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Quick Reference
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Breakdown
Lead Draw out of the I Form Pro (21 personnel) is a designed delay run that shows pass blocking initially before the HB presses the line behind his lead FB. The diagram shows the offensive line and FB selling pass protection while two receivers run vertical clear out routes (a corner and a wheel/out combo) to pull second level defenders and safeties out of the box. This is a pure run play designed to bait aggressive pass rushers and linebackers into overpursuing upfield, and the primary read progression is the FB lead blocker in the hole followed by the natural cutback lane if the play side gets flooded.
Defensive Reads
Key the middle linebacker depth at the snap, if he is crashing hard off the edge or blitzing through the A gap the draw hits late and can lose yardage Watch for defenses that spy the HB with a linebacker, this take away is the number one killer of Lead Draw since the spy sits and reads the mesh point Zone coverage shells like Cover 2 or Cover 3 that keep linebackers at normal depth are exploitable since they flow late to the delayed handoff Man coverage with underneath defenders turning their backs to run with the clear out routes on the diagram opens natural rushing lanes for the cutback If the user controls a linebacker and sits in the box refusing to bite on play action or route release, abandon the draw concept and attack the vacated flat or perimeter instead
Usage Tips
Call this on early downs or in obvious passing situations like 2nd and long to catch aggressive pass rush defenses sitting back or blitzing off the edge
Pre-snap identify if the defense shows Cover 3 or Cover 1 with safeties creeping into the box, since a lighter box with deep safeties is the ideal shell for this draw to hit
Use manual control on your FB to identify the first free hitter at the second level and seal him instead of relying on the CPU logic in short yardage
Pair this with HB Stretch Alert X Lookie and PA Power O in your play calling sequence so the defense has to respect both the true stretch run and play action off similar backfield action
Avoid calling this against interior nano blitzes or heavy A gap pressure looks since the delayed mesh point gets blown up before the FB can find his block
