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Sim Explosivestress Ba Offense
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The Sim Explosivestress Ba Offense is a 257 play specialty playbook built around a physical, under center identity with enough spread to stay balanced. Singleback leads the way at 75 plays (29%) across 6 sets, and when you add I Form (39), Weak I (20), Strong I (13), Full House (12) and Goal Line Offense (9), roughly 65% of the book is snapped from under center. Shotgun is the secondary home at 65 plays (25%) across 5 sets, with Pistol adding 21 plays as a hybrid look. This is a book that wants to run Power, set up Play Action off it, and take shots on Deep Cross and Post Corner concepts once the safeties start creeping down.
The two back depth is what separates it. Four fullback formations (I Form, Weak I, Strong I and Full House) combine for 84 plays, about a third of the book, and Full House is a genuine rarity that appears in only 9 of the game's 236 playbooks. Personnel ranges from 23 and 22 heavy groupings down to 20 and 10 spread packages, so you can shift between a goal line hammer and a four wide passing attack without leaving the playbook. Plays like FB Dive and 0 1 Trap anchor the ground game, while Curl Flats, 494 F Flat and Corner Strike carry the pass game.
Choose the Sim Explosivestress Ba Offense if you want a sim style, clock controlling game plan that still has explosive play action shots built in. With 23 sets across 9 formations, it is larger than 68% of the game's 26 offensive specialty playbooks, which gives you room to disguise tendencies from the same personnel instead of telegraphing run or pass by formation.
Scheme Fit
The Sim Explosivestress Ba Offense wants a strong run blocking line, a physical halfback who can hit Power and Trap lanes, and a fullback who can both lead block and catch out of the backfield on Flat and Swing releases. A pocket passer with deep throw accuracy maximizes the Play Action shots, and receiving tight ends make the 12, 22 and 23 packages dangerous. Pick it if you like controlling tempo with the run and punishing aggressive safeties rather than living in shotgun.
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Strengths
- Deep two back menu: 84 plays across I Form, Weak I, Strong I and Full House let you stay in 21 or 22 personnel all game and flip between Power runs, FB Dive, and fullback Flat or Swing releases without a personnel sub tipping your hand.
- Full House is a rare look (only 9 of 236 playbooks), so most opponents have not drilled their run fits against it, and a balanced backfield makes it hard to set a pre snap strength call before you shift or motion.
- Singleback carries 75 plays over 6 sets, giving you the widest single formation base in the book to run Power and Play Action from identical alignments, which punishes defenders who cheat toward the run.
- Personnel range from 23 (three tight ends) to 10 (four wide) lets you hurry to a spread package after grinding with heavy sets, forcing the defense into mismatched subs, especially with slot receivers and backs attacking with Slant, Crosser and Deep Cross hot routes.
- Dedicated Goal Line Offense (9 plays) plus Full House and Strong I give you multiple heavy short yardage looks, so you are not predictable in the red zone or on 4th and 1.
Weaknesses
- Shotgun is only 25% of the book, so in obvious passing situations your spread menu is thinner than a pass first playbook and a defense can sit in coverage heavy calls once you line up in gun.
- With roughly 65% of plays under center, you inherit slower drop backs and more exposure to the nano blitz, especially on 3rd and long when you do not want to rely on seven step Play Action.
- Only 10 personnel exists as a single spread grouping and Hail Mary has just 3 plays, so two minute drives and comeback situations have limited formation variety for a user to key on.
- Pistol is just 21 plays across 2 sets, leaving few options for a true read option or RPO style attack if your roster features a mobile quarterback.
- The listed concepts lean on Power, Play Action and crossers, so an opponent who plays disciplined contain and keeps a deep safety over the top can shrink the explosive shots the book depends on.
Usage Tips
Build your base audible package around Singleback (6 sets) on 1st and 10: pair a Power run with a Play Action Deep Cross or Post Corner shot from the same set so your read on the safety decides the call.
On 2nd and short or 3rd and 1, go to Full House or Strong I and use FB Dive or a Power run; the rare Full House alignment often catches opponents without a practiced run fit.
Switch to Shotgun (5 sets) on 2nd and long and 3rd and medium, calling Curl Flats or Slant based concepts and hot routing a back to a Flat or Swing to beat blitz.
Use I Form and Weak I on early downs to set up Play Action boots; after two or three Power runs, the linebackers bite and your tight end or fullback on 494 F Flat style releases is open underneath.
Inside the 5, alternate Goal Line Offense with Strong I and Full House so you show three heavy looks, and keep a Block and Release concept in the package for a tight end leak against an all out run blitz.
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