I am going to the other side of the ball and talk Offense for this post. One of the best looking Screens I have seen on film is the Power Screen. I haven’t seen much of the newer Purdue film, but I have studied a lot of Jeff Brohm’s Offense while at Western Kentucky and I think that is the best Screen team I have seen. They didn’t necessarily have the best playmakers but the timing, blocking, and execution was extremely crisp and their Offensive Linemen moved quickly to block 2nd and 3rd level defenders.
The Power action with the
backside Guard pulling will change up your Screen blocking rules as opposed to
the regular Tunnel Screen but it provides good misdirection vs. teams using
their backside LB to chasing the pulling Guard on Power. It is easy to run out of a 2x2 look but it
can also be run to Trips as well as to the 1 WR side.
Here is the play out of 2x2 vs. a
standard 4-2-5 look with the Will LB just outside the box eyeing the boundary
Slot WR. The teaching to the skill guys
is ridiculously simple. The Back is set
to the boundary and the QB and Back are faking Power. The QB will fake the ball and throw it to the
boundary Slot WR without any footwork.
The Slot WR will take one step and turn to the QB, catch it, and run. The other WRs simply block the man in front
of them.
