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Breakdown
Y-Off Power O is a Power O run design out of Shotgun with 31 personnel and a lone receiver split wide. The diagram shows the tight end aligned off the ball motioning across to kick out the edge, the fullback leading through the hole, and the play side guard pulling to seal the point of attack, creating a numbers advantage at the point of attack. The primary read is the pulling guard and lead fullback: the running back presses the hole off the double team at the point of attack and reads whether to cut off the fullback's block or bend it back inside based on the flow of the play side linebackers.
Defensive Reads
Key the play side defensive end and outside linebacker at the snap, if they squeeze down hard on the pulling guard the ball carrier needs to bounce this outside immediately. Watch for a linebacker blitzing through the vacated tight end alignment before motion, this can blow up the pulling guard's kick out timing. If the defense shows a heavy box with the safety creeping down pre-snap, this play loses its blocking advantage and should be avoided in favor of an outside run. User controlled defenders flowing hard with the pulling guard's path can string this play out to the sideline, so ball carrier vision on the cutback lane is critical. Zone coverage shells that keep linebackers reading run fits square are the toughest matchup for this concept, since the double team at the point of attack gets picked off cleanly by an unblocked second level defender.
Usage Tips
Run this out of a lighter box to take advantage of the pulling guard and lead fullback rather than into stacked fronts with extra defenders in the box.
Check the alignment of the strong side linebacker and defensive end pre-snap, if they are crashing hard inside, be ready to bounce the run outside off the kick out block.
Use the motion tight end to identify man versus zone before the snap, if a defender follows the motion man across the formation you are likely facing man coverage and the edge should be softer.
Pair this play with Read Option and Outside Zone from the same Gadget Package to keep the defense honest on run fits, since all three punish teams that flow hard to one side.
Best called on early downs or short yardage situations where the defense expects a pass out of this personnel look, since the shotgun alignment disguises the run call.
