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Sim Focusedtargeting Ph Offense

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7Formations

20Sets

191Plays

Overview

The Sim Focusedtargeting Ph Offense is a 191 play specialty playbook built for players who want to win with realistic, balanced football rather than one gimmick formation. Its 7 formations and 20 sets split the snaps across the shotgun and under center looks: Shotgun leads with 50 plays (26%), but Singleback (46), I Form (38) and Strong I (28) combine for 112 plays, meaning roughly 59% of the book puts the quarterback under center. Add 17 Pistol plays and 9 Goal Line Offense plays and you have a book that leans on the traditional run game, with FB Dive, 0 1 Trap and 45 Quick Base type calls feeding play action.

The passing tree fits that identity. The concept list centers on Play Action, Block and Release, Drag, Crosser, Flat, Post, Spot, Hitch, Slant and a dedicated Cover 3 Beater tag, so the air attack is built on timing and horizontal stretches like Curls and Bench rather than empty set vertical spam. Personnel runs from 23 (three tight ends, no receivers) all the way to 10 (four receivers), giving you six personnel groupings to force defensive substitution mismatches.

Choose the Sim Focusedtargeting Ph Offense over a Shotgun heavy book if you want your run looks and pass looks to share formations. With 66 plays across I Form and Strong I alone, you can make an opponent respect the fullback and then hit a Post or Crosser off the same alignment. At mid size (larger than 48% of the 26 offensive specialty playbooks), it offers depth without burying you in redundant sets.

Scheme Fit

The Sim Focusedtargeting Ph Offense wants a pocket quarterback with strong play action and short accuracy, a powerful lead fullback, a downhill running back and at least two tight ends who can block and release into the flat. Big bodied offensive linemen with solid run block ratings matter more here than elite speed receivers, though a sure handed slot receiver helps on Drag and Crosser routes. Pick it if you prefer a balanced, clock controlling approach that sets up the pass with the run instead of spamming Shotgun.

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Strengths

Heavy under center depth (Singleback, I Form and Strong I total 112 plays) lets you pair run calls like FB Dive and 0 1 Trap with Play Action passes from identical alignments, so a user controlled defender cannot key the formation.
The 66 two back plays across I Form and Strong I give you a real lead blocking run game that punishes light boxes and nano blitz setups that bring an extra defender off the edge.
Six personnel groups from 23 to 10 let you force defensive subs, then audible into Shotgun 10 personnel against a heavy front or into 23 personnel against nickel and dime.
A dedicated Cover 3 Beater concept plus Drag, Crosser, Flat and Spot tags gives you built in zone answers, and Slant and Hitch routes provide quick hot route options against press man.
Five Singleback sets make it the most versatile middle layer of the book, with enough variety to motion a tight end or receiver and read the defense's coverage shell before the snap.

Weaknesses

Shotgun is only 26% of the book across 4 sets, so players who want to live in spread passing looks will run out of variety quickly and become predictable on obvious passing downs.
Pistol has just 17 plays in 2 sets, limiting the shotgun style run game and making it easy for an opponent to tell run versus pass from Pistol usage frequency.
Goal Line Offense is a single set with 9 plays, so red zone short yardage calls get thin and a savvy defender can sit on the few looks you have inside the 3 yard line.
The concept list does not flag screens, RPOs or option plays, so you have fewer ways to punish aggressive pass rushers or read defenders without calling a true dropback.
With 59% of the book under center, slow developing play action can get you sacked against heavy blitz schemes if your offensive line is weak in pass protection.

Usage Tips

Build your base audible package around I Form and Strong I on 1st and 10: call a run like FB Dive or 45 Quick Base, and keep a Play Action Post in the same formation as your audible to exploit a safety creeping down.

On 2nd and medium, live in the five Singleback sets, using motion to identify man versus zone, then hot route a Drag or Slant against man or hit the Cover 3 Beater concept against a three deep shell.

Save the four Shotgun sets for 3rd and 5 or longer, where Curls and Bench style concepts with Flat and Spot routes attack zone underneath the sticks.

Use Pistol on 2nd and short or 3rd and short as a change up when the defense expects under center power, since its limited 17 plays stay fresh if you do not overuse them.

Inside the 5, go to Goal Line Offense and 23 personnel for power runs, then mix in Block and Release tight end concepts off play action once the defense crashes the line.