Playbooks

Coffee House 3 Seam

Dime·1-4 Dbl Mug·Big Dime 3-2-6

Diagram coming soon

Quick Reference

FormationDime

Set1-4 Dbl Mug

Personnel

Big Dime 3-2-62 EDGEDT2 MIKE3 CBFS2 SS

In 15 playbooks

Cardinals DefenseDefense Chargers DefenseDefense Colts DefenseDefense Multiple D DefenseDefense Packers DefenseDefense Redskins DefenseDefense Steelers DefenseDefense Vikings DefenseDefense NFL Live Cardinals DefenseDefense NFL Live Chargers DefenseDefense NFL Live Colts DefenseDefense NFL Live Packers DefenseDefense

Breakdown

Coffee House 3 Seam is a disguised pressure package out of the 1-4 Dbl Mug set in Dime, built to look like a double mug blitz look pre-snap before dropping into a zone shell with three vertical seam threats attacking the middle of the field. The route concept sends three receivers up the seams to stress the deep middle and hi-lo the underneath zone defenders, making this primarily a zone beater against teams that stay in their base match or spot drop coverages after seeing the mugged look. Blocking is a standard protection scheme designed to hold up against delayed pressure, and the primary read progression starts with the deep middle seam, works to either seam based on the safety's leverage, and checks down to any shallow crosser or flat option if the seams are capped.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, identify whether the linebackers are truly blitzing or if the mugged look is a disguise for a zone drop, since this play is designed to punish defenses that misread the pressure Watch the free safety depth and leverage after the snap, if he bites downhill on run action or hesitates reading the mugged look, the deep middle seam will be wide open Cover 3 Sky and Cover 3 Match are the shells most vulnerable to this concept because the deep middle defender has to cover a large vertical zone against three seam stems Cover 2 shells with two deep safeties can shut this down if the safeties stay disciplined and split the field, forcing the quarterback to check down underneath User the middle linebacker or a lurking safety to sit in the deep middle throwing lane, since jumping the shallow crosser or flat route too early opens up the seam window this play is designed to exploit Man coverage with a physical linebacker on the inside seam runner can disrupt the timing of this route and force a late, contested throw

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap mugged linebacker look to bait the defense into thinking blitz, then read the safety rotation after the snap since Coffee House 3 Seam thrives when defenders bite on the disguise and vacate the deep middle

This play excels on third and medium to third and long when defenses are more likely to sit in zone shells like Cover 3 Sky or Cover 3 Match to avoid getting beat deep

If the defense shows two high safeties pre-snap, hot route the outside seam runner into a slant or in route to counter a Cover 2 Invert shell that will have a hard time covering all three seams

Pair this play with Buck Zone Blitz or Mid Blitz earlier in a series so the offense gets comfortable seeing your mugged Dime look, then call Coffee House 3 Seam to punish defenses that start jumping the underneath routes expecting real pressure

Against man coverage looks like Cover 1 Hole, user the inside seam runner and rely on separation at the top of the route since the concept is not designed as a true man beater but can still work if the linebacker gets caught in traffic