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Breakdown

Mtn Power O out of Singleback Wing Pair Heavy is a power run play built off 12 personnel with a pre-snap motion man crossing the formation to adjust the box count and identify the defensive front. The blocking scheme pulls the backside guard through the hole to lead block for the HB, who takes a downhill angle attacking the play side gap behind the double tight end wing surface. This is a pure run play with no pass option, designed to overload one side with extra gap blockers and let the fullback or wing TE seal the edge while the pulling guard picks up the first threat through the hole.

Defensive Reads

Check the defensive line alignment before the snap, a 4-3 or 3-4 front with linebackers stacked tight signals they are ready to fill the power gap quickly. Watch for an extra defender crashing down from depth after the motion, this usually means the defense is selling out to stop the run. If the safety rotates down into the box pre-snap, expect a hard downhill fill and consider checking to a play-action shot instead. Man beaters and zone concepts do not apply here since this is a run play, so focus purely on gap integrity and second level pursuit angles from linebackers. User the playside linebacker if you are on defense to spy the pulling guard and take away the lead block before it develops.

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap motion to scout whether the defense shifts a linebacker or safety, which tells you if they are keying run.

Run this out of second and short or first and ten to keep the defense honest and set up Mtn PA Deep Flood and Mtn PA X Zig Flood later using the same formation look.

Against stacked boxes with eight or more defenders, kill this play at the line and check to HB Dive or HB Stretch instead to attack a lighter side.

Trust the pulling guard to identify the first free hitter, do not try to bounce the run outside before the lead blocker gets in position.

Pair this with Mtn HB Plunge and 26 Duo in your play calling script to keep the defense guessing between gap and zone run concepts from the same personnel grouping.