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Deebo Package
At a Glance
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Overview
Deebo Package is Shotgun's gadget personnel set, built around putting a slot receiver in the backfield as the primary ball carrier while still keeping three legitimate route threats on the perimeter. Instead of a traditional halfback taking the handoff, you get a WR body type in the backfield alignment, which means the defense is reading a receiver as the run threat on Y-off Power O, Y-off Power Read, Read Option, and Outside Zone. That alignment discrepancy is the whole point: defenses that check into heavier personnel to stop the power run game are now leaving a linebacker or safety responsible for a receiver with elite speed and route running out of the backfield.
Strengths
- Y-off Power Read and Read Option give you a true two-option run game where the read defender has to commit, and if he crashes you pull and get a receiver body in space on the perimeter
Weaknesses
- The backfield player is a receiver, not a halfback, so pass protection assignments on WR Wheel and Mesh Spot break down fast against A gap and edge pressure
Usage Tips
Use Deebo Package on second and medium when the defense is showing single high with the linebackers stacked, since that is the shell where Y-off Power O and Outside Zone hit the cleanest
