All Hitch

Identify safety depth presnap since two deep safeties usually signal a zone shell that will let hitches sit down in open grass for easy completions. Watch cornerback alignment at the snap, tight press man on the outside receivers means the hitch will get contested so look to attack the slot option route instead. Key the linebackers and nickel defenders for a hard blitz look out of empty, since All Hitch has no protection help and any user blitz off the edge can force a rushed throw. Zone defenders sinking under the hitch routes at five yards is the tell that the offense should have hot routed deeper breaks. Man coverage with a deep single high safety is the shell that shuts this down fastest because defenders can undercut the quick breaks with no threat of a vertical route behind them.