Joe Flacco-Father Time, The Colts Play Action Passing Attack

This article looks at the success Joe Flacco is having with the play action passing game in Indianapolis. It is quite impressive how the Colts have shifted gears and not missed a beat with Flacco at QB. They are relying heavily on their run game and play action, and it has paid dividends and kept them in their last 2 games.

They played the Jaguars and Steelers tough the last 2 games. The Colts beat the Steelers 27-24 when Flacco came out of the pen to relieve an injured Anthony Richardson. In his start vs the Jaguars, he kept them in the game, helping them score 37 points on offense. He played great and was 33-44 for 359 yards in their loss to the Jaguars. In his relief effort vs the Steelers. He was 16-26 for 168 yards and 2 td’s and led them to victory. In 2 games he’s 49/70 for 527 yards with 5 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. His passer rating is an impressive 115 on the season. He’s been great in relief..

Here are some of their concepts:
With Joe they like to go play action and throw the ball vertically.

One concept is y cross.

Here is a good illustration of how they hold the LB’s in the play action game and they throw the ball to the TE behind them. They pull the guard which draws the LB up.

The LB react to play action.

The TE is behind them.

Here are 2 clips of Y cross.

Sail Concepts

I took a look at some 2x2 and 3x1 sail concepts.

2x2 sail concept

3x1 Sail Concept

film clips of 2x2 and 3x1 sail route

Here are 8 other play action schemes that the Colts run with Flacco.

This video is about 3 minutes in length with 8 concepts in their play action attack.

I hope you enjoyed this article of the Colts play action passing attack.