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HB Slash Fk End Ard

Singleback·Wing·12

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FormationSingleback
SetWing

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Breakdown

HB Slash Fk End Ard is a fake end around handoff play out of Singleback Wing 12 personnel that disguises itself as an outside perimeter run before the QB pulls it back for a designed HB slash run through the interior gaps. The blocking scheme uses the fake end around motion to pull linebackers and edge defenders toward the perimeter, opening up cutback lanes for the running back on the delayed handoff. This is a run play designed to attack overaggressive run fits and gap-integrity breakdowns, with the primary read being the misdirection flow of the defense: if the defense bites on the end around fake, the HB slashes back through the vacated interior gap for a explosive gain.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, identify if the defense is in a run-fit alignment with linebackers cheating toward the strength or the boundary, this tells you if the fake end around motion will actually pull bodies out of the box. Key the linebackers post-snap, if they flow hard toward the fake motion man the cutback lane for the HB slash will be wide open. Watch for disciplined mike linebackers or user controlled defenders who stay square and read the mesh point, these defenders can blow up the play by staying home instead of flowing with the fake. Man coverage on the perimeter with linebackers reading run keys is the ideal situation to attack since off-ball defenders will overcommit to the fly motion. Beware of scrape exchange techniques or defenses that specifically defend jet sweep and end around action, these defenses have a designated defender staying in the cutback lane to erase this exact concept.

Usage Tips

Call this play against defenses that have shown aggressive pursuit to the perimeter on previous snaps since the fake end around motion only works if defenders are flowing hard to the edge.

Watch linebacker depth and gap discipline pre-snap, disciplined defenses that stay home in their gaps will limit this play so save it for teams that overpursue.

Use this in run heavy sequences alongside HB Toss Crack and End Around Lead so the defense has to respect the outside threat before you hit them with the misdirection slash.

Ideal on early downs (first and ten or second and short) when defenses are keying run but expecting perimeter action rather than an interior cutback.

Do not force this play into stacked boxes with extra defenders in the tackle box, the fake only creates an advantage if the flow actually shifts away from the intended running lane.

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