number 32, the same player who took the initial handoff at the start of the play. The middle linebacker recognizes the reverse and darts up the middle of the field toward that receiver, who then tosses the football back to the quarterback. The RB then reverses the play by tossing it to a receiver moving from left to right. In this scenario, we have a handoff from the quarterback to his running back who is in motion from right to left. Here we have the 2021 Purdue offense against Michigan State, and a variation of the reverse play called a reverse screen. This is toward where they believe Isabella is going down the opposite sideline, which gives the Cardinals fewer defenders to block and easy yardage for Kyler Murray to pick up. One hesitates, but both safeties end up clearing out of the left-hand side of the defense. If you pay attention to the two deep safeties for the Cowboys, both bite on the Andy Isabella motion. By the time he does that the Cardinals have blockers out in front in a three-on-three situation with Cowboys defenders. Murray then progresses back around and takes off with the football himself to the right-hand side. Murray then fakes the handoff and motions toward the incoming Andy Isabella but doesn't give the football to him either. Meanwhile, quarterback Kyler Murray fakes the handoff to his running back who is coming from his left, making it look as if he'll take the football on a run to the right. Number 17 Andy Isabella starts from the bottom of your screen and immediately starts on a swing route across the back of his offense signaling a reverse play. In this scenario, there is just one wide receiver in motion. On this occasion, they take full advantage of it.Ĭlick below to watch the play or keep reading for an explanation. The 2020 Arizona Cardinals also have a very mobile quarterback in Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray. Now in this clip, the same play concept applies. This is exactly how an offensive coordinator wants one of these plays to play out. The play was extremely effective against a man-coverage look and caused chaos in the middle of the field with traffic heading in various directions. The play eventually turns into a touchdown with Samuel cutting back across the field, but it all started with a very successful reverse. If you pause the video at the five-second mark you can see three blockers perfectly spaced out facing the defenders, ready to block them from getting a hand on Curtis Samuel. The linemen seal off the area of the field behind them, stopping any defenders who recognize the play and come back toward the ball. The offensive line's initial assignment is a standard run block, but they very quickly release and head toward the left hash mark to form what's called a 'seal'. One key factor in the success of these plays is the wall built by the offensive linemen and blockers. He picks up 15 yards before a defender can get close to him because of the well-executed reverse. His cover defender is now totally lost in the traffic as he tries to trail with Curtis Samuel and ends up potentially in no man's land.Ĭurtis Samuel is already running at full speed when he picks the ball up from DJ Moore and takes it back towards the left-hand sideline. As DJ Moore takes the snap, Samuel is gathering momentum running right toward him. Now notice Curtis Samuel at the bottom of the screen while this is happening. He tosses Moore the football, and you can see the defense recognize the handoff and start to shift with Moore's momentum toward the right-hand side of the field. When quarterback Cam Newton takes the snap, he already has his wide receiver DJ Moore coming from his left, while using McCaffrey as a decoy.
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