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Switch Dagger

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Breakdown

Switch Dagger is a man beater built around a switch release from the trips side that creates natural rub traffic to shake off tight coverage, paired with a dagger combo of a deep dig sitting underneath a clear-out vertical. The blocking scheme is a standard shotgun pass protection with the back available to check release into a flat or screen outlet if the rush gets home. The primary read progression starts with the switch release receivers working outside in, then moves to the deep dig crossing underneath the vertical clear-out, and the running back check down is the final answer versus pressure.

Defensive Reads

Identify pre-snap whether the defense is showing two high or single high, single high safeties are more vulnerable to the dagger dig sitting behind the underneath zone Watch linebacker depth at the snap, shallow linebackers who bite on the switch release traffic will open up the crossing dig route immediately Man coverage with no safety help over the top gets beaten badly by the switch release rub, so user any lurking defender who can jump the switch concept Zone defenses with a hard flat defender can wall off the switch release, forcing you to climb the ladder to the dig or dump to the check down back Blitz packages that bring extra rushers off the edge test the running back check down, so keep an eye on the middle linebacker or slot defender for a delayed blitz that could jump the dig route

Usage Tips

Look at the safety alignment before the snap, single high shells tell you the dig will have a soft window in the middle of the field once the vertical clears out the deep defender

Use the switch release receivers to attack man coverage on the trips side, the natural pick action creates easy separation against man corners and off coverage

Hot route the fullback or running back into a quick flat route if you diagnose a blitz, this gives you a built in answer against pressure without changing personnel

Save this play for second and medium or third and long situations where the defense is more likely to sit in zone shells that the dagger combo can dissect

Pair this with RPO Peek Slant or Middle Slant earlier in a drive to condition the defense to jump underneath routes, then hit Switch Dagger to expose that aggressiveness with the deep dig

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