Running Power Play Formations: The Ruling

[sweetka]

So if the receiver is off the line of scrimmage you cannot stack behind him.

[Reginald Rutledge]

that if you can start that second receiver 5 yards from the LOS. Ken, you can be creative and still have a slot receiver 3 yards off the line of scrimmage but if the second player's base start past the 5 yard limit, he is deemed ineligible and must be taken off.

This is why Frankensteined bases are allowed because we like to create different scenarios for the defense to have to defend. You can do some things where receivers are parallel to the line of scrimmage and do up routes off the slot receiver.

Also, a receiver is in the slot if he is 2 yards off the line of scrimmage. That is an important note when designing plays around the stack.

Ken, I know you are a creative guy so now, let your imagination run wild. Yes, the possibilities are unlimited to open up creases in the passing game, which will get the defensive team to stop thinking so much on stopping the run and will have to spread out and play coverage schemes.

This in essence will get the running games where averages are 5-7 yds per run. The key is you have to be able to execute the forward pass. That is oh so important to the stack. If the players are open and you can't get the ball to them, you are frustrated and will go back to 3 yards and a cloud of dust.

Reg