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HB Power O out of Shotgun Tackle Over Trips is a gap scheme run play built around the overloaded offensive line. The extra tackle to the trips side pulls across the formation to lead through the hole, with the play side guard and tackle down blocking to seal the edge while the fullback or lead blocker kicks out the first threat off the edge. This is a downhill run play designed to create a numbers advantage at the point of attack, and your primary read is the pulling blocker, key his path and let him set the wall before deciding whether to press the hole or bounce outside.
Defensive Reads
Pre-snap, count the box defenders, if the defense has six or fewer in the box this play has a numbers advantage and should hit for positive yardage. Watch the play side linebacker depth, if he is sitting tight to the line he can shoot the gap before the puller arrives and blow up the timing. Man coverage on the perimeter with no extra run support often leaves this play unaccounted for since the trips receivers occupy defenders away from the point of attack. Defenses that run a bubble blitz or send a linebacker off the edge into the pulling lane can beat this play, so key the Mike linebacker's first step after the snap. If the safety rotates down into the box pre-snap, that is a run blitz key, be ready to bounce the run outside the tackle box away from the extra defender.
Usage Tips
Run this out of run heavy personnel counts on early downs to keep defenses honest against your pass game out of the same Tackle Over Trips look.
Check the defensive front pre-snap, this play hits hardest against base 4-3 and 3-4 fronts without extra defenders stacked in the box.
If the defense shows a heavy box with eight or more defenders, check to RPO Read Bubble or RPO Read X Smoke from the same set to make them pay for crashing down.
Use your HB vision cone to press the play side gap first, then be ready to bounce outside if the pulling lineman gets beat to the point of attack.
Pair this play with Inside Zone and Outside Zone from the same formation so defenders cannot key the pulling guard or tackle and jump the gap on tendency.
